Benefits Specialist

Title

Benefits Specialist

Location

Remote

About Us

Curi is a full-service advisory firm that serves physicians and medical practices. Equal parts fierce physician advocates, smart business leaders, and thoughtful partners, Curi’s advisory, capital, and insurance offerings deliver valued advice that is grounded in client priorities and elevated by their outcomes. From data-driven advisory services to private wealth offerings to tailored medical malpractice insurance solutions and beyond, we deliver performance that is time-tested and trusted—in medicine, business, and life.

The Role

We are looking for a detail orientated and collaborative individual to work on our people team as a Benefits Specialist. In this role, you will report to the Director, Compensation and Benefits and be responsible for administering the company’s employee benefits and retirement programs.

Key Result Areas

• Administer Curi’s benefits programs according to plan provisions, contracts, and policies, to include health and wellness plans, life and disability, voluntary benefits, and retirement plans.
• Conduct new hire benefits orientations and participate in annual open enrollment process.
• Ensure the accuracy of all benefits enrollments by performing quality checks of benefits-related data in the HRIS and reconciling carrier eligibility records.
• Process new hires, qualified life event changes and terminations and ensure carriers and third-party administrators are updated with all eligibility and enrollment data.
• Assist with the preparation of reports to comply with audits, federal, state and local regulations and reporting and other ad hoc reports as requested.
• Participate in workers comp audit and annual renewals.
• Reconciliation and processing of benefits-related invoicing, including resolving billing discrepancies; and periodically auditing each of these areas for completeness and accuracy.
• Communicate and coordinate a variety of benefits matters, including consulting with and advising employees on eligibility and other benefits matters; working with benefits providers to resolve claims issues; ensuring the comprehensiveness of payroll information/changes and collaborating with the Payroll Specialist to ensure benefit deduction accuracy; and responding to employee inquiries on matters related to company policies, programs, and procedures.
• Managing employee leaves of absence with leave administrator
• Perform other related duties or projects, as assigned.

Key Skills

• Extensive knowledge of employee benefits and applicable federal and state laws.
• Excellent customer service skills as well as organizational, time management, communication (verbal and written), interpersonal and follow-up skills.
• Proficiency in HRIS navigation (ADP Workforce Now, preferred) demonstrated ability to adapt to new technology, and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and respectful of sensitive information and issues.
• Problem-solving skills – gathers and analyzes information skillfully.
• Teamwork – willing and eager to help others and share knowledge and skills.
• Attendance/Punctuality – regular and predictable attendance.
• Dependability – follows instructions, responds to management direction. Willing to commit additional hours when necessary to reach the company’s objectives.
• Initiative – takes independent actions and reasonable risks toward issue resolution, escalating to leader when needed.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business or related field preferred.
• 5 years HR/Employee Benefits experience
• Working knowledge of federal and state labor and employment laws and regulations related to FMLA, ADA, WC, ACA, ERISA, Sec. 125, COBRA, etc.

Our Vision: To be the trusted partner in medicine, business, and life.

Our Mission: By providing valued advice and support, we help strengthen care, mitigate risk, and build financial futures to enhance the lives of those we serve.

Our Values:

ACCOUNTABILITY: We are driven to act, work with integrity, and deliver results.
CURIOSITY: We ask and listen, stay curious, and are eager to learn.
TEAMWORK: We build strong relationships, celebrate success, and partner for greater impact.
INCLUSION: We respect, recognize, and encourage the differences that make us stronger—we are better together.
Built ON a …
SERVICE COMMITMENT: We demonstrate an unwavering commitment to our clients, business partners, teammates, and communities.

Our Benefits

Curi offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. Other benefits for eligible team members include education assistance, 401(k) and employer match, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible time off, and 13 paid holidays annually.