Benefits Specialist

Summary: This position is responsible for the administration of all financial, health, and mental-health benefits. This includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, FMLA, ADA, EAP programs, 403B plan and other benefit offerings that may be added.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Ensure the accuracy of all benefits enrollments in the benefit system to provide vendors with timely and accurate eligibility information.
• Serve as champion for wellness resource group.
• Assist with presenting benefits during new hire orientation and with employee communication and education about benefits and enrollment.
• Perform quality checks of benefits-related data.
• Assist employees regarding benefits claim issues and plan changes.
• Distribute all benefits enrollment materials and determines eligibility.
• Enroll employees with carriers and process qualifying event changes.
• Respond to benefits inquiries from managers and employees on plan provisions, benefits enrollments, status changes and other general inquiries
• Process and administer leave-of-absence requests and disability paperwork: medical, personal, disability and FMLA.
• Accurately interpret FMLA and ADA implications as they relate to leaves of absences/disabilities.
• Responds to 403b inquiries from managers and employees relating to enrollments, plan changes and contribution amounts.
• Lead role in annual open enrollment process and implementation of any changes in benefit management platform.
• Ensure compliance with federal and state regulations as well as each benefit plan’s benefits, limitations, and exclusions.
• Communicates and coordinates changes with Payroll to ensure employee deductions and employer contributions for benefits are accurate and timely.
• Communicates regularly and manages relationships with benefit providers and vendors.
  
  

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None.
  
  

Compliance/HIPAA

• While performing the duties of this job, employee will comply with all federal, state and local laws and regulations pertaining to Easterseals Arkansas.
• This employee has no access to client files. Employee will not attempt to access protected health information.