What are the responsibilities and job description for the Benefits Specialist position at Lithia Home Office?
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L0105 Lithia Home OfficeBenefits Specialist
The Senior Benefits Specialist is primarily responsible for benefit plan administration, compliance, and employee questions. The ideal candidate will have robust benefit administration skills, experience with Workday benefits administration software, be able to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment and be able to collaborate as a part of a team.
Responsibilities
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Administer and ensure compliance of all Benefit Plans:
- Insurance plans (medical, dental, vision, life, STD, LTD, supplemental)
- 401(k)
- ESPP
- FSA (health, dependent)
- Commuter benefits
- Wellness Bonus
- Process payment of all benefit billings and ensure payments are on time and accurate.
- Audit benefit carriers and Workday to ensure all employee changes have been accurately entered into systems
- Review system integrations, system configuration, and reporting
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Administer and process:
- Disability Claims
- Benefit Verifications & Medical Support Orders
- Qualifying Life Events
- Loss of Life Events
- COBRA
- Union Dues
- Advise employees on eligibility, coverage, and other benefit matters.
- Function as a liaison between employees and carriers to help resolve employee concerns
Skills and Qualifications
- Benefit administration experience, Workday experience preferred
- Attention to detail
- Analytical skills
- Sense of urgency
- Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
- Time management (ability to prioritize workload and manage one’s own time)
- Establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships (developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others)
- Bachelor’s degree or related experience in Human Resources, Finance, or Business Administration
- General knowledge of accounting
We offer best in class industry benefits:
- Competitive pay
- Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
- Paid Holidays & PTO
- Short and Long-Term Disability
- Paid Life Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Lithia Learning Center
- Vehicle Purchase Discounts
- Wellness Programs
High School graduate or equivalent, 18 years or older required. We are a drug free workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity (regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status). We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.