What are the responsibilities and job description for the Benefits Manager position at Madison-Davis, LLC?
- Act as Benefit Plan Administrator, responsible for the oversight and operations of all benefit programs and plans including health, retirement, and leave programs; ensure compliance and effective operation of benefit vendors; reviews and authorizes monthly benefit expenses.
- Manage relationships with insurance carriers, benefits brokers, outside consultants, and auditors.
- Manage all leave programs (DBL, FML, NYPFL, Salary Continuation, Workers Comp) and draft policy revisions as needed.
- Participate on Retirement, Investment, and Administration Governance Committees, prepare presentations, and organize meetings.
- Work with Investment Advisor on execution of strategies approved by Retirement Committee.
- Manage projects relating to changes or modifications to existing benefits programs with a heavy emphasis on Retirement Benefits.
- Prepare 5500 forms and monitor plans for compliance; assist with Plan Document preparation, SPD preparation and amendments to plans.
- Prepare annual Benefits Budget, while making recommendations for better cost controls, monitoring, and processes; work toward out-sourcing of appropriate tasks and transactions. Perform data analysis and data audits; write and generate advanced reports.
- Process monthly/biweekly/weekly/daily reports from the Human Resources system to ensure that enrollments/terminations/billing occur on-time and accurately, and that data is audited for compliance, completeness, and validity.
- Monitor regulatory trends in benefits and evaluates costs and alternatives.
- Participate in contract renewals and benefit surveys.
- Plan and implement open enrollment; is responsible for all system configuration changes due to plan changes.