Manager, Benefits and Compensation

As part of the HR Team, you’ll be on the ground floor of quickly growing and quickly developing organization. You will play a critical role in operationalizing, communicating and reporting on Benefits and Compensation. You will be expected to handle sensitive and confidential information, thus it is essential that you possess a strong degree of judgment and discretion. You'll be responsible for providing support to many aspects of compensation from talent acquisition through the employee lifecycle. We’re looking for someone who is proactive, analytical, and extremely organized with strong technical aptitude for this critical role on our team. Ability to identify areas for process improvement and provide recommendations for improvements; desire to enhance efficiency and automate whenever possible

Benefits Administration

• Identify and make continuous improvements in administration, to deliver an outstanding experience for employees. Conduct in-depth research and administration of healthcare, wellness, retiree, retirement, and leave programs as needed. Analyze current benefit programs to align with industry norms and trends.

• Oversee and improve benefit processes, ensuring proper education and training for all benefits-related matters.

Vendor and Insurance Liaison

• Collaborate with brokers, vendors, and insurance companies to manage plan summaries, invoicing, and renewals.

• Serve as the primary contact for employees regarding insurance claims and dispute resolution.

• Lead review, reconciliation, and approval of the funding of 401k, FSA and invoicing processes.

• Gather, maintain, and submit data for ERISA, IRS and DOL compliance, testing and audit activities to ensure full compliance.

Compliance and Communication

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of HR and benefit laws to lead efforts in benefit compliance.

• Communicate complex benefit information clearly to employees and resolve issues promptly. Assist, advise, and counsel employees and dependents on complex or sensitive benefit-related questions (via email, phone, walk-ups, and drop-in sessions)

• Manage and administer Affordable Care Act (ACA) process, ensuring compliance with regulations, and mandatory notices.

• Conducts and presents at weekly onboarding meetings for new hires.

• Lead the administration of the 401k plan, discrimination testing, etc. 

• Collaborate with internal partners in Human Resources (HR), Payroll, Finance, etc. to create and sustain best-in-class employee benefit programs

Benefits Program Management

• Plan and administer new hire enrollments, orientations, annual open enrollments, and terminations.

• Provide support on high-impact projects Ensures that project/department milestones/goals are met and adhering to approved budget.

• Monitor and manage benefit costs, budgets, and pricing. Maintain data integrity, perform enrollment audits, and reconcile billing.

Compensation:

• Manage weekly payroll process, evaluating current process and practice making recommendations for improvements.

• Support the design, implementation and administration of Marmic’s compensation programs, policies and procedures to ensure attraction and retention of top talent as an Employer of Choice

• As needed, review relevant market data and develop recommendations for updates to ensure compliance and consistency

• Own HRMS relationship for Benefit and Comp modules. Potential for future RFP, design, and implementation.

• Lead variable compensation initiatives including data collection and analysis related to the administration of equity. Design, build and evolve compensation metrics, reporting and tools to inform compensation program decisions

• Development of compensation communication and education programs designed to increase workforce knowledge on total rewards strategy and initiatives

• Collaborate with HR team, TA team and business leaders to ensure consistency of messaging with the ability to have candid conversations, while managing relationships and varying levels of audiences

• Complete compensation surveys and translate market data into operational compensation reports

• Ensure legal and regulatory compliance for all compensation programs

• Standardize, document and automate compensation processes across all of Marmic ensuring process controls 

Qualifications

• Expert hands-on knowledge in Benefits with the ability to drive and administer major benefit initiatives is a must (should have experience building these programs from scratch)

• Strong understanding of payroll tax regulations, employee benefits programs, and HR compliance requirements.

• Strong familiarity with HRIS Systems and the integration. Working knowledge of ADP beneficial but not required

• Experience managing & implementing programs in both large corporate environments & start-up environments is strongly preferred

• Strong client focus with outstanding judgment, critical thinking and analytical skills

• Understanding of compliance in terms of pay equity with an eagerness to learn about and keep up-to-date on current employment legislation and industry trends

• Demonstrated judgment and ability to deal with confidential and sensitive matters effectively

• Experience working hands-on with large, complex datasets, in Excel and Google Sheets

• Ability to prioritize and remain flexible in a fast-paced, fast-growing environment

• Demonstrated ability to respond to changing situations in a flexible manner and reprioritize accordingly to meet immediate needs; ability to manage immediate, short-term projects while also moving forward with longer term initiatives
  
  
  Benefits and Perks
  
  
  Weekly paychecks.
  Potential for a sign-on bonus. 401K plan with up to a 4% company match.
  Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance effective the first of the month following your start date. 
  Tele-health services if healthcare coverage is elected.Accrual of up to 13 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) in your first year. 
  7 Paid Holidays. 
  Uniform and boot allowance.
  All necessary tools and equipment to perform your job.
  
  
  
  

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Marmic Fire & Safety Company (MFS) is the successful expansion of Joplin Fire Protection (JFP) which began in 1951 with Charles and Mary Lou Teeter.  After decades of practicing customer-centric service JFP added territories in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas with a second generation of the Teeter Family at the helm.  During their tenure, Mickey and Martha Teeter formed a second company called Marmic to cover those areas outside of Joplin, MO Metro.  Today, the third generation is charging ahead with Marmic's growing prominence in the Midwest and, indeed, the nation.

In its core services of fire extinguisher, sprinkler, fire alarm, industrial fire suppression, and kitchen system fire suppression MFS competes with the top fire protection companies in the country.  But few, if any, other companies are as holistic in terms of safety.  By installing and servicing security and access control systems it demonstrates a well-rounded concern for the protection of life and property.  Additionally, selling personal protection equipment such as hard hats, safety glasses, gloves, reflective vests, and more establishes MFS as a complete, one-stop shop for home and workplace safety equipment.  This depth of services illustrates the importance the company places on customer safety no matter where they are or what they are doing.