What are the responsibilities and job description for the Total Rewards Specialist position at McDermott International, Ltd?
About Us
Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we’ve forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing platforms hundreds of miles from shore, using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure, and reshaping the onshore landscape to deliver the energy products the world needs safely and sustainably.
For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.
Job Description
Job Overview:
With a moderate level of guidance and direction from colleagues and leadership, the Total Rewards Specialist is responsible for solving a range of straightforward Total Rewards problems. The Total Rewards Specialist understands key business drivers and applies this knowledge to solve problems in straightforward situations by analyzing technical experience, judgment, and precedents.
Responsibilities
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
The Total Rewards Specialist is responsible for one of the following disciplines (Health & Welfare Benefits, Compensation, or Retirement Benefits).
Health & Welfare Benefits
• Explain health and benefits plan features or options to employees as required, including plan provisions and related policies
• Prepare or coordinate employee communications related to health and benefits plans/programs
• Assist in responding to benefits inquiries as well as providing help for employees in resolving benefits issues
• Participate in annual health fairs and screenings, benefit workshops, and presentations
• Provide support to employees in various human resources-related topics such as benefits and leave administration
• Research, analyze, and evaluate benefit plan data issues, including internal HRIS, internal payroll, carrier, and 3rd party systems
• Evaluate and revise internal processes to reduce costs and increase efficiency
• Assist with COBRA, disability claims, accident and death claims, QMCSOs, and compliance testing.
• Maintain vendor contact to investigate discrepancies and provide information in non-routine situations
• Ensure compliance through audits of benefits plans, including enrollments, terminations, and changes
• Perform monthly billing process for benefit plans to be reported to accounts payable and finance
• Review bills for accuracy and compile reports
• Maintain employee files and records
• Assist Director with special projects
Qualifications
Essential Qualifications and Education:
Bachelor’s degree preferred
2 to 4 years of related experience
Strong Microsoft Word and Excel skills (VLOOKUP and PivotTables)
Maintain a high level of confidentiality, strong organizational and time management skills, excellent judgment, professionalism, project management, flexibility, attention to detail, and communication skills are essential
Ability to deal with ambiguity
Expect to complete mandatory training, including compliance training, within required timeframes and adhere to our internal policies and our Code of Conduct
Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal, communication, organizational, and customer service skills
Ability to interface with all levels within the organization
Work in a team or project or matrixed, multi-cultural environment
Show good planning and organization skills and the ability to meet deadlines for small projects or tasks while delivering day-to-day requirements.
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