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Benefit Specialist

Swoon
Oakland, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 2/9/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/9/2025

Job Description

Job Description

This role will be responsible for ensuring seamless benefits processes, managing vendor relationships, handling complex employee inquiries, and driving process improvements. The ideal candidate has a strong background in benefits administration, compliance, and systems management.

This is a great opportunity for someone who thrives in an "all hands on deck" environment, can wear multiple hats, works well with ambiguity and enjoys interacting with people.

Key Responsibilities

  • Benefits Administration : Support the day-to-day operations of health, financial, and time away programs. Provide functional support to employees needing assistance with Benefits

Employee Self Services (ESS) transactions in Workday. Assist with personal leaves, accommodations, outplacement services, worker compensation requests and assist with confirming return to work dates for all leaves as needed.

  • Employee Support : Act as a primary contact for Tier 2 employee queries and assist Scaled Support with Tier 0 / 1 queries as needed via JIRA Cloud ticketing system and support the Benefits COE team on all operational needs.
  • Vendor & Carrier Coordination : Manage relationships with benefits vendors, ensuring service levels are met and resolving escalations as needed.
  • Enrollment & Data Management : Oversee benefits enrollment, ensuring accurate data entry and processing within HRIS and benefits systems. Partner with the Business Systems team to resolve benefits-related system issues, implement process improvements, and test system changes as needed.
  • Compliance & Reporting : Ensure adherence to federal, state, and local benefits regulations (e.g., ACA, ERISA, HIPAA, COBRA). Prepare and submit required compliance filings and reports including required notice distributions.
  • Process Optimization : Identify and implement improvements to streamline benefits processes, enhancing efficiency and employee experience.
  • Open Enrollment Support : Assist in planning and executing open enrollment, including system setup, communications, and employee support.
  • Audits & Reconciliation : Conduct audits of benefits enrollment data and invoices to ensure accuracy and resolve discrepancies.
  • Responsibilities and tasks may change and shift as we operationalize and
  • streamline

    Skills :

  • Experience using Workday HCM (Workday Benefits is a plus)
  • Familiar with JIRA Cloud or similar ticketing tracking system
  • Advance experience with google docs and microsoft office a plus
  • Ability to handle sensitive and confidential data
  • Passionate about developing efficient processes and driving results
  • Attention to detail
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on accuracy
  • Basic knowledge of benefits federal, state, and local laws and best practices
  • Communication : Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Collaboration : Ability to work cross-functionally with HR, payroll, finance, and external vendors
  • Education :

  • 3 years of previous Benefits experience in the US (global experience
  • preferred, but not required)

    Company Description

    Come get Swoon’d!!

    Swoon handles the staffing need of over 80 Fortune 500 clients.

    We have won Best and Brightest Companies to Work for in the Nation Award 6 years in a row.

    Swoon was also awarded the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in the US from 2016 – 2020.

    Company Description

    Come get Swoon’d!! Swoon handles the staffing need of over 80 Fortune 500 clients. We have won Best and Brightest Companies to Work for in the Nation Award 6 years in a row. Swoon was also awarded the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in the US from 2016 – 2020.

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