Benefits Specialist

JOB SUMMARY: Benefits Specialist is responsible for administration of benefits for participating clients.

Responsibilities include:

• Managing client benefits. This includes but not limited to: eligibility, enrollments, terminations, reconciling monthly benefit invoices, contacting clients about their renewals, maintaining employee and client records.
• Electronic 401k submissions
• Generating open enrollment notices
• 401k Eligibility, Loan Processing and Set Up.
• Answering questions from employees about their benefit deductions.
• Auditing terminated employees benefits for final deductions.
• Works closely with Payroll and Accounting on all benefit related issues.
• Researches and resolves questions from managers and employees regarding benefit deductions, eligibility and enrollments.
• Maintains knowledge of all Benefits software.
• Maintains knowledge of all PEO services to assist clients with general inquiries.
• Ensures that the highest quality level of customer service is provided to clients and employees.
• Establishes and maintains a positive working relationship with clients, co-workers & other departments
• Assist in special projects as assigned by management and other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Office skills – Outlook, Word and Excel.
• Experience handling employee benefits.
• Experience with invoice and/or benefit reconciliations preferred
• Excellent time management skills
• Ability to listen, communicate (written and verbal), excellent grammar, spelling and proofreading skills and follow-up effectively with all staffing levels and clients/customers
• Ability to work independently, self-starter, energetic
• Must be detail oriented.
• Able to adhere to tight deadlines
• High School diploma required.
• Able to handle highly confidential information.

Benefits
Full benefits package including Health, Dental, Vision, 401k, and Supplemental policies.
Work-life balance with a Monday-Friday, 8-5 schedule.
Competitive PTO package.

The selection process will involve:

1. Initial application review
2. First-round interviews with the hiring manager
3. Second-round interviews with team members
4. Final decision and offer

About the Company:
ELM was founded in 2000 with the mission of providing true local customer service while at the same time giving our clients access to state-of-the-art human resource management, payroll processing, time and attendance, fortune 500 benefit programs, and compliance-driven new hire processing. Our dedicated staff works every day to make it possible for business owners to focus on growing their business while letting us worry about current and new government regulations.