Benefits Administrator

Description

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Our vision is both simple and ambitious: to put our drinks on every table.

We are the leading global independent beverage solutions provider. We serve a broad range of national and international retailers as well as Global, National and Emerging (GNE) brands. Our products are distributed worldwide from our production sites in Europe, North America, and Australia. Although our own branding may not appear on the labels of the beverages we produce, there is a good chance you are reading this while sipping one of our drinks.

Our ambition is to continually improve and it’s what keeps us at the top of our game.

We are solutions-based.

We are innovative. We seek out new challenges and conquer them. This is our company ethos, but it’s our people’s too:

Refresco is at the cutting edge of a fast-moving industry because we have passionate people pushing the boundaries of what’s best.

Stop and think: how would

YOUput our drinks on every table?

Summary

Description:

• The benefits administrator is responsible for the executing the day-to-day operations of group benefit and retirement programs. This position includes cross-functional management of projects including data analysis and supporting and maintaining of benefits and payroll reporting tasks. This position will work closely with internal teams to ensure appropriate legal (FMLA, ADA, EEOC, FLSA, ACA etc.) and Company policy compliance. Additionally, this position serves as the SME in benefits, retirement and have a fundamental knowledge of payroll concepts, practices and procedures with strong analytical and mathematical aptitude.

Essential Job Functions:

• Analyzes and understands the life cycle of employee’s data along with system functionality, providing continuous opportunities aligned with Refresco strategies.
• Partner with external vendors, HRIS systems administration (UKGPro/Wex), and support day-to-day and annual enrollment activities within the systems.
• Actively participates in the set up and testing of benefits administration system, annual enrollment processes, and employee self-service features.
• Coordinates annual compliance testing and required audits with external auditors.
• Audits, reviews and processes weekly funding notifications for all applicable plans.
• Administers the vendor interfaces and resolves any discrepancies. Works with vendors to escalate enrollment, file transmission and system issues, as appropriate.
• Ability to analyze large data sets, assess trends or patterns and make recommendations based on data (quantitative) and situational factors (qualitative).
• Participates in reviewing, researching, and correcting error reports generated from benefit vendors.
• Collaborates with payroll, and reviews weekly reports ensuring that employer contributions and employee deductions are processed accurately.
• Participates with accounting audits as it relates to benefits or payroll errors. Ensure required deadlines are met in order to achieve on-time payments and avoid penalties/interest by vendors.
• Responsible for administering the data audit necessary to complete government compliance activities (5500s, audits, etc.).
• Assists with the administration of the 401(k) Retirement plan.
• Assist with crafting content and communications for employees that are approachable, succinct, and reflect company culture.
• Partners with benefit manager to offer recommendations on current benefit trends, programs/changes and regulatory/legislated requirements.
• Creates ongoing reporting, in addition to ad-hoc requests.
• Manages ongoing and annual ACA filing requirements with external benefits administrator plus resolves discrepancies in data elements.
• Commitment to process improvement and cross functional collaboration with HR business partners to build efficient and scalable processes.

Required Skills and Competencies

• Capacity to understand people issues impacting the business and how the business can create profit and value.
• Demonstrates integrity in all business interactions and honors personal commitments.
• Ability to provide both verbal and written information clearly, succinctly, and persuasively, as well as ability to influence others.
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