Benefits ManagerReporting to the Vice President of Human Resources, the Benefits Manager plays a key role in managing and enhancing PEAC's employee benefits, wellness, and compensation programs. This position is responsible for ensuring that benefit offerings are competitive, compliant, well-communicated, and aligned with the company's strategic objectives. In addition, this role provides day-to-day dotted-line oversight of the part-time Payroll Specialist, who is responsible for processing PEAC's payroll for approximately 300 employees in 20+ states within the United States. The Benefits Manager maintains a primary focus on benefits and compensation programs, while ensuring payroll-related processes are completed accurately, timely, and in compliance with applicable requirements.
Key Responsibilities- Manage the administration, communication, and continuous improvement of PEAC's employee benefits programs, including health, dental, vision, retirement, leave, wellness, and voluntary benefits.
- Evaluate benefit offerings and recommend enhancements to support employee attraction, retention, engagement, and well-being.
- Lead PEAC's annual benefits open enrollment, including employee communications, training, system updates, vendor coordination, and issue resolution.
- Maintain relationships with benefits brokers, carriers, and vendors; monitor service levels, resolve issues, and support effective program delivery.
- Ensure benefits and related total rewards programs comply with applicable federal, state, and local regulations, including ERISA, ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, FLSA, and related requirements.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for employee benefits questions and provide training, education, and support to employees and managers on benefits, wellness, compensation, and related total rewards topics.
- Support compensation and annual review processes, including merit increases, promotions, pay changes, bonus awards, position pricing, and recommendations that promote internal equity and market competitiveness.
- Develop and maintain metrics, reports, dashboards, communications, and standard operating procedures related to benefits, wellness, compensation, payroll coordination, vendor management, and open enrollment.
- Provide day-to-day dotted-line oversight to the part-time Payroll Specialist, including guidance, prioritization, issue resolution, payroll review, and support for payroll-related audits.
- Coordinate with the Payroll Specialist to help ensure timely and accurate payroll processing, including wages, salaries, benefit deductions, garnishments, taxes, payroll updates, and other payroll-related items.
Qualifications- 5+ years of experience in benefits, total rewards compensation, or a related human resources function.
- Strong knowledge of employee benefits principles, practices, regulations, and compliance requirements.
- Experience with HRIS and payroll systems, including ADP Workforce Now, and benefits administration platforms.
- Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and make recommendations.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and stakeholders.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with employees, managers, vendors, brokers, and leadership.
- Experience supporting or overseeing multi-state payroll processes is preferred; direct ownership of complex payroll processing is not required.
- Demonstrates a strong commitment to integrity and maintains strict confidentiality.
- High attention to detail and a strong sense of ownership, accountability, and follow-through.
The successful candidate will receive competitive compensation along with our benefit package which includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with match, flexible spending, and paid time off. PEAC also provides one paid day off per year to support community involvement. Celebrate you by also having off your birthday on us!
