Senior Analyst – Benefits
Company | Sysco |
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Location | Houston, TX, USA |
Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
Type | Full-Time |
Degrees | Bachelor’s |
Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field preferred
- 5-7 years of experience analyzing benefit plans
- Advanced knowledge in MS applications, including Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint
- An understanding of federal and state regulations governing benefits plans
- Knowledge of health and welfare, retirement, and leave benefit products, services and tools
Responsibilities
- Manage the day-to-day administration and ownership of US health and core benefit programs including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life, disability, and other benefit plans, and policies for union and non-union colleagues
- Assist with plan design review including driving annual enrollment process, partnering on Workday configuration, testing and implementing design changes
- Support ongoing benefit activities, including oversee and review of data flow, file feeds and collaborate with the Workday team on configuration updates
- Support ongoing Benefit Deduction integrations, including the implementation of a Closed Loop Payroll process
- Evaluate, implement, and manage wellbeing programs to support overall health of colleagues
- Responsible for research and feedback to escalated benefit issues
- Manage, promote and support ancillary programs as required
- Develop and manage vendor relationships, including consultants and third-party administrators, to gather data and understand benefit plan dynamics
- Identifies trends and develops solutions to improve customer experience
- Oversee vendor contractual adherence and renewals in coordination with procurement team to ensure timely invoice remittance within annual budget
- Collect, analyze, and summarize employee benefit data and trends
- Identify process improvements, including data quality, reporting and other opportunities to improve overall service and satisfaction levels for both associates and the Benefits management team
- Assist the Benefits team and other stakeholders (i.e., Labor Relations, HRBPs) in gathering, organizing, and analyzing data from multiple sources using Excel spreadsheets and other analytical tools
- Analyze results, interpret data and summarize findings and implications using PowerPoint, Word, and other written communication formats
- Prepare initial cost projections to support plan design decisions and budget impact for multiple benefit plans
- Research external sources of information, including healthcare costs and benefit plan trends to fully inform management decisions
- Maintain/oversee compliance with company policies, state and federal regulations such as HIPAA, FMLA, COBRA, and ERISA
- Assist in identifying new, emerging regulatory compliance matters
- Ad hoc projects as required, assigned, or requested to continue optimizing plans effectiveness and efficiency
Preferred Qualifications
- 7-10 years of experience analyzing benefit plans
- Project management experience preferred
- Experience with system testing, implementation, or configuration of benefits platforms
- Experience working in a large, complex organization and union populations
- Workday HCM & Payroll experience
- Experience with vendor systems such as bSwift or Businessolver
- Experience working with Collective Bargaining Agreements and associated benefits