Benefits and Leave Management Specialist

TerraPower.•Bellevue, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This role will support the full cycle management of the leave administration processes including parental, FMLA, medical, personal leave, L&I leave, accommodation, disability leave from initial notice of the need for a leave to the return to work. You will partner closely with the Payroll, HR, and third-party vendor to administer the programs, provide employee education, and support employees with benefit utilization.

Requirements

At a minimum, four year BA/BS degree in General Business, Finance, HR
A minimum of three to five years of benefits and leave administration experience including FMLA, health, disability, life, and 401(k) as well as ancillary benefits
Customer service oriented in high growth, high touch organization
Accuracy, time management, and timely follow-up
Proficient with Microsoft Excel and able to quickly adapt to other Finance and Accounting systems (ADP, Netsuite, Oracle Enterprise Cloud)
Working knowledge of payroll systems, experience with ADP preferred
Highly organized and detail-oriented; high degree of accuracy
Ability to multi-task. Handle benefits projects and ad hoc requests timely and accurately
Capable of quickly comprehending new information and technologies
Capable of working in a fast paced environment
Strong communication skills, comfortable working with operations team/non-accounting professionals
Ability to keep payroll and Human Resource information confidential
The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect with a desire to foster teamwork

Responsibilities

Support employees with leave request.
Ensure employee understanding of the eligibility, documentation, and leave schedule.
Oversee tracking, documentation and timely responses for active leave of absences and incoming requests.
Work closely with employee Managers to support employees who go on leave
Field and answer all leave related questions about state and federal regulations, healthcare providers
Arrange approval of employee leaves and project code to properly track in the system of record according to the leave types
Lead as subject matter expert on all aspects of state and federal leave mandates as well company leave policies and benefits
Ongoing development of leave management and compliance knowledge; stay current with changes in leave regulations and continually update company policy, procedure, guidelines
Evaluate, update and develop leave related policies and forms, documents, or communications with compliance of company policy and state, local, federal law.
Coordinate with the Payroll team to ensure pay and use of PTO (or other leave codes) is reflective of the actual leave schedule and collaborate on the true-up and reconciliation process when the employee returns to work.