Compliance Consultant, Leave and Disability Management and

Voya Financial • Windsor, CT

3d • $109,000 - $136,250 • Hybrid

About The Position

This position will act as a trusted advisor to help grow and provide compliance support for Leave Management, Disability, ADA, Paid Family Medical Leave and related service offerings. The individual in this role will provide guidance and ongoing support internally to the Health Solutions business to ensure our Voya Leave Management offering remains current, compliant and can be effectively supported for our clients. This role will be a key contributor to support the long-term direction of Voya’s Statutory Disability and Paid Family Leave offering in market.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in a related field, Juris doctorate with experience in Employment Law preferred.
• Minimum 5 or more years experience with either in-house (with a company) leave management, consulting in the absence and disability space, or leave-related experience with an insurance carrier or leave administration vendor.
• Extensive knowledge of leave-related laws/regulations: FMLA; State Leaves; ADA; PFML; paid sick leave, and pregnancy-related leave laws.
• Understanding the client’s full life cycle beginning with implementation to providing ongoing subject matter expertise throughout the relationship
• Proactive and practical attitude
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Curiosity about our business and industry
• Agile and creative approach to problem solving
• Collaborative team player
• Growth mindset and ability to gain new areas of expertise

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Short Term Disability plans is a plus

Responsibilities

• Provide direct compliance support for Paid Family Leave (PFL)/Paid Family Medical Leave (PFML) private plans and Statutory Disability plans, both on a self-insured and fully-insured basis, including overall identification of requirements, draft guidance for employer clients seeking private plan approval based on various state requirements, assist in drafting plan documents/templates, support plan filing (as applicable), draft/maintain templates for state required notices, support plan renewal requirements and ensure state reporting requirements are implemented and maintained appropriately.
• Monitor and communicate changes in the market to include regulations, leave laws, and employer trends.
• Inform product opportunities and partner with product & marketing to create and update external-facing collateral to support Voya’s Leave Management customers.
• Provide consultation regarding implementation and application of various state leave laws to internal Voya teams and/or directly with employer customers.
• Opportunity to represent Voya at industry events and conferences to network with consulting peers and prospects across the market.
• Support training efforts for the Voya distribution team related to Statutory Disability and Paid Family Medical Leave laws.
• Respond to customer and regulatory inquiries including complaints.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision and life insurance plans
• 401(k) Savings plan – with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%)
• Voya Retirement Plan – employer paid cash balance retirement plan (4%)
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
• Paid time off – including 20 days paid time off, nine paid company holidays and a flexible Diversity Celebration Day.
• Paid volunteer time — 40 hours per calendar year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior