Senior Benefits & Leave Specialist

Slide Insurance • Tampa, FL

12d

About The Position

As a Senior Benefits & Leave Specialist at Slide Insurance, you will play a crucial role in supporting the company's people by administering benefits and leave programs. This position involves managing employee benefits, assisting with leave administration and workplace accommodations, and ensuring compliance with regulations. You will be a primary resource for employees, helping them navigate important life events while upholding the company's culture of care and support.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 4+ years of progressive experience in benefits administration, leave administration, HR operations, or a related area, including self-insured medical plan experience.
• Experience administering benefit and leave programs, including annual enrollment, employee communications, vendor coordination, and multi-state leave requirements.
• Experience working with benefits brokers, carriers, third-party administrators, leave management vendors, and payroll processes.
• Experience with HRIS and benefits administration systems; ADP experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of employee benefits administration, including self-funded medical and disability plans, and working knowledge of FMLA, ADA, HIPAA, USERRA, and applicable state leave requirements.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, communication, and customer service skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and maintain confidentiality.
• Proven ability to build effective relationships with employees, leaders, vendors, and business partners while delivering a positive employee experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a multi-state, regulated, financial services, insurance, or publicly traded organization preferred.
• SHRM-CP, PHR, CEBS, or similar professional certification preferred.
• Strong Excel skills preferred.
• Commitment to living Slide's Core Values.

Responsibilities

• Administer employee benefit programs, including self-insured medical, dental, vision, life, disability, HSA, FSA, and voluntary benefits.
• Manage benefit enrollments, life events, changes, terminations, and employee data maintenance.
• Serve as a primary resource for employee benefit questions, eligibility, coverage, and deductions.
• Partner with brokers, carriers, and third-party administrators to resolve enrollment, eligibility, billing, and employee issues.
• Support annual enrollment activities, employee communications, system testing, and data validation.
• Review benefit invoices, perform audits and reconciliations, and maintain accurate benefit records.
• Serve as the primary internal resource for leave programs and workplace accommodations.
• Partner with the third-party leave administrator to coordinate leave activity, employee communications, escalations, and return-to-work processes.
• Manage workplace accommodation requests and facilitate the interactive process with employees and leaders.
• Monitor leave activity, status changes, and key dates to ensure accurate HRIS and payroll updates.
• Maintain confidentiality and support compliance with applicable leave and accommodation requirements.
• Support benefits and leave administration in accordance with applicable regulations, plan requirements, and company policies.
• Perform audits, reporting, data validation, and documentation to support compliance and internal controls.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, employee communications, system functionality, and vendor performance.
• Provide backup payroll support, including benefit deductions, leave-related payroll impacts, and payroll validation activities.

Benefits

• Comprehensive and affordable benefits package covering physical, emotional, financial, social, and professional aspects.
• Lifestyle Spending Account with monthly contributions for personalized benefit use.

What This Job Offers

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