Senior Manager, Benefits and Compensation - Remote
About The Position
The Senior Manager, Benefits and Compensation leads the design, administration, communication, and continuous improvement of the Company’s employee benefits and compensation programs. The role sets program priorities, manages annual cycles, oversees compensation surveys, job evaluation, base pay administration, and incentive pay analysis. The position leads benefits and compensation work across HR, Payroll, Finance, and external partners, and develops the team members who administer these programs. The role oversees health and welfare benefits, including renewals, open enrollment, employee communications, vendor changes, self-funded medical and stop-loss processes, benefit controls, and 401(k) administration. It monitors plan costs, utilization, participation, and employee feedback, and evaluates plan-design and vendor opportunities. For compensation, the role leads market pricing, salary benchmarking, pay-range design, job architecture, geographic differentials, and job leveling. It manages annual compensation planning and short-term incentive plan administration, reviews pay recommendations, and maintains compensation structures, records, data, and plan documents. The position also monitors applicable compliance requirements, maintains audit-ready records and controls, and leads process improvements and implementations that support accurate and timely Total Rewards programs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
- At least 5 years of progressive Total Rewards experience, including hands-on work in both benefits and compensation.
- Experience leading people, projects, or programs.
- Strong knowledge of health and welfare plans, self-funded medical and stop-loss, open enrollment, vendor management, and 401(k) administration.
- Strong knowledge of market pricing, salary structures, pay equity analysis, annual compensation cycles, and short-term incentive plans.
- Experience with benefits and compensation compliance, audits, budgets, reporting, HRIS, payroll, and planning systems.
- Advanced Excel and analytical skills, including the ability to evaluate complex data and communicate practical recommendations to senior leaders.
- Sound judgment, discretion, confidentiality, clear communication, project leadership, and the ability to develop staff and work across functions.
Nice To Haves
- Multi-state experience.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute benefits and compensation priorities aligned with business needs, workforce strategy, employee experience, and approved budgets.
- Establish program processes, controls, service standards, and development goals.
- Partner with subject-matter experts and stakeholders, and present analyses, recommendations, and program decisions to leadership.
- Oversee program reporting, documentation, audits, system changes, vendor performance, issue escalation, and cross-functional implementation plans.
- Lead health and welfare plan administration, annual renewals, open enrollment, employee communications, and vendor or carrier changes across medical, dental, vision, life, disability, spending accounts, wellness, and related programs.
- Oversee self-funded medical and stop-loss processes, including claims monitoring, deductible tracking, submission and reimbursement follow-up, reconciliations, and renewal analysis.
- Direct benefit eligibility, enrollment, payroll deduction, carrier file, invoice, and claims-related controls; resolve escalated service and data issues with internal teams and partners.
- Oversee 401(k) administration and coordinate with the recordkeeper, Payroll, Finance, and auditors on contributions, eligible compensation, testing, filings, and participant communications.
- Monitor benefit cost, utilization, participation, and employee feedback; evaluate plan design and vendor opportunities and recommend changes with financial and operational impact.
- Lead market pricing, salary benchmarking, pay-range design, job architecture, geographic differentials, and consistent job leveling and titling practices.
- Manage annual merit, promotion, market adjustment, retention, and compensation planning cycles, including guidelines, budget modeling, calibration support, approvals, and payment files.
- Oversee short-term incentive plan design and administration, including eligibility, targets, measures, payout calculations, controls, approvals, and post-cycle review; advise on long-term incentives as applicable.
- Review pay recommendations for competitiveness, internal equity, range placement, and policy alignment; guide HR partners and leaders on exceptions and complex cases.
- Maintain accurate salary structures, job records, compensation data, and plan documents; translate survey and internal analyses into actionable recommendations.
- Monitor applicable benefits, retirement, wage-and-hour, pay transparency, equal-pay, and reporting requirements; partner with Legal or other advisors on interpretation and needed changes.
- Maintain audit-ready records and effective approval, reconciliation, privacy, and data-security practices across HRIS, payroll, benefits, and compensation systems.
- Lead process improvements and implementations that strengthen accuracy, employee communication, manager guidance, and timely delivery of Total Rewards programs.
- Develop team members who administer benefits and compensation programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
