Solera

Senior Benefits Specialist

Westlake, Texas · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 21 days ago

AlgorithmsJiraExcelAuditingHRISCustomer SupportLeadershipCommunicationPublic SpeakingMicrosoft OfficeSharePoint

About the role

The Senior Benefits Specialist is responsible for driving the day-to-day administration of employee benefit, leave, and HR-side immigration support programs for the United States and Canada.
This role serves as the primary operational point of contact for employees, HR partners, payroll, and external vendors, ensuring benefit, leave, and immigration-related processes are completed accurately, timely, and in alignment with company policy and applicable requirements.
The Specialist is expected to independently manage recurring processes, identify and resolve routine issues, and escalate complex, high-risk, or policy-sensitive matters to the Benefits Manager.

Own day-to-day operational administration of the 401(k) plan, including monitoring HRIS integrations, reviewing recordkeeper data, validating enrollment and eligibility updates, and coordinating issue resolution with payroll, HRIS, and the recordkeeper
Support compliance-related activities for the 401(k) plan, including data preparation, vendor coordination, audit support, non-discrimination testing support, and Form 5500 process coordination
This role requires strong attention to detail, sound judgment, vendor coordination skills, and the ability to manage sensitive employee matters with professionalism and discretion.

Bachelor's degree
Workday and ADP required
Strong communication and customer service skills with the ability to explain complex topics clearly

Experience supporting HR-side immigration administration (H‑1B, PERM, EADs, renewals)
Jira or similar ticketing systems
Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, PowerPoint)
401(k) administration, including nondiscrimination testing and Form 5500 processes

In addition, we provide products and services to protect digital transactions annually for approximately 235,000 partners and customers in more than 90 countries.

Drive day-to-day administration of FMLA, ADA, state leave, company leave, and Canada leave processes in partnership with the third-party administrator, HR, payroll, and the Benefits Manager
Explain complex leave policies in clear, empathetic, and employee-friendly language while escalating complex, high-risk, or policy-sensitive matters appropriately
Partner with payroll to ensure accurate wage replacement, benefit deductions, and employee status updates during leave
Senior Benefits Specialist

Solera is a global leader in data and software services that strives to transform every touchpoint of the vehicle lifecycle into a connected digital experience.
In addition, we provide products and services to protect digital transactions annually for approximately 235,000 partners and customers in more than 90 countries.
Our 6,500 team members foster an uncommon, innovative culture and are dedicated to successfully bringing the future to bear today through cognitive answers, algorithms, and automation.
For more information, please visit solera.com.

The Solera group is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws.
Work with employees and the third-party leave administrator to track leave usage, key deadlines, return-to-work timing, accommodation status, and employee status changes with high accuracy
Coordinate return-to-work and accommodation processes in partnership with HR, management, the third-party administrator, and the Benefits Manager

Provide HR-side immigration administration support, including coordinating H‑1B lottery submissions, sponsorship request intake and tracking, PERM application support, EAD validation and renewal follow-up, and immigration status updates i

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