WGU
Senior Benefits Analyst (Leave and Disability)
Salt Lake City, UT · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$83k-$124kDetected 1 day ago
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About the role
- Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.
- These include retirement, healthcare, wellbeing, EAP, life and disability, paid time off, absence management, recognition, and other ancillary plans.
- Provides day-to-day stewardship of processes, analysis, data reconciliations and auditing, reporting, communications, and project management critical to the operation of the WGU's employee benefit plans.
Responsibilities
- Collaborates closely with University People & Talent teammates and other University stakeholders to support the design administration and communication of programs, plans, and policies.
- Performs root cause analysis associated with issues or problems from across the organization. Identifies and recommends process or system improvements regarding the same.
- Assists with peer and industry benchmark analysis, survey responses, and preparation of program design comparisons to other companies.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
- Performs root cause analysis associated with issues or problems from across the organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources or related field
- experience and training
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.
Nice to have
- Strong knowledge and prior experience with HRIS/payroll systems.
- Workday experience
- Other HR-related certifications
- Disclaimer: This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position.
- It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs.
- Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.
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Compensation
- $82,700.00 - $124,000.00
- Provides hands-on project support or ownership for annual insurance renewals, open enrollment, year-end vendor file updates, routine compliance filings, and other special activity and projects as necessary.
- Plays an active role in employee benefits education and communication across the organization, including assisting with annual open enrollment meetings, webinars, and wellbeing activities.
Benefits
- Provides analytical, technical, process, and project support to the Employee Benefits function within the Total Rewards team.
- Develops and maintains documentation of critical employee benefits processes and procedures.
- Conducts regular data reconciliations, audits, and configuration reviews of all internal and external administrative systems associated with employee benefits programs and costs.
- Reviews benefit claims and utilization data on an ongoing basis; analyzes and interprets data for trends, improvements, and efficiencies.
- Provides support for tracking of Employee Benefits budget and associated fiscal year planning.
- Plays an active role in employee benefits education and communication across the organization, including assisting with annual open enrollment meetings, webinars, and wellbeing activities.
Equal opportunity
- Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@wgu.edu.
- Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@wgu.edu.
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