Benefits Administrator

Full-time

Brookville, NY

Educational Services

About the position

The Benefits Administrator at Long Island University plays a crucial role in managing employee benefits programs. This position involves assisting with benefits enrollment, COBRA administration, and various tuition programs, while ensuring compliance with relevant laws and maintaining accurate employee data in the HR information system.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Director of Employee Benefits with leave administration.
• Meet with employees going out on leave to explain leave processes, answer questions, and process leave forms (FMLA, NYS Disability, and NYS PFL).
• Assist with the processing of all benefit enrollment changes.
• Handle new hire enrollments, terminations, and qualifying life events.
• Assist with the audit of all weekly, biweekly, and monthly payrolls.
• Prepare payroll wires for TIAA, Cigna HSA Bank, and WageWorks.
• Process all COBRA enrollments.
• Process all monthly WageWorks commuter changes.
• Process and deposit COBRA and Direct Bill payments.
• Monitor all applicable Health Waiver Forms, supporting documentation, and waiver payments.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Experience working in the human resource benefits field.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to develop interpersonal relationships with employees at all company levels.
• Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion.
• Familiarity with federal, state, and local laws regulating employee relations practices.
• Ability to travel as needed.