About the position
The Benefits Data Analyst at McLaren Health Care is responsible for administering, facilitating, and problem-solving within the benefits program under the general direction of the benefits leadership. This role involves performing professional and analytical work of moderate difficulty, requiring proficiency in communicating moderately complex information. The analyst will manage the development, coordination, and evaluation of benefits transaction automation, which includes developing, testing, implementing, and monitoring activities to enhance the automation of data collection, transmission, and reporting. In addition, the analyst will review, audit, test, and ensure the ongoing integrity and credibility of benefits data maintained in the Human Resource Information System (HRIS) and other necessary systems. Recommendations will be made to ensure the consistency of benefits data. The role also involves preparing and producing benefits and costing reports needed by various departments, including Human Resources, Finance, Payroll, and Budgeting, as well as governmental agencies and vendors. The analyst will be responsible for preparing and auditing monthly billing for medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) plans for all groups serviced by the benefits team in the Corporate HR Services Department. Conducting research and compiling statistics regarding benefits, including enrollment, costs, utilization, and trends, is also a key responsibility. The analyst will identify problems in benefits policies and practices, making recommendations to correct issues and prepare for anticipated challenges. Assisting in open enrollment activities is another critical function, which includes planning, promoting, executing, monitoring, and adjusting the open enrollment process, as well as collecting, verifying, correcting, and transmitting enrollment data. The analyst will also be responsible for creating annual rate sheets and uploading rates for the HRIS system, along with completing and submitting third-party benefits surveys on behalf of the organization.
Responsibilities
- Manages development, coordination and evaluation of benefits transaction automation.
- Develops, tests, implements and monitors activities to enhance automation of data collection, transmission and reporting.
- Reviews, audits, tests and ensures ongoing integrity and credibility of benefits data maintained in HRIS and other systems.
- Prepares and produces benefits and costing reports needed by others including Human Resources, Finance, Payroll, Budgeting, governmental agencies, and vendors.
- Prepares and audits monthly billing for medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and EAP plans for all groups serviced by the benefits team.
- Conducts research and compiles statistics regarding benefits, including enrollment, costs, utilization, internal and external trends.
- Identifies problems in benefits policies and practices and makes recommendations to correct problems.
- Assists in open enrollment activities and processing, including planning, promotion, execution, monitoring, and adjusting of the open enrollment process.
- Responsible for creating annual rate sheets and rates upload for HRIS system.
- Completes and submits third party benefits surveys on behalf of the organization.
Requirements
- Associates degree in human resources, business, economics, social sciences or a related area and 4 years of experience OR Bachelor's degree in human resources, business, economics, social sciences or a related area.
- Two years' experience in benefits administration in the HR field and general working knowledge of human resources functions.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience working in a health care setting in HR or Payroll functions.
- SQL experience and/or experience with analytics software.
Benefits
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
