Senior Retirement and Benefits Specialist

Description

• Liaise with external group benefits disability case managers, employees and internal management, while maintaining oversight of internal related processes including coordination, administration, trend reporting, and providing key education of program.
• Primary Support in the management of the plans including analysis and recommendations, day-to-day administrative actions and audit compliance.
• Support in the management of governance reviews of benefit and wellness vendors, systems and contracts in collaboration corporate governance teams and ensure compliance with all applicable policies, plan documents, internal procedures and policies and global standards.
• Administer day-to-day benefit actions, audit and reconcile between various internal systems and external provider data.
• Primary contact for the group registered retirement and savings program for recordkeeper account team, external retirement plan consultant, and employees .
• Benefit management and oversight of other leaves including protected leaves and benefit management of all outbound international expatriates.
• Primary contact for the group extended health & dental program for group benefits account team, external benefits consultant, and employees.
• Provide in depth understanding and conveyance of the various health & wellness plans and contracts to various stakeholders.
• Responsible for the oversight, planning and analytics and management of the annual full cycle annual flexible benefits re-enrolment program including partnering with external benefit consultant, group benefits project management team, internal management and employee support.

Requirements

• 7+ years experience in benefits & wellness program experience in a large or multinational company coupled with demonstrated experience leading full-cycle annual Canadian group benefit enrollment for a large organization
• Familiarity with management of disability management including coordinating gradual return to work programs is ideal
• Previous experience with SAP and SuccessFactors
• Ability to maintain strong attention to detail in a high-volume work environment while working in a time-conscious and time-effective manner is required.
• Demonstrated experience in the execution of key program initiatives including research, cost assessments, presentation to key stakeholders, implementation planning and completion
• Strong collaboration skills and solution-oriented to support where needed
• 7+ years experience dealing with retirement and pension planning and governance matters
• Demonstrated problem-solving and critical thinking skills to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to complex problems
• SuccessFactors Implementation/Coordination experience
• Prior experience with SAP and SuccessFactors with strong and demonstrated experience in Excel including writing formulas and developing complex reporting
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Fundamental understanding of SAP and SuccessFactors coupled with experience in vendor system integrations and system enhancements.
• Attention to detail while working in a time-conscious and time-effective manner.
• Proficient computer and software skills to analyze, problem solve and seek solutions to data with strong abilities in excel including writing formulas and developing complex reporting
• Effective in creating relationships and gaining credibility with all levels of the organization
• Certified Employee Benefits Specialists (CEBS)
• Demonstrated ability to be discreet with confidential company and employee information while maintaining the highest degree of ethics
• Accredited four (4) year degree or global equivalent in applicable field of study and seven (7) years of progressive and broad benefit, group retirement, and systems work-related experience or a combination of education and directly related experience equal to eleven (11) years if non degreed

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance