About the Role
Title: Senior Specialist, Benefit Solutions
Location: Remote-NORAM
Job Description:
About Remote
Remote is solving global remote organizations’ biggest challenge: employing anyone anywhere compliantly. We make it possible for businesses big and small to employ a global team by handling global payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance. Check out remote.com/how-it-works to learn more or if you’re interested in adding to the mission, scroll down to apply now.
Please take a look at remote.com/handbook to learn more about our culture and what it is like to work here. Not only do we encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age and abilities to apply, but we prioritize a sense of belonging. You can check out independent reviews by other candidates on Glassdoor or look up the results of our candidate surveys to see how others feel about working and interviewing here.
All of our positions are fully remote. You do not have to relocate to join us!
What this job can offer you
This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global employment space as a Senior Specialist, Benefits Solutions, joining our Benefits team.
What you bring
- Experience in Benefits Administration or Benefit Design and Implementation, providing excellent customer service, and designing quality benefits plans, including retirement plans.
- Strong commercial acumen with a keen ability to assess business impacts and negotiate terms that enhance Remote’s market competitiveness.
- Skilled in negotiating with a strategic mindset, ensuring the financial and practical competitiveness of benefits offerings.
- You possess top-notch project management skills to accomplish goals, drive reporting, due date adherence, and process iteration to ensure better quality of processes.
- Strong analytical skills and a thorough knowledge of plan designs.
- Ability to understand, evaluate and make judgment on proposals (RFPs).
- Knowledge of benefits contract language.
- You are a manager of one
- Writes and speaks fluent English
- It’s not required to have experience working remotely, but considered a plus
Key Responsibilities
- Research employee benefits plans and vendors to identify those that present the best value across different markets.
- Design, recommend and implement new benefits programs. Examine possible plan designs and benefits cost changes.
- Firmly negotiate with vendors and administrators to secure the best plans, options, and rates, thereby ensuring Remote’s offerings remain market-leading.
- Serve as primary contact for plan vendors and third-party administrators.
- Ensure compliance with applicable government regulations.
- Act as a key player in strategic negotiations to maintain and enhance the attractiveness and competitiveness of Remote’s benefits offerings.
- Analyze current benefits, evaluating the use, services, coverage, effectiveness, cost, plan experience, and competitive trends in benefits programs.
- Review short- and long-range cost estimates/projections and relevant statistical analyses regarding modifications in benefits programs and implementation of new programs.
- Forecast trends and assist with future benefits designs. Develop specific recommendations.
- Provide customer service support to internal and external customers. Develop communication tools to enhance understanding of the benefits package.
- Handle escalations of benefits plans issues.
- Identify automation and process improvement opportunities.
- Work closely and effectively with Benefits Ops, Product, Engineering, Automation, Payroll, International Operations, Legal, Sales, and Customer Success Remote teams to ensure scalability and success of new benefit programs implementation or standard renewals.
- Be able to go from “scout to scale” and actually start things up and get things done.
- Be an internal and external champion of Remote’s values and Benefits team’s goals