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Ball Corporation · 7 hours ago

Health and Group Benefits Analyst

Westminster, CO

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid Level

$75K/yr - $104K/yr

3+ years exp

Ball Corporation is a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminum packaging, recently recognized as one of Newsweek's Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces. The Health and Group Benefits Analyst is responsible for the administration of corporate sponsored US health and group benefit programs, ensuring compliance and effective communication of benefits to employees and stakeholders.

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Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Under the general guidance of the Manager, US Benefits and assigned team members, this role is accountable for the daily administration, procedures, vendor regulatory compliance of plans and vendor file feed coordination for a variety of Total Rewards programs, including but not limited to:

Attends regularly scheduled calls with external vendors and leads associated project management tracking and logging of administration related tasks to ensure completion

Acts as a liaison between the company, vendors, banks, and insurance companies, and other organizations/agencies; ensures that the quality of services provided are of appropriate level and escalates areas of concern

Leads reconciliation of complex escalated issues and provides guidance to Total Rewards Specialists, management, human resources colleagues, employees and retirees until resolution is attained

Coordinates the development and deployment of communication materials for effective, accurate presentation of the plans to employees and HR and may lead webinar training sessions on various benefit topics

Leads efforts with HRIS and payroll functions relating to data feeds, deductions and system setup, running extracts, and reports as necessary

Leads efforts to ensure data transmission/ specification requirements are accurate and defined for clear interpretation and understanding with suppliers/partners and internal stakeholders and updates are made regularly when processes change

Ensuring administrative practices are consistent with applicable plan rules and that all plan documents remain current and legally compliant

Oversees employee program enrollment coordination, testing and project management of associated tasks and deadlines

Coordinates annual content and compliance updates relating to plan documents/Summary Plan Descriptions and handles plan compliance-related tasks, potentially including assistance with completion of IRS Form 5500, SARs, coordinates annual plan audits, data validation, and other regulatory reporting

Maintains a thorough knowledge of all current and past (grandfathered) provisions of plans and programs

Supports preparation and presentations to Ball’s governing committees

Leads the effort to support union negotiations by compiling and analyzing data and creating worksheets and presentations and ensuring the implementation of all union plan changes, including notification to all team members, notification and confirmation of changes to/from vendors and tracking of negotiated future benefit changes

Leads and/or supports audits, reconciliation and reporting initiatives

Partners with the finance, accounting, legal, HR and other operations as appropriate to successfully administer and report on benefit programs

Ensures data privacy within the benefits programs is maintained as defined by various government and agencies in North America

Participates on project teams and may play a project management role to implement new benefits/programs, support mergers/acquisitions/divestitures, support system changes and other initiatives as necessary

Continuously identifies areas for process improvement and implements the creation, updates and regularly reviews procedure documents and process flows

Partners with the others on the Rewards team, finance, accounting, tax, legal, HR, and other internal or external support to successfully ensure benefits programs are compliant with country, state, local and international legislation and/or employment laws

Performs other duties as assigned by the Manager, US Benefits, some of which may become permanent responsibilities; Participates in special projects as assigned and performs individual assignments as management may direct

Establishes and maintains effective work relationships within the department, the division group, company and vendors, including ability to handle stress and to interact with others so as to establish and maintain a positive, respectful and productive work environment and minimize personal conflicts

Qualification

Health benefits administrationVendor managementRegulatory complianceData analysisProject managementCustomer serviceCommunication skillsProblem solvingOrganizational skillsDecision makingAttention to detailTeam collaboration

Required

Broad training in a related field usually acquired through college or work-related experience

Job related experience of 3 - 5 years' minimum

Possesses an in depth and diverse understanding of technical program policy, procedure and how equity design functions

Able to quickly identify opportunities and provide solution recommendations with accurate details

Applies technical and administrative knowledge to support analyses and recommendations

Analyzes complex technical issues

Develops and presents recommendations from accurate analysis

Offers solutions to solve process issues and ascertaining why something is occurring

Diagnoses complex situations into manageable parts

Finds trends in large amounts of information

Actively seeks the input and opinions of stakeholders

Explores and compares a wide range of options before acting

Decisions are sound, timely, attentive to details and recognize constraints and resources available

Defends a recommendation and can confidently support it

Strong organizational skills, ability to prioritize and work autonomously

Recognizes and responds to deadlines and continuously reviews priorities

Highly developed attention to detail and effective oral and written communication with internal and external contacts

Able to communicate complex information in an effective manner

Listen effectively to determine issues

Ability to work in an environment with frequent interruptions, high volume of activities and multiple deadlines

Able to articulate specific details, thoughts and ideas tactfully, clearly and succinctly

Provides customers complete, timely and accurate information

Demonstrates good oral, written and listening skills

Ensures data privacy within the benefits programs is maintained as defined by various government and agencies in North America

Participates on project teams and may play a project management role to implement new benefits/programs

Continuously identifies areas for process improvement and implements the creation, updates and regularly reviews procedure documents and process flows

Establishes and maintains effective work relationships within the department, the division group, company and vendors

Ability to handle stress and to interact with others so as to establish and maintain a positive, respectful and productive work environment and minimize personal conflicts