Benefits Consultant
Responsible for the active relationship management and coordination of work of ancillary benefit plan partners. Activities include contract negotiation and review, business process development and documentation, facilitation of regular meetings, change management and coordination of fully outsourced services.
• Establish consistent measurement and reporting on activities of vendor partners and value/ROI of benefit spend as well as contractual performance guarantees.
• Negotiate performance guarantees in contracts with vendors, with attention to improvement of service levels and alignment with departmental goals
• Facilitate regular meetings with vendors and document decisions and issues that have reached resolution or are scheduled to be discussed. Regular reports of progress to be provided to leadership.
• Ensure timely delivery, summary and storage of vendor data including performance guarantees and metrics as well as contract documents and key correspondence.
• Integrate vendor services with other areas of HR.
Candidate needs to be a dynamic professional comfortable working with C-Suite level and all levels of employees. Will support total award team, invoicing, phones, emails and projects.
Skills:
• Knowledge of benefit policies, procedures, and legal issues as they apply to a large health care organization.
• The ability to analyze data, problem-solve, interact professionally with employees of all levels, to competently utilize computer word processing and spreadsheet programs, and the ability to manage multiple tasks with multiple priorities.
• Ability to demonstrate expertise in team building
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication at a high level and ability to give effective presentations.
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, negotiation and organizational skills.
• Knowledge of PeopleSoft HCM and Benefits Administration data architecture and integration with other modules (payroll, finance, etc.).
• Knowledge of project management methodologies, comprehensive benefit product offerings and computing systems, interfaces, and Hospital standard software.
• Familiarity with various operating systems used by Hospital data processing techniques and practices, and an understanding of a variety of hardware and software environments and knowledge of the healthcare industry is also preferred.
Education:
Bachelor’s Degree Business Administration, Human Resources or related discipline
