HR Benefits Analyst

HR Benefits Analyst

As a leading healthcare education organization, Unitek Learning's family of schools helps thousands of students launch and accelerate their careers every year. As a rapidly growing and highly successful company, Unitek is also a great place to pursue a rewarding and challenging career. We offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, unlimited growth potential, and a collegiate work environment.

Job Description

The Benefits Analyst is responsible for assisting in the development, implementation, and administration of employee benefit programs, ensuring compliance with company policies, legal regulations, and a positive employee experience. This includes data analysis, reporting, supporting HRIS system implementations, and resolving benefit-related issues. This role also supports leave of absence management and ADA accommodations.

• Administer and maintain all employee benefit plans, including health, dental, vision, life, retirement, and wellness programs.
• Manage day-to-day transactions and data within HRIS and benefits administration platforms, conducting regular audits for accuracy.
• Guide and support employees in understanding and utilizing benefit programs; act as a main point of contact for benefit-related inquiries.
• Administer leave of absence programs (FMLA, ADA, state-specific leaves, STD / LTD), including eligibility, approval, and return-to-work processes.
• Oversee and track ADA accommodation requests, collaborating with leadership and legal to ensure policies and processes are compliant and employee needs are met.
• Lead and coordinate annual open enrollment, qualifying life events, and new hire benefit onboarding.
• Analyze benefit utilization and costs, preparing regular reports to inform plan design recommendations and strategic decisions.
• Liaise with vendors, brokers, and third-party administrators, resolving complex issues and billing discrepancies.
• Assist in the preparation and distribution of benefit communications and compliance documentation.
• Responsible for all reporting and compliance with all benefits related matters, such as ACA, 5500 and discrimination testing, including 401(k).
• Ensure legal compliance with ERISA, ACA, HIPAA, COBRA, and state regulations.
• Development and execution of wellness initiatives and strategy.
• Performs other duties as required.

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Additional Information

We Offer :

Salaried : $70k - 90k