Benefits Advisor

• Provide consultation, education and advice to employees on benefit program offerings, plan costs, election options, enrollment, changes, terminations, family eligibility and coordination
• Review and manage daily event maintenance and open enrollment processes in the Benefits Administration module
• Prepare daily reports to ensure employees make correct benefit selections after hire, rehire, promotion or transfer
• Enroll employees in optional benefits upon receipt of completed forms
• Meet with employees to process benefit changes related to retirement, termination and other significant life events
• Advise employees on benefits impacts of maternity and parental leave, partial leave, illness leave, vacation leave, disability, termination, layoff and retirement
• Prepare premium calculations for employees pre-paying benefits during unpaid leave
• Consult with third-party benefit providers and employees to resolve coverage and claims issues
• Administer annual benefit programs, including academic child care, student declarations, health spending accounts and personal spending accounts
• Work with Functional Analysts to define business and reporting requirements and maintain benefit and pension plans and PeopleSoft HCM functionality
• Manage member terminations and retirements in Ben Plus/EOS for UAPP and PSPP
• Coordinate year-end pension reporting and validate and update pension data
• Review benefit rate and program table changes and perform testing to confirm expected requirements

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