Benefits Specialist

• Serve as a primary resource for team member benefits and leave inquiries, providing education and support across health, retirement, voluntary benefits, and leave programs
• Administer benefit enrollments, eligibility, life events, Open Enrollment, FMLA, ADA accommodations, personal leave, and state leave programs
• Manage leave documentation, eligibility, deadlines, accommodations, and return-to-work activities
• Reconcile benefit billing, payroll deductions, enrollment, eligibility, and vendor data, resolving discrepancies with internal teams and vendors
• Use Workday, vendor systems, and Excel to maintain records, analyze data, support reporting, and identify process improvements
• Support ACA, COBRA, ERISA, FMLA, ADA, audits, reporting, communications, and other compliance requirements
• Partner with Payroll, Finance, HRIS, People Partners, Legal, leaders, and vendors to resolve issues and support benefit and leave programs
• Maintain confidentiality, support Elara Caring policies and priorities, and perform other duties as assigned
• Report to the Senior Manager, Leave & Benefits

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