Sr. Benefits Leader

Sr. Benefits Leader

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Itron is looking for a Sr. Benefits Leader to join our global benefits team! The Sr. Benefits is a key contributor in the Global Rewards team to drive forward Itron's global benefits strategy, provides operational leadership and mentorship to other members of the team. They would be responsible for retirement and benefit plans, data analytics/metrics, and supports global wellbeing.

This is an excellent opportunity for an analytical, data-driven individual to make an impact with a global company. The Sr. Benefits Leader will prepare detailed analysis and metrics related to Itron's global benefit offerings. They will be instrumental in planning, developing, overseeing, and redesigning company retirement and benefits plans primarily for North America but with ability to support international benefit plans with an eye for positive employee experience, plan competitiveness and operational effectiveness.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Work with the Director of Global Benefits in the analysis, implementation, administration, and communication of the company's retirement and benefit plans regarding plan design, policy features, enrollment, administration, compliance, and other requirements.
• Act as a project manager on complex and innovative benefit initiatives such as pension plan design reviews and annual benefit renewals, and other strategic and operational projects.
• Prepares executive summaries of renewals, benefit plan performance, and recommendations to present to the management team.
• Provides operational leadership and mentorship to the North America benefits team.
• Partners with local HR Business Partners to implement and execute the operational aspects of benefits delivery with a passion for impacting a positive employee experience.
• Optimize Workday Benefits functionality and partner with HRIS and others in HR to provide ongoing system oversight and system enhancement recommendations.
• Responsible for benefits analysis and reporting activities such as data modeling, developing, and maintaining metrics and KPI's, worksheet applications, and navigating and integrating reports from various information systems, and vendors to evaluate costs and competitiveness, identify trends and risks, ensure legislative compliance, determine, and recommend appropriate strategic plan design changes and/or opportunities or risk mitigation strategies.
• Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to help develop and monitor and analyze the company's benefits and fringe expense budget.
• Assesses current benefit programs, market, and cultural trends, legislative, tax and social changes that impact company programs to make plan roadmap recommendations.
• Monitor benefit programs to ensure adherence to internal policies and external legislation including compliance of all regional and country legislation.
• Assesses operational procedures and creates and recommends and implements improvements to enhance efficiency and employee experience.
• Assists with oversight of retirement plans and prepares and delivers analysis, reports, and recommendations to retirement governance committees.
• Responds to surveys and analyzes market data to determine company's competitive position in employee benefits.
• Works closely with benefit consultants and vendors on a regular basis.
• Supports and leads RFP process and implementations, as necessary.
• Extracts data and reporting from benefit broker database and provides data driven insights and recommendations.
• Supports wellbeing initiatives and strategy.
• Play a key role in managing benefit plan transitions for acquisitions and divestitures.
• Organize, plan, and deliver training for HR, managers & employees on any benefit plan or program.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in related field, such as Human Resources, Business, Psychology, etc.
• 7-10+ years of progressive experience in benefits administration, benefits strategy, or total rewards roles.
• Working knowledge of global retirement plans and health and welfare plans and their compliance, and administration required.
• Advanced experience in Workday, Excel, PowerPoint, and other business intelligence tools in the analysis, preparation, and presentation of plan information, data, and metrics.
• Global benefits experience is required (Mexico, Canada, EMEA, APAC, etc.)
• Strong financial acumen with experience developing business cases and managing significant benefits budgets.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS), SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or other relevant professional certification.
• Experience leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and advanced analytics tools to enhance benefits administration, improve employee self-service experiences, optimize benefits communications, support data-driven decision-making, and identify opportunities for increased operational efficiency and innovation.

Travel: 1 - 10%

Physical Demands: This is a typical office job, with no special physical requirements or unusual work environment.

Benefits Info: This position also includes a competitive benefit package including; financial, social, health and wellbeing programs, paid vacation, 401k matching, employee stock purchase program, hybrid work schedule, and more! This position is eligible for our annual bonus program.

Location: Liberty Lake, WA.

Pay Transparency Info:

Liberty Lake, WA: The base salary is $130K-$180K.

Itron is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce and providing an authentic workplace experience for all employees. If you are excited about this role but your past experiences don't perfectly align with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. In the end, you may be just who we are looking for! The successful candidate's starting wage will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills and experience. Itron is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you require an accommodation to apply, please contact a recruiting representative at 1-800-635-5461 or email Accessibility@itron.com.

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