Benefits Specialist

Benefits Specialist

The Benefits Specialist is responsible for the administration of corporate benefit programs such as medical, dental, and vision insurances, group life insurances, short term disability, long term disability insurances, FSA / HSA programs, 401(K), workers compensation, and employee leave programs.

Essential Functions :

• Serves as the subject matter expert for processes, administers, and tracks all employee FMLA, workers' compensation, ADA, and / or other similar leaves of absence while ensuring compliance with applicable law and Company policy
• Consult with Workers Compensation carrier to submit new claims, manage leave and payment activities
• Work with Compliance to ensure that all ERISA, FMLA, ADA, HIPPA etc. requirements are being met
• Work with Safety Team to ensure that all required OSHA recordkeeping, postings, and reporting activities are complete
• Administers benefit plan for multiple subsidiaries and contracts including SCA and CBA contracts
• Serves as primary contact for all benefits and leave with employee and managers
• Ensures the accuracy of all benefit enrollments in the HRIS
• Communicate with vendors regarding various issues including enrollment, claim disputes, and invoice reconciliation
• Assist with the annual open enrollment process and conducts all benefit related onboarding activities
• Travels to locations for new contact set up to include benefits meetings and travel to contract locations for annual open enrollment meetings
• Create benefit materials for new hires, open enrollment, and recruiting candidates
• Ensure that employee benefit and medical files are maintained properly in a secured environment
• May be required to perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization

Supervisory Responsibilities :

This job does not have supervisory responsibilities.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities :

Qualifications :

Preference Statement :

Preference will be given to Calista shareholders and their descendants and to spouses of Calista shareholders, and to shareholders of other corporations created pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, in accordance with Title 43 U.S. Code 1626(g).

EEO Statement :

It is our policy to select, place, train and promote the most qualified individuals based upon relevant factors such as work quality, attitude and experience, so as to provide equal employment opportunity for all employees in compliance with applicable local, state and federal laws and without regard to non-work related factors such as race, color, religion / creed, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship, genetic information, or other protected status. When applicable, our policy of non-discrimination applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, training, transfer, promotion, placement, layoff, compensation, termination, reduction in force and benefits.

Reasonable Accommodation :

It is Calista and Subsidiaries' business philosophy and practice to provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities.