Benefits Analyst

Curaleaf; Wakefield; On-site; USD 70,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job description

At Curaleaf, we’re redefining the cannabis industry with a strong commitment to quality, expertise, and innovation. As a leading global cannabis provider, our brands—including Curaleaf, Select, and Grassroots—offer premium products and services in both medical and adult-use markets.

Join us at Curaleaf to be part of a high-growth, purpose-driven company that champions corporate social responsibility through our Rooted in Good initiative, supporting community outreach and positive change. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact, drive innovation, and help shape the future of cannabis.

Title: Benefits Analyst

Location: Wakefield, MA

Job Type: Full-Time, Exempt

About the Role:

The Benefits Analyst role is responsible for managing and administering employee benefit programs, ensuring compliance with company policies, and maintaining accurate records. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of benefits programs, including health insurance, retirement plans, leaves of absence, workplace accommodations, and will work to provide excellent customer service to employees regarding their benefits inquiries.

What You’ll Do:

1. Primary point of contact for benefits administration and for all team member benefits inquiries, including enrollment and status changes.
2. Ensure accurate benefits data in the HRIS system by coordinating with other HR Operations members and payroll to enter or revise data.
3. Trouble-shoot and resolve issues that occur on vendor electronic feed files.
4. Maintain benefits intranet page with up-to-date and accurate information.
5. Work with Benefit brokers and other team members on creating and editing guides, presentations, open enrollment content, and other benefit related materials.
6. Collaborate with the team on new benefit plan offerings, design, and communication of new initiatives and support the strategy, design, and implementation of programs.
7. Assist with the administration of the 401(k) plan.
8. Perform quarterly benefit enrollment audits.
9. Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local benefits-related laws and regulations, such as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), ERISA and HIPAA.

What You’ll Bring:

1. 2-3 years in an HR Operations/Generalist or Benefits role.
2. Associate or bachelor’s degree; experience and/or other training/certification may be substituted for education.
3. Familiarity with basic employment law and benefit compliance.
4. Extensive knowledge of employee benefits and applicable laws. Understanding of leaves of absence is strongly preferred.
5. Excellent oral and written communication skills.
6. Resourceful, with strong ability to connect the dots around multiple benefits processes.
7. Proven ability to independently execute projects with a strong attention to detail and deadlines.
8. Proven customer service, organizational and team collaboration skills.
9. Ability to manage multiple tasks, efficiently prioritize projects and embrace new challenges.
10. Strong technology aptitude with excellent MS Office suite skills, especially Excel. HRIS systems knowledge of Kronos payroll products strongly preferred.
11. Good judgement, problem solving and critical thinking.
12. 3+ years disability management and/or FMLA administration experience and completion of certification or training on FMLA/leave administration preferred.

Connecticut Hiring Range:

$70,000—$84,000 USD

What We Offer:

1. Career Growth Opportunities
2. Competitive Pay and Benefits (Health, Dental Vision)
3. Generous PTO and Parental Leave
4. 401(K) Retirement Plan
5. Life/AD&D Insurance, Short & Long-Term Disability
6. Community Involvement Initiatives
7. Employee Referral Bonuses and Product Discounts

Not all benefits listed above are available to all employees at all locations.

Curaleaf Awards and Achievements:

1. 2023 Ragan’s Top Places to Work
2. 2022 TIME100 Most Influential Companies
3. 2020 Cannabis Doing Good’s Good Neighbor Award
4. 2020 Minorities for Medical Marijuana’s Diversity & Inclusion Award

Follow us on Social Media:

Instagram: @curaleaf.usa
Twitter: @Curaleaf_Inc
LinkedIn: Curaleaf LinkedIn

Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (TSX: CURA) (OTCQX: CURLF) is a leading international provider of consumer products in cannabis with a mission to enhance lives by cultivating, sharing, and celebrating the power of the plant. As a high-growth cannabis company known for quality, expertise and reliability, the Company, and its brands, including Curaleaf, Select, Grassroots, JAMS, Find and Zero Proof provide industry-leading service, product selection and accessibility across the medical and adult-use markets. Curaleaf International is the largest vertically integrated cannabis company in Europe with a unique supply and distribution network throughout the European market, bringing together pioneering science and research with cutting-edge cultivation, extraction, and production.

Our corporate Social Responsibility is Rooted in Good. We believe in taking corporate and social responsibility very seriously, from our educational outreach to national partnerships, state-wide initiatives, and local causes. Giving back to the communities where we operate is important to us and helps to change old attitudes by showing the positive impact of cannabis in creating jobs, changing lives, and helping local communities.

Our Vision: To be the world's leading cannabis company by consistently delivering superior products and services and driving the global acceptance of cannabis.

Our Values:

1. Lead and Inspire.
2. Commit to Win.
3. ONE Curaleaf.
4. Driven to Deliver Excellence.

Curaleaf is an equal opportunity employer. Curaleaf recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Individuals adversely impacted by the war on drugs are encouraged to apply.

Current Curaleaf employees should use our internal job board to apply for current openings: https://app2.greenhouse.io/internal_job_board