Benefits & Enrollment Specialist

ARUP Laboratories; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

ARUP Laboratories, based in Salt Lake City, UT, seeks a Benefits Administrator to manage our benefits program and support employees with benefits questions, enrollment, and COBRA compliance. You will coordinate open enrollment, work with vendors, and ensure accurate benefits processing alongside Payroll.

The role involves assisting with orientation, benefits communications, and maintaining confidential employee records in HRIS.

Qualifications

• Duties require strong benefits administration knowledge.
• Experience handling employee inquiries about benefits is desirable.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and HRIS systems is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Assist employees with benefits questions, problems, and changes.
• Interface with the insurance companies and the employee to solve claim and membership problems.
• Plan and coordinate the benefit portion of New Employee Orientation.
• Plans and organizes open enrollment each year, including coordinating with vendors for the benefits fair and working with marketing to communicate deadlines to employees.
• Assist new employees in the benefits enrollment process.
• Process monthly insurance billings in a timely and accurate manner.
• Coordinate COBRA benefits and ensure compliance.
• Assist Leave Administrator with leaves of absence requests per ARUP policy and legal guidelines.
• Assist employees in applying for long term disability when necessary.
• Assist in analyzing benefit plans and costs.
• Maintain confidential employee information and documents for compliance with regulations.
• Coordinate ongoing training for employees regarding ARUP benefits.
• Prepare letters and memoranda to explain and communicate employee benefits.
• Recommend company and community resources to employees in need.
• Process life insurance claims and work with bereaved family members.
• Maintain compliance with applicable regulations including ACA, HIPAA, COBRA, and FMLA.
• Maintain accurate employee benefits records in HRIS and vendor systems; audit data.
• Partner with Payroll to ensure accurate processing of benefit deductions and employer contributions.

Skills

Benefits administration

Employee relations

Open enrollment

HRIS

Tools

MS Office

Job description

ARUP Laboratories, based in Salt Lake City, UT, seeks a Benefits Administrator to manage our benefits program and support employees with benefits questions, enrollment, and COBRA compliance. You will coordinate open enrollment, work with vendors, and ensure accurate benefits processing alongside Payroll.

The role involves assisting with orientation, benefits communications, and maintaining confidential employee records in HRIS.