Benefits & HRIS Specialist (Contract) - Dayforce Expert

Australia-Employment; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 103,155,000 - 120,347,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobot is seeking an experienced Benefits & HRIS Specialist for an initial 6-month contract in San Antonio, TX. You will administer medical, dental, vision, life, disability, HSA/FSA, retirement, and voluntary programs, focusing on stabilizing benefits operations and HRIS data integrity for about 200+ US associates.

The role requires hands-on benefits administration, benefits reconciliations, 834 feeds, COBRA/ACA, Dayforce experience, and collaboration with carriers, brokers, and internal

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands‑on Benefits Administration and HRIS experience.
• Strong benefits reconciliation and auditing experience.
• Experience working directly with carriers, brokers, and third‑party administrators.
• Experience with 834 eligibility feeds, carrier integrations, or comparable benefits data interfaces.
• Strong HRIS administration, data auditing, and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong Excel and data reconciliation capabilities.
• Ability to independently identify issues, research root causes, and drive problems through completion.
• Ceridian Dayforce experience strongly preferred, particularly within Benefits, employee profiles, reporting, audits, carrier feeds, integrations, or system troubleshooting.
• Candidates with strong experience in another enterprise HRIS will also be considered.

Responsibilities

• Administer medical, dental, vision, life, disability, HSA/FSA, retirement, and voluntary benefit programs.
• Support Open Enrollment administration, system testing, implementation, and post-enrollment audits.
• Process and audit new hire enrollments, qualifying life events, benefit changes, and terminations.
• Perform carrier invoice, eligibility, enrollment, and payroll deduction reconciliations.
• Research and correct missing, incorrect, retroactive, and catch‑up benefit deductions.
• Identify discrepancies between HRIS, payroll, carrier, and enrollment data and drive issues through resolution.
• Work directly with carriers, brokers, and TPAs to resolve coverage, eligibility, enrollment, and billing issues.
• Monitor and troubleshoot 834 eligibility feeds and other benefits integrations, including failed transmissions, retroactive changes, and data discrepancies.
• Support COBRA and ACA/1095 administration and related compliance activities.
• Perform HRIS data audits and maintain accurate employee profiles, organizational structures, and reporting relationships.
• Troubleshoot HRIS issues and assist with system testing, reporting, data cleanup, and process improvements.
• Develop and maintain benefits processes and documentation.
• Provide clear and accurate benefits communication and support to employees.
• Utilize Excel to analyze, audit, reconcile, and validate benefits and HRIS data.

Skills

Benefits Administration

HRIS Data Auditing

Excel

Vendor Liaison

Tools

Ceridian Dayforce

HRIS Systems

Open Enrollment tooling

Job description

Jobot is seeking an experienced Benefits & HRIS Specialist for an initial 6-month contract in San Antonio, TX. You will administer medical, dental, vision, life, disability, HSA/FSA, retirement, and voluntary programs, focusing on stabilizing benefits operations and HRIS data integrity for about 200+ US associates.

The role requires hands-on benefits administration, benefits reconciliations, 834 feeds, COBRA/ACA, Dayforce experience, and collaboration with carriers, brokers, and internal