Benefits & Leave Operations Specialist

Unifi; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Unifi seeks a Benefits Operations Specialist to deliver a best-in-class benefits experience. You will administer health and welfare programs, assist with eligibility, enrollments, life events, and audits, and coordinate with carriers and vendors to resolve issues.

The role focuses on ACA/ERISA compliance and employee communications. Ideal candidates have hands-on benefits administration experience, strong data accuracy, and the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of direct, hands-on employee benefits administration experience including eligibility, enrollments, life events, audits, and inquiries.
• Familiarity with ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, ERISA, FMLA, and ADA regulations.
• Strong customer service, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience entering, auditing, and reconciling benefits data in HRIS, benefits administration, carrier, or vendor systems.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with accuracy and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Administer health and welfare benefit programs with day-to-day ownership of transactions.
• Manage enrollments, life events, eligibility updates, and benefit changes.
• Support annual Open Enrollment planning, testing, communications, and post-enrollment audits.
• Collaborate with carriers, brokers, and third‑party administrators to resolve escalated issues.
• Conduct benefit eligibility audits, dependent verifications, and data reconciliations.

Skills

Customer service

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Data reconciliation

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

HRIS

Benefits administration systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Unifi seeks a Benefits Operations Specialist to deliver a best-in-class benefits experience. You will administer health and welfare programs, assist with eligibility, enrollments, life events, and audits, and coordinate with carriers and vendors to resolve issues.

The role focuses on ACA/ERISA compliance and employee communications. Ideal candidates have hands-on benefits administration experience, strong data accuracy, and the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining