Corporate Benefits Manager

Jordan Sitter; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jordan Sitter Associates seeks a senior Benefits Lead to build and manage a new corporate benefits program across multiple affiliated companies in a distributed workforce. You will establish broker and carrier relationships, design plans, and deliver a superior employee experience from day one.

Within the first year, you will transition to a compliant, accurate benefits setup with clear leadership reporting on enrollment, cost, and utilization.

Qualifications

• Experience administering Health & Welfare programs with third-party admin.
• Ability to build business cases and present to senior leadership.
• Strong Excel skills and data reporting capabilities (pivot tables/lookups).

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day administration of medical, dental, vision, life, disability, wellness, and voluntary benefit programs.
• Serve as primary vendor relationship owner for broker, carrier, and third-party admin.
• Act as the go-to benefits resource for employees across the organization and affiliates.
• Lead reconciliation of carrier invoices and billing statements in partnership with finance.
• Ensure ACA/ERISA/COBRA/HIPAA compliance for the program.
• Build and deliver reporting on enrollment, plan utilization, and cost trends for HR & leadership.
• Provide light administrative support for the company’s 401(k) program with payroll team.]
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Skills

Benefits administration

Vendor management

Excel pivot tables

Power BI

Senior leadership communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/business

Tools

HRIS/Payroll system

Job description

Build it, don't inherit it. What you set up this year is what companies run on. Four companies, one function. You see the whole picture across the group. A seat at the table. Present to senior leadership, not just hand over reports. Own Something from Day OneA growing and highly reputable company in the heavy equipment sector is standing up its own corporate benefits function for the first time, and it needs someone to lead the build. This is not a maintenance role inheriting someone else's system. You will help establish a brand-new broker relationship, a new medical carrier, and a benefits program to support a distributed workforce across multiple affiliated companies. If you want a seat where your fingerprints are on the plan design conversations, the vendor relationships, and the employee experience from the start, this is that seat.

What Success Looks Like Within the first year, the transition from the prior benefits arrangement to the new broker-and-carrier relationship is complete, accurate, and free of major service disruptions for employees. Employees across the organization and its affiliates know who to call with a benefits question and trust that it will get resolved. Leadership has clean, reliable reporting on enrollment, cost, and utilization trends to support renewal and plan design decisions. You are seen as someone who can walk into a room with senior leadership, including the C-suite, and hold your own on a benefits business case.

Key Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day administration of medical, dental, vision, life, disability, wellness, and voluntary benefit programs.
• Serve as the primary vendor relationship owner for the broker, carrier, and third-party admin.
• Act as the go-to benefits resource for employees across the organization and its affiliates.
• Lead the reconciliation of carrier invoices and billing statements, partnering closely with finance.
• Ensure the program stays compliant with ACA, ERISA, COBRA, HIPAA, and related regulations.
• Build and deliver reporting on enrollment, plan utilization, and cost trends for HR & leadership.
• Provide light administrative support on the company's 401(k) program in partnership with the internal payroll team.

Job Requirements

• Solid experience administering Health & Welfare benefit programs, including direct work with a third-party administrator and a payroll/HRIS platform.
• Working knowledge of ACA, ERISA, COBRA, and HIPAA.
• Comfort partnering with internal finance teams on billing reconciliation and cost reporting.
• Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables and lookups.
• Comfort supporting more than one internal stakeholder group across a distributed organization.
• Ability to build a business case and present it confidently to senior leadership.
• Background from an organization of a comparable size (roughly a few hundred employees), ideally with a predominantly salaried, professional workforce.
• Benefit plan design experience, Power BI experience, and prior experience transitioning between carriers or vendors are all a plus, though not required.