Program Manager I

State of South Carolina; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 68,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Long-term disability

Life insurance

State retirement plan

Deferred compensation

Vacation leave (15 days)

Sick leave (15 days)

13 paid holidays

Job summary

South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission is seeking a regulated Compliance Analyst to oversee self-insured employers, funds and subdivisions. You will analyze applications, report finances for Full Commission meetings and recommend program improvements. You will also audit funds, adjust surety requirements, and ensure timely tax payments.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree and additional credentials such as a J.D. or graduate degree, with strong communication and travel willingness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and relevant program experience.
• Critical thinking skills with knowledge of SC Workers’ Compensation laws and regulations.
• Strong computer skills with the ability to learn the Workers’ Compensation technology system.
• Ability to deal with the public courteously and effectively.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to plan and organize work activities and prioritize task completion.
• Willing to travel.

Responsibilities

• Regulate and maintain self-insured employers, political subdivisions, and self-insured funds.
• Analyze self-insured insurance applications and report monthly on each with emphasis on financial feasibility at the Full Commission Business Meeting.
• Make recommendations for program improvement and regulation amendments.
• Conduct self-insured fund analysis.
• Approve by-laws, trust agreements, indemnity agreements, reserves, and investments for self-insured funds.
• Conduct self-insured in-house and field audits.
• Adjust each self-insurer’s surety requirements as needed.
• Assure the payment of claims in the event of the bankruptcy of a self-insurer or former self-insurer using the surety they provided to the Commission.
• Collects and monitors timely payment of all self-insured taxes.
• Monitor and approve any changes to a self-insurer's workers’ compensation program, including dividend payments, surety changes, excess retention, and rate changes.

Skills

Critical thinking

Computer skills

Communication skills

Planning and organization

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree

J.D. and SC Bar admission

Graduate degree in Business or Economics

Job description

• Under limited supervision, responsible for the regulation and maintenance of self-insured employers, political subdivisions, and self-insured funds.
• Conducts analysis of all self-insured insurance applications, reporting monthly on each with special emphasis on financial feasibility at the Full Commission Business Meeting.
• Makes recommendations for program improvement and regulation amendments.
• Conducts self-insured fund analysis.
• Approves by-laws, trust agreements, indemnity agreements, reserves, and investments for self-insured funds.
• Conducts self-insured in-house and field audits.
• Adjusts each self-insurer’s surety requirements as needed.
• Assures the payment of claims in the event of the bankruptcy of a self-insurer or former self-insurer using the surety they provided to the Commission.
• Collects and monitors timely payment of all self-insured taxes.
• Monitor and approve any changes to a self-insurer's workers’ compensation program, including dividend payments, surety changes, excess retention, and rate changes.

• Bachelor's degree and relevant program experience.
• Critical thinking skills with knowledge of SC Workers’ Compensation laws and regulations.
• Strong computer skills with the ability to learn the Workers’ Compensation technology system.
• Ability to deal with the public courteously and effectively.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to plan and organize work activities and prioritize task completion.
• Willing to travel.

J.D. and current BAR member of Soth Carolina and/or Graduate level degree in Business, Economics, or similar

The Workers’ Compensation Commission is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited, to lactation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.

The Workers’ Compensation Commission offers an exceptional benefits package for FTE positions that includes:

• Health, Dental, Vision, Long Term Disability, and Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, and Children
• 15 days annual (vacation) leave per year
• 15 days sick leave per year
• 13 paid holidays
• State Retirement Plan and Deferred Compensation Programs