Project Manager, Financial Benefits

Justworks; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Justworks is seeking a Financial Benefits Project Manager in the United States to lead projects related to the 401(k) MEP and Benefits Billing, coordinating with auditors, fiduciaries, and internal teams. You will help shape retirement and benefits processes, manage compliance, and drive automation across departments.

The role emphasizes onboarding and managing new and existing projects, ensuring efficient operations and accurate data handling across benefits programs, including Medical, Dental,

Qualifications

• Experience with 401(k) MEP and Benefits Billing.
• Ability to perform complex analysis and develop findings.
• Ability to engage with auditors, fiduciaries, and internal teams.
• Experience onboarding and managing benefit projects (Medical, Dental, Vision).

Responsibilities

• Develop processes and strategies for large projects to function as intended.
• Onboard, oversee, and manage 401(k) MEP and other benefits billing projects.
• Engage stakeholders across external auditors, fiduciaries, and internal teams.
• Shape procedures for customer risk, contributions, compliance, and payroll data.
• Drive process automation and ongoing project improvements.

Skills

Process improvement

Project management

Benefits knowledge

Job description

Who We Are

At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people.

We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We’re data-driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we’d love to hear from you.

We’re united by shared goals and shared motivations at Justworks. These are best summed up in our company values, which are reflected in our product and in our team.

Our Values

If this sounds like you, you’ll fit right in.

Who You Are

You have a knack for process innovation and project management and are a true specialist in Benefits. When collaborating with stakeholders to define requirements related to our 401(k) MEP and Benefits Billing, you should serve as an expert who can build solutions from scratch and think creatively to enhance team productivity and processes. You possess an ability to perform complex analysis, develop findings, and improve project operations critical to Financial Benefits.

As the Financial Benefits Project Manager, you will be tasked with developing processes and strategies to ensure that larger projects function and operate as intended. Your responsibilities will encompass onboarding, overseeing, and managing the new and existing projects related to both the 401(k) MEP and additional benefits billing, including Medical, Dental and Vision, commuter, voluntary benefits and more. Your role will require engagement with stakeholders from various sectors, including external auditors and partners, fiduciaries and internal teams, including the Retirement teams, the Benefits Billing team, Product and Engineering, Internal Audit, and Finance.

The Financial Benefits Project Manager will help shape both the MEP Retirement benefit and Benefits Billing at Justworks by managing projects related to customer risk, contributions, compliance, payroll information, reconciliation and process automation. This position will impact the operating procedures of the team by understanding customer and policy data and recommending process changes to ensure customer and PEO compliance.

At Justworks, we’re united by shared goals and shared motivations. These are best summed up in our company values, which are reflected in our product and in our team. Read more here.

Your Success Profile

What You Will Work On

Create and manage new and existing projects related to the 401(k) MEP Benefit and Benefits Billing including but not limited to:

• Quarterly and annual audits
• Documentation management
• End-of-Year Project
• Nondiscrimination Testing
• Ongoing process and reconciliation automations
• New benefit billing onboarding and integration

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