Senior Benefits Strategy & Analytics Lead

CO1000 CDW, LLC; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 91,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus 5%

Benefits overview available

Job summary

CDW in Illinois is seeking an experienced Benefits professional to design and manage health and welfare programs, retirement plans, and wellness initiatives in alignment with regulatory requirements. You will partner with brokers, carriers, and vendors, lead plan implementations and renewals, analyze utilization, and drive cost optimization while ensuring ERISA and ACA compliance.

Collaborate with Legal, Payroll, and HRIS to ensure compliance and data-driven decision making; contribute to annual

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 5+ years of employer benefits experience in plan design and financial analysis, or 9+ years total experience.
• Strong knowledge of health plan design, plan administration, underwriting principles, and compliance (ERISA, ACA, COBRA, HIPAA).
• Excellent verbal and written communication with stakeholders and leadership.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Design health and welfare, retirement, and wellness programs.
• Partner with brokers, consultants, carriers, and TPAs during renewals and enrollment.
• Support new benefit programs, plan enhancements, system integrations, and process improvements.
• Analyze plan utilization, participation trends, and program effectiveness for cost optimization.
• Assist in developing and maintaining benefit policies, procedures, and governance.
• Build and maintain vendor relationships and participate in vendor evaluations and RFPs.
• Monitor vendor performance and service levels.
• Coordinate participant issue resolution with carriers and vendors.
• Support benefit program audits and governance reviews.
• Serve as escalation point for complex benefit inquiries and claims issues.
• Collaborate with Legal, Payroll, HRIS to ensure compliance obligations.
• Prepare reports, presentations, and business cases for leadership.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, enrollment reporting, and benefits analytics.

Skills

Verbal & written communication

Benefit plan design

Regulatory compliance

Data analysis

Independent work

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Microsoft Office Copilot

Workday knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

Workday

Microsoft Office Copilot

Job description

CDW in Illinois is seeking an experienced Benefits professional to design and manage health and welfare programs, retirement plans, and wellness initiatives in alignment with regulatory requirements. You will partner with brokers, carriers, and vendors, lead plan implementations and renewals, analyze utilization, and drive cost optimization while ensuring ERISA and ACA compliance.

Collaborate with Legal, Payroll, and HRIS to ensure compliance and data-driven decision making; contribute to annual