Strategic Benefits & Wellness Leader

Consigli Construction Co.; Milford (MA); Híbrido; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Consigli Construction Co. seeks a Senior Benefits and Wellness Manager to lead the strategy, design, administration, and compliance of the company’s benefit programs.

You will manage plan offerings, optimize healthcare costs, ensure regulatory compliance, and partner with HR to deliver competitive, cost-efficient benefits that attract and retain talent in a dynamic construction environment. This role requires 6+ years in benefits/HR, strong vendor management, excellent communication, and the

Formación

• Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in Benefits and/or HR, with minimum 3 years managing a benefits function or working for a benefits firm or outsourcing company.
• Knowledgeable about employee health and retirement benefits design, regulatory environment, wellness initiatives, and marketplace trends.
• Experience managing external vendors, including performance guarantees, and contracting (RFPs).

Responsabilidades

• Develop and implement wellness initiatives with business partners to promote a culture of wellness and optimize healthcare costs.
• Oversee day-to-day plan offerings (medical, dental, disability, life, etc.).
• Collaborate with Senior HR Team to design the annual benefits package for approval by senior management.
• Manage fiduciary obligations, ERISA claims responses, and regulatory reporting (e.g., Forms 5500, ACA).
• Supervise vendors for plan administration and ensure compliance with plan documents and laws (ERISA/IRS).
• Coordinate with third-party enrollment provider to update platforms and conduct system testing.
• Lead the annual open enrollment process and develop communications and materials.
• Create and distribute employee benefits communications throughout the year.
• Monitor costs and program effectiveness, identifying opportunities to reduce costs.
• Serve as primary contact for vendor relations.

Conocimientos

Communication skills

Professionalism & confidentiality

Independent work

Project management

Numerical skills

Problem-solving

Multitasking

Self-motivation

Team collaboration

Descripción del empleo

Employment Type: Full-Time

FSLA: Salary/Exempt

Division: Human Resources

Department: HR Operations

Reports to: Director of HR Operations

Supervisory Duties: No

The Senior Benefits and Wellness Manager will be responsible for the strategy, design, administration, and compliance of Consigli’s benefit programs. Manages program development and execution to ensure that the company provides benefits which attract and retain team members, while ensuring compliance and effective cost management. The ideal candidate will be a proven, confident benefits operations professional with experience in a dynamic, changeable environment.

Responsibilities / Essential Functions

• Partner in the development and implementation of new health and welfare initiatives in partnership with the business to build a culture of wellness, enforcing healthy behaviors and optimize healthcare costs.
• Manage day-to-day activities of plan offerings including medical, dental, short-term, and long-term disability, life insurance, etc.
• Based on industry experience, stakeholder feedback, and knowledge of best-practices, work closely with Senior HR Team to create the annual benefits program package consisting of recommendations to senior management for plan design.
• Manage certain fiduciary obligations and delegations; researches, evaluates and drafting responses to ERISA benefit claims and participant inquiries on behalf of the plan fiduciaries; assists in the completion of regulatory reporting and filings (such as Forms 5500, ACA etc.).
• Manage vendors responsible for the day-to-day plan administration of the benefits programs to ensure Consigli is administering those plans in accordance with the terms of the plan document and applicable laws (e.g., ERISA and IRS).
• Partner with third party enrollment provider in updating online platform for the implementation of new plan year and conduct system testing.
• Lead the annual open enrollment process including developing communications and ensuring renewal changes are reflected in open enrollment materials, Summary Plan Descriptions, etc.
• Responsible for creating and distributing employee benefits communications during and outside of Open Enrollment.
• Monitor costs and effectiveness of benefit programs, identifying opportunities to contain or reduce costs.
• Manage all vendor relations as primary contact.·

Key Skills

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Maintains a high level of professionalism and confidentiality around sensitive data.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Must have strong capacity to deal with ambiguity and possess strong project management skills.
• Excellent mathematical skills and financially savvy.
• Strong initiative and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to multi-task and self-prioritize.
• Motivated and driven.
• Ability to work in a team environment with a primary focus on collaboration.

Required Experience

• Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in Benefits and/or HR, with minimum 3 years of experience managing a benefits function or working for a benefits consulting firm or a benefits outsourcing company.
• Knowledgeable and well versed in areas of employee health and insurance, retirement benefits design, employee benefits regulatory environment, health care reform, wellness initiatives, and marketplace trends.
• Proven ability to manage external vendors including working understanding of performance guarantees, contracting including RFP process.
• Ability to effectively design, communicate, measure and monitor benefits and wellness programs.
• Appropriate interpersonal skills for handling sensitive and confidential situations
• Ability to resolve escalated benefits issues, inquisitive mindset.
• Ability to review, update and interpret Summary Plan Descriptions and other legally required plans and other documents.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint required, excellent presentation skills.