Benefits Coordinator

Whitestone, New York

Employer: Restaurant Depot
Industry: Benefits Manager
Salary: $20.00 - $22.00 per hour
Job type: Full-Time
Job Title: Benefits Generalist

Department: Human Resources

Supervisor: Benefits Manager / VP of Human Resources

FLSA: Non-Exempt

Position Summary:

Responsible for assisting with the administration of all benefits and retirement programs, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, commuter benefits, other voluntary benefits and 401(k) plan.

Job Description:
  • Ensures the accuracy of all benefits enrollments in ADP to provide vendors with accurate eligibility information.
  • Assists with new-hire benefits orientations as needed.
  • Performs quality checks of benefits-related data.
  • Assists employees regarding benefits claims, life insurance claims issues and changes.
  • Distributes all benefits enrollment materials according to eligibility.
  • Assist employees with carriers and process life status changes.
  • Responds to benefits inquiries from admins, managers and employees on plan provisions, benefits enrollments, status changes and other general inquiries.
  • Effectively interprets employee's LOA status implications as they relate to benefit eligibility.
  • Responds to 401(k) inquiries from managers and employees relating to enrollments, plan changes and contribution amounts, as well as entering weekly deferral changes in the payroll system.
  • Assists with the open enrollment process.
  • Follow with employees who need to provide proof documents for their benefit elections and/or life event changes.
  • Process Medical Support Orders and Insurance Verifications.
  • Process COBRA packets for employees on a leave of absence who lose benefit eligibility.
  • Process weekly reports to track employees on a leave of absence and back from a leave of absence and make updates to their benefits if necessary.
  • Assist with proposal and implementation of wellness initiatives.

Administration of the ATS platform:
  • Helps with onboarding process, making sure that forms, onboarding trainings and background checks get assigned accordingly.
  • Posts and creates new jobs, set up new locations as the company grows.
  • Keep track and update compensation tables for job postings.
  • Assign and remove access to admins, branch managers, regionals and others as requested.
  • Reporting as requested.

Supports with the attendance tracking system:
  • Process weekly reports for employees not accruing any hours worked and follow up with regionals and admins.
  • Assign and remove access to admins, branch managers, regionals and others as requested.

Required Skills/Abilities:
  • Knowledge of employee benefits and applicable laws.
  • Good understanding of excel.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, excel and similar software.

Education and Experience:

Required:
  • Associates degree in HR or related field, but experience and/or other training or certification may be substituted for the education.
  • One year experience in HR and/or benefits administration.

Preferred:
  • Bachelors degree in human resources or related field of study.

Physical Requirements:
  • Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
  • Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at a time.


Salary Information: $20.00-$22.00
Created: 2024-09-14
Reference: 7614889
Country: United States
State: New York
City: Whitestone

About Restaurant Depot

Founded in: 1990
Number of Employees: 2792

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