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Posted: 10-May-23
Location: Dallas, Texas
Type: Full Time
Salary: Base + Bonus
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Preferred Education:
Arcosa, Inc. is seeking a Benefits Specialist to join the Benefits team at the company’s headquarters in downtown Dallas. Reporting to the Director of Benefits, this role will be expected to oversee and manage the day-to-day operations and administration of Arcosa’s benefit programs, including vendor management, analytics, plan design and annual enrollment actions. The role is responsible for efficient delivery of plan information and tools that support employee understanding of Arcosa’s benefit plans including 401k, health and welfare, non-qualified plans, and voluntary benefit plans.
Arcosa, Inc. (NYSE: ACA) is a growth-oriented manufacturer and producer of infrastructure-related products and services. The company has businesses with leading positions in construction, energy, and transportation markets with annual revenues near $2B.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Participate in the planning, development, and administration of the corporation’s health & welfare benefit programs both self-funded medical plans and fully insured Health & Welfare plans.
- Prepare and communicate information to employees about benefit programs, procedures, changes, and government-mandated disclosures. Recommends and implements appropriate corrective action as necessary to ensure quick, equitable, courteous resolution of employee benefit issues/concerns.
- Manage special and/or recurring benefits projects (e.g., acquisition of a company, sale of a business unit), which may involve outside consultants and other internal department employees.
- Assist to create all aspects of Annual Open Enrollment including communication material development, leadership of HR and employee meetings, and communication of annual changes with key vendors.
- Partner closely with Human Resources Business Partners and HR Systems team for various reasons throughout the year
- Consistently evaluate the competitiveness of Arcosa’s benefit programs. Conduct periodic and ad-hoc benchmarking analysis, research market practices and summarize survey information to support benefits recommendations.
- Oversee the employee wellness programs and ensure such programs are designed to enhance employee awareness of personal health and improved organizational health.
- Administration of ACA regulations for the Health & Welfare plans
- Additional duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field; 4 years related experience may be considered in lieu of degree
- Minimum of 5 years experience in the administration of Health & Welfare self-funded plans
- Strong Knowledge of ERISA compliance, including FSA, discrimination testing, SPD development, and HIPAA
- Knowledge and ability to administer ACA rules and regulations
- Demonstrated ability to lead and provide direction to external vendors such as medical plan carriers
- Experience in the administration of both voluntary and involuntary benefits
- Demonstrated knowledge of all aspects of Annual/Open Enrollment
- Strong communications skills, including material development for the employee audience (written and verbal), strong presentation skills
- Communication of annual changes with key vendors
- Demonstrated leadership of the external day-to-day benefit administration vendors, including knowledge of vendor file interface requirements
- Strong ability to multi-task in a very dynamic environment
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with internal stakeholders, including accounting, HR and legal
- Demonstrated ability to interface with internal and external legal resources
