BENEFITS MANAGER SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND JOB REQUIREMENTS
Updated: Sep 20, 2024 - The Benefits Manager demonstrates impressive communication and client service skills while maintaining a strong compliance mindset and ethical standards. Furthermore, exhibits superior analytical abilities in financial and non-financial data analysis, coupled with innovative problem-solving and organizational skills. Additionally, possesses extensive technical expertise in payroll compliance and benefits administration, emphasizing quality customer service and a deep understanding of international benefit plans.
Summary of Benefits Manager Knowledge and Qualifications on Resume
1. BA in Human Resources Management with 5 years of Experience
- Demonstrated organizational and project management skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency in payroll software by Excel and database applications
- Handle multiple high priorities and meet deadlines
- Strong organization and priority setting skills
- Analyze, compile, compute, reconcile and verify data
- Excellent customer service skills
- Excellent written and oral communication
- Work well with people at all levels of organization
- Knowledge of Paycom Payroll and Benefits suites
- Knowledge of general accounting principles
2. BA in Business Administration with 3 years of Experience
- Experience in various retirement plan designs and operation, COBRA procedures, multiple health and welfare plans and IRC Sec.
- CEBS or other Human Resource related certification required.
- Previous experience working in a similar role, with people data and HR systems
- A proven record of delivering pay and benefit solutions in a fast-paced environment
- Experience in interpreting data into relevant and actionable insight
- Ability to translate data into meaningful, clear and simple information
- Strong analytical skills, and advanced Excel capability
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence at all levels
- Ability to plan whilst responding to in the moment delivery, with excellent organisational skills
3. BA in Organizational Psychology with 2 years of Experience
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (ex. Word, Excel, Power Point & Outlook) applications
- Impressive communication style and superior client service.
- Strong compliance mindset and ethical standards required.
- Strong math and analytical skills and time management
- Strong problem solving, organizational skills, innovative thinking
- Strong customer service skills and place an emphasis on quality work.
- Willingness to study and build expert knowledge of international benefit plans.
- Must have ability to analyze relationships of financial and non-financial data in order to spot variances from normal. Ability to follow through in investigation and explanation of any variances.
- Work experience related supervisory, payroll and benefit administration
- Strong technical expertise in payroll compliance
- Experience with benefits administration and open enrollment
- Must possess a strong desire to deliver exceptional service and quality work
4. BA in Public Administration with 4 years of Experience
- Self-checking own work, following through and staying on top of things closing out loose ends
- Communication Skills Written and Oral, articulating concerns/needs of others/the underlying issues
- Committed to working collaboratively with, adaptable to continuous improvement and changing needs
- Expertise in regulatory requirements for benefits administration & reporting
- Experienced in ensuring the administration benefits by the rules and documentations of policies and plans
- Experience in benefits strategy, finance and operations within a large global organization.
- Expertise in H&W benefits with extensive knowledge of Workday required.
- Self-starter with the ability to work proactively and independently
- Positive attitude, who owns a problem and will persevere and find solutions.
- Exceptional analytical and technical skills, along with effective communication & presentation skills.