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The Mary Mother of the Church Pastoral Center, located in St. Francis, is the main office for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. The archdiocese covers 4,758 square miles in southeast Wisconsin and includes the following counties: Dodge, Fond du Lac, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington and Waukesha. Almost 200 parishes, over 100 Catholic schools, and 6 cemeteries are part of the archdiocese.

The primary responsibility of the Benefits Director is to plan and direct administration of all employee benefit plans such as Employee Lay Pension, St. Raphael Health Plan, disability insurance, workers compensation, unemployment pay, life insurance, and other plans.

Plan Management

1. Plan and direct implementation and administration of employee benefit programs such as pension, health, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, workers compensation, unemployment pay program, employee assistance, and other plans.
2. Analyze and evaluate services, coverages, and options available through insurance and investment companies to determine how to best meet the needs of the organizations and participants. Ensures programs are equitable and cost effective.
3. Negotiate and contract with plan providers, vendors, auditors, and consultants for services, premiums. and plan
administration.
4. Research and recommend benefit plan changes to appropriate internal committees.
5. Audit, where appropriate, benefit plans for compliance with government regulations. Prepare and submit government mandated reports.
6. Maintain knowledge of and analyze government regulations, benefit program trends, and prevailing practices among peer organizations. Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local legal requirements by studying existing laws and regulations and updates to legal requirements.

7. Install approved new plans and changes to existing plans by assisting in the preparation of materials, plan summary
documents, and other communication vehicles as well as counsel local HR contacts and participants.
8. Prepare and execute, with legal consultation, benefit documentation, such as original and amended plan texts, benefit agreements, and insurance policies. Instruct carriers, trustees, and other administrative agencies outside the organization to effect changes in the benefit programs. Ensure prompt and accurate compliance.
9. Inform employees of benefit usage by preparing and distributing benefit reports.
10. Resolve employee questions and problems by interpreting benefit policies and procedures. Ensure timely follow-up on participant inquiries as well as member claims.
11. Prepare special reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
12. Contribute to team effort by accomplishing results as directed.
13. Manage employee enrollment in benefit plans and ensure employees are aware of their options.
14. Oversee coordination of employee benefits with human resources and payroll.

Strategic Planning

1. Evaluate and compare existing benefits with those of other employers by analyzing plans, surveys and other sources of information.
2. Plan, develop and/or participate in area and industry surveys. Analyze results and develop specific recommendations for review by management.
3. Develop specifications for new plans or modify existing plans to maintain a competitive position and obtain uniformity for all locations where possible.
4. Recommend classes of employees for new or modified plans. Develop census data and solicit insurance companies for quotations. Evaluate the quotes and make recommendations. Develop cost information for new plans and make premium cost share recommendations to management.
5. Identify opportunities and lead process improvements.

Financial Oversight

• Monitor benefit costs to ensure they remain within budget guidelines.

• Ensure project/department milestones/goals are met while adhering to approved budgets.

• Monitor monthly billing, rebilling, and collections of benefit programs.
• Oversee billing and collections from participating organizations.

• Monitor reconciliation of billings to carrier records.

Supervision of Benefit Team

• Provide supervision to motivate, encourage and challenge the team.

• Define performance expectations to guide and support the team to achieve their goals

• Develop and implement ongoing strategic plans for the Benefit staff ensuring personal development.

• Maintain strong employee relationships

• Communicate effectively the actions needed to impact the success of the Benefits function.

• Contribute to team effort to accomplish results as directed.

Qualifications

• Proficient knowledge in benefit plans, legal requirements, record keeping, governmental regulations.
• ERISA

• Multi-employer plans

• Defined contribution

• Defined benefit

• Comprehensive knowledge of HR systems, databases, and Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word).

• Knowledge of compensation and benefit practices.

• Skill and ability in preparing and monitoring a budget.

• Research and development skills in benefit plans and program implementation.

• Knowledge of employee relationship building and performance management techniques.

• Strong leadership skills with a dedication to direct, motivate and train others while driving and achieving results.

• Ability to delegate tasks and responsibilities to team members while holding them accountable.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise discretion when dealing with sensitive topics.

• Excellent decision-making, conflict resolution and critical thinking skills.

• A change agent who is intellectually curious.

• Acute attention to detail.

• Ability to multi-task and meet tight deadlines.

• Self-starter with the ability to deliver high impact results within a framework of ambiguity.

• Result/outcome oriented and ability to work with data to drive decisions.

• Knowledge of Archdiocesan reporting and organizational structure; understanding of the Archdiocesan mission and services.

• Excellent organizational and time management skills.

• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities across all levels of the organization.

Education, Training and/or Experience

• Bachelor's degree and minimum of 10 years experience in benefit administration. A master's degree and/or professional certification desirable. i.e. Certified Employee Benefit Specialist, Society for Human Resource Management.

• Demonstrated experience in managing significant plans. i.c health. pension.

• Prior nonprofit experience helpful.

• Proven supervisory experience.

• A Catholic in good standing able to fully partake in the sacramental life of the church is required.

Job Type: Full-time

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