Benefits Analyst

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Shape a remarkable future with us. Build a career working for an industry leader that truly invests in their people - and equips them with leading technology, continuous learning, and the ability to bring their best selves to work. As the preeminent wine and spirits distributor, Southern Glazers isnt just one of Forbes Top Private Companies; its a family-owned business with deep roots dating back to 1933.

Southern Glazers is proud of its well-earned positive reputation, continually achieving accolades for our outstanding workplace culture. We take pride in creating a culture where our people are valued, supported, and provided opportunities for growth and belonging.

As a full-time employee, you can choose from a wide-ranging menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401k plan. We also offer tuition assistance, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.

By joining Southern Glazers, you would be part of a team that values excellence, innovation, and community. This is more than just a job - its an opportunity to build the future of beverage distribution and grow with a company that truly cares about its people.

Overview

The Benefits Accounting Analyst will be responsible for the accounting and administration of all benefits plans. This role will be responsible for all accounting, analytical, and reporting tasks related to Benefits, COBRA, Life, Disability, Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Health Savings Account (HSA), and other benefit plans.

Primary Responsibilities

• Accounting and Administration of all medical, dental, vision, life, disability, FSA, HSA, and COBRA benefit plans • Ensure all benefit payments made are reconciled to the General Ledger and pending adjustments are kept in a log, ensuring they are cleared by the next reporting period • Validate all interface error reports and update vendor websites with adjustments needed in the weekly validation process • Prepare all COBRA payments for deposit by Cost Center • Create a document of all Divisional Expense Entries for General Ledger by Cost Center for Employer-subsidized COBRA • Audit COBRA vendor to ensure all notices generated are timely • Prepare and validate all reports for all Benefit audits, union, and non-union • Analyst will lead the audit and coordinate all meetings with Legal, Controller, External Auditor • Analyst will gather all internal and external data, research discrepancies, analyze, and recommend corrective actions to management, accounting, and local Controller • Utilize multiple reporting tools to create a variety of ad hoc and census reports, benefit reports, payroll reports, and spreadsheets concerning enrollments, demographic data, payroll deductions, and accruals in the General Ledger • Perform YTD analysis on FSA & HSA Plans • Ensure the data quality and system configuration of all benefit plans in the HRIS systems are compliant with each plan document, involving providing system business requirements testing of interface and payroll files and data in the Quality Assurance Environment to ensure the accurate administration of plans

Additional Primary Responsibilities

• Manage all benefit plan inquiries • Use Plan Documents, Summary Plan Descriptions, Adoption Agreements, and other referenced materials to address and resolve all Company Provider and employee inquiries in a timely and courteous manner • Partner with the Benefits Manager to update all billing rates in system, participate in SGWS mergers, acquisitions, and new union implementations • Perform other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

A Bachelors Degree in Accounting, Human Resources, Finance, or Business-related Field, or equivalent working experience

Critical nature of this job may require extended hours

Minimum 3 years of comprehensive Accounting, analytical, and reporting experience when it comes to Benefits Administration, union, and non-union

Experience in reviewing Contracts, Plan Documents, SPDs, Union Collective Bargaining Agreements, reconciliation of union invoices, and interface analytics

Ability to analyze large amounts of data, identify and troubleshoot trends, and present trends to Management and Legal

Proven aptitude for analysis of data and creation of queries

Knowledge of finance and accounting practices, financial analysis, and reporting

Knowledge of Benefits Administration and billing reconciliation processes

Knowledge of HRIS systems

Must be proficient in Microsoft Office, working intermediate knowledge in Excel, v-lookups, and pivot tables

Physical Demands

Physical demands with activity or condition for a considerable amount of time include sitting and typing, keyboarding using a computer, e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor, or mobile device

Physical demands with activity or condition may occasionally include walking, bending, reaching, standing, and stooping

May require occasional lifting, lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 48lbs

EEO Statement

Southern Glazers Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. SGWS complies with all federal, state, and local laws concerning consideration of a qualified applicants arrest and/or criminal conviction records.

Southern Glazers Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazers Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazers pay bands or ranges.

If you have any questions or concerns about whether this posting complies with local pay transparency requirements, please contact the SGWS talent acquisition team at NationalTAsgws.com.

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