BENEFITS SYSTEMS SPECIALIST SR

General Summary:

Support the development, design, and administration of Dollar General’s benefit programs through data and financial management, benchmarking, and compliance to federal and state law compliance. Supports Benefits management on special projects - such as performing ad hoc analysis and presenting results, implementation support and audits.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Support financial management of all benefit programs, including timely vendor payments,caccrual preparation, variance analysis and presentation of findings, and forecast development in partnership with actuary, consultants, and other partners.
• Ensure compliance of employee benefit plans and processes with federal and state regulations, including reporting and disclosures, all aspects of PPACA, health plan appeal development and presentation to the BAC, and compliance research.
• Leveraging data warehouse and component data sources, collects, and analyzes data to monitor health and welfare trends; identify, troubleshoot, and recommend solutions in partnership with manager.
• Manage administration of the Better Life Wellness and Tobacco-Free Incentive programs.
• Support benefits team with employee escalation requests and department priorities such as open enrollment, new vendor implementation, survey participation, etc.
• Assist with vendor management, such as scorecard completion, performance guarantee tracking, contract renewals, and vendor recordkeeping.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs):

• Knowledge of basic accounting, financial management, reconciliation, and budget processing.
• Analytical skills sufficient to conduct thorough research, determine relevance of data and interpret meaning of data to draw a logical conclusion.
• Ability to create dashboards and metrics.
• Knowledge of benefit related laws and regulations, including PPACA, state disability insurance laws, HIPAA, and COBRA.
• Ability to seek information from various sources and initiate projects.
• Demonstrates maturity in communicating with all levels of employees in a fast-paced environment with the ability to maintain confidentiality of all employee data and highly sensitive material.
• Proficiency using office technology (Outlook, Microsoft Word, etc.) and advanced knowledge of Excel.
• Interpersonal and customer service skills including a willingness to consistently provide responsive service, the ability to react appropriately under pressure, the ability to apply good judgment in ambiguous situations and demonstrated flexibility/adaptability.
• Excellent organizational skills including the ability to balance multiple, diverse projects in a fast-paced environment; producing quality, detail-oriented, accurate results in short timeframes.
• Enthusiastic and motivated, ability to effectively work as an individual contributor and in collaboration with others.

Work Experience &/or Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Human Resources or related field is preferred.
• 2+ years’ experience working in Benefits Administration, Accounting discipline is required.
• Experience using Oracle a plus.