Benefits & Compensation Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Minnesota.

📋 Description

• Provide strategic oversight for U.S. health, welfare, retirement, executive benefits, time-off, wellbeing, and ancillary benefit programs.

• Lead the strategy, design, administration, evaluation, and compliance of benefits.

• Collaborate with regional P&C, Legal, Finance, Payroll, vendors, and Global Compensation & Rewards.

• Evaluate program performance, utilization, employee needs, market trends, and peer benchmarks.

• Lead the U.S. Benefit Committee and present recommendations for plans and cost-saving initiatives.

• Manage relationships with health and welfare carriers and vendors.

• Develop budgets, analyze data, report results, and track benefit-plan costs.

• Conduct benefit audits and ensure compliance with annual requirements such as HSA/FSA, DCP, 401K, frozen pension plan, ACA, PCORI, and ARPA.

• Create and deliver benefit communications while overseeing annual enrollment activities.

• Counsel employees and provide customer service related to benefits.

• Oversee and administer the complete leave lifecycle, including ADA/accommodation, state/federal leaves, and internal leave programs.

• Track leave in Workday, ADP, and with the leave vendor; communicate status and manage timely updates.

• Reconcile and process monthly group health and welfare benefits.

• Support mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures from a benefits perspective.

• Maintain records and prepare necessary legal reports for programs such as OSHA and Medicare Creditable Coverage.

• Provide support and mentorship to employees and the P&C team.

• Implement compensation programs and offer insights and recommendations for the North America market.

• Analyze Mercer and other market compensation data.

• Support salary structures, annual compensation processes, job evaluations, and total rewards initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business or human resources management.

• 8+ years of experience in Human Resources with a focus on employee benefits.

• 3+ years of experience in compensation.

• High level of ownership, confidentiality, and attention to detail.

• Ability to develop strong partnerships, influence decisions, and clearly communicate complex subjects.

• Excellent verbal presentation and written communication skills.

• Strong creative thinking abilities.

• Capacity to work in a highly matrixed environment.

• Ability to multi-task and prioritize workload effectively.

• Strong computer skills and aptitude for learning new technologies.

• Occasional travel required.

• Primarily desk/computer work, with some light lifting and bending involved.

🏝️ Benefits

• Generous benefits package including PTO and paid holidays.

• 401k with company match.

• Paid parental leave and transition back to work benefits.

• Company HSA contributions.

• Discounts on GN Group products.

• Health insurance coverage.

• Annual bonuses.

• Eligibility for discretionary bonuses.