Benefits Specialist
Company: KeHE
Category: Professional Services
Naperville
Type: Full Time
KeHE is hiring for a Benefits Specialist. The Benefits Specialist supports the benefits team, Total Rewards Leaders, and sites across the enterprise with support on all benefit administrative duties and issues. Acts as a liaison between the sites, other HR team members, and vendors to resolve issues. This role assists in the development of processes and communication materials.
Pay range is $25.75 – $32.21 an hour. and they offer benefits on day 1 such as health/Rx, dental, vision, flexible and health spending accounts (FSA/HSA), supplemental life insurance, 401(k), paid time off, paid sick time, short term & long-term disability coverage (STD/LTD), employee stock ownership (ESOP), and holiday pay for company designated holidays.
Essential functions of the position:
- Review benefits admin platform to ensure employee enrollment, termination of benefits, or other changes.
- Maintain electronic employee benefit files and updates payroll records in Dayforce for benefits.Â
- Review, process and manages benefit related inquires received through the benefits help desk.Â
- Review and research discrepancy reports provided by vendors as well as those run internally.  Â
- Process necessary corrections to ensure accuracy and data integrity. Â
- Assist in the creation of processes and procedures to be compliant with state, federal and IRS regulations. Â
- Create and update SOPs as they pertain to internal processes.Â
- Coordinate and communicate life insurance claims with beneficiaries and HRBPs. Â
- Assist with managing COBRA related benefits.Â
- Assist in the development of benefit communications.Â
- Provide recommendations based on patterns or questions received through the benefits help desk or HRBPs.Â
- Assist in the coordination, communication and execution of the annual open enrollment process.Â
- Assist with the processing of national medical support notices.Â
- Assist with processing monthly billing.Â
- Provide exceptional service and support to internal and external customers.Â
- Maintain safeguards of confidential company information.Â
- Support the senior team in Total Rewards and benefits administrative activities.Â