The benefits lead will administer the day-to-day functions related to health and welfare plans for us and canada, which includes:serving as the primary contact with the external solution provider (automated enrollment, carrier feeds, payroll feed, system plan set-up, trouble-shooting, access administrator)facilitate new plan design set-up each year with solution provider; test system accuracy prior to productionimplement communication plan and deliver (work with external vendors, mailings to employees, oe meeting presentations, etc.)serve as primary knowledge source of existing health plans, and provide support to and answer questions from employees concerning the samecoordinate completion of regulatory filingscreate and provide monthly reports as necessary to external broker regarding employee contributions/employer contributions to its various health related plansparticipate in and complete benefits and compensation surveyscoordinate hr requests from finance, external auditors, brokers, actuarials, and record keepers as it relates to annual audits and * filing for all applicable health and welfare and retirement plansprovide administrative back-up support and guidance to the hr representative, in administrative areas such as ee verifications from medical provider (subrogation); wire transfer requests (in support of claims and premium payment); reporting hsa contributions to health equity, annual flu shots, various reporting requirements, retiree life eligibility reporting and insurance payments, and uncashed checksdelivery of total rewards program and recognition (anniversary and retirement) programsqualifications:bachelor ´s degree5-10 years of experience in benefits administration (us and canada strongly preferred)strong communication and administrative experience with brokers, vendors, and stakeholdersstrong understanding of health and welfare functionstrong analytic skills (including use of excel to run cost scenarios)advanced english skills required