Benefits Specialist

🕒 November 6

🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 Human Resources (HR)

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Alliance Animal Health

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51 - 200 employees

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

📦 Logistics

💰 Private Equity Round on 2022-01

Consulting • Marketing • Logistics

Alliance Animal Health is a multi-site business partner to veterinarians across the US. The company supports veterinarians in maintaining their independent practices by providing essential resources and assistance in business operations. This partnership allows veterinarians to benefit from professional marketing, inventory management expertise, purchasing power, recruiting support, and financial resources, while still delivering personalized care. Alliance Animal Health emphasizes a culture of open communication and collaboration, promoting innovation in the veterinary field without compromising medical autonomy.

📋 Description

• Serve as the primary internal contact for teammates, practice leadership, and HR partners regarding leave processes, case status, and next steps • Coordinate leave cases from initiation through return-to-work or closure with the third-party leave administrator • Monitor active and pending leave cases, deadlines, documentation extensions, and anticipated return-to-work dates • Support workplace accommodation requests by coordinating documentation and communication • Coordinate leave-related status changes, benefit deductions, return-to-work requirements, and administrative matters with HR Partners, Payroll, and stakeholders • Administer employee benefit programs, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, retirement, and voluntary benefits • Process and review benefit enrollments, qualifying life events, eligibility changes, and terminations • Respond to teammate inquiries and resolve eligibility, enrollment, coverage, and administrative issues with carriers, vendors, and internal partners • Assist with annual open enrollment, benefit communications, employee education, and benefits initiatives • Support benefit audits, eligibility reconciliations, and routine reporting • Maintain knowledge of federal, state, and local benefit, leave, and accommodation requirements • Maintain accurate and confidential records in tracking tools, HRIS, and vendor systems • Identify and escalate complex cases, compliance concerns, and process improvement opportunities

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in employee benefits administration, leave administration, or human resources with significant benefits-related responsibilities • Strong working knowledge of medical, dental, vision, life, disability, retirement, and voluntary benefit programs • Experience administering benefit enrollments, qualifying life events, eligibility changes, and resolving employee benefit inquiries • Working knowledge of ERISA, ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, FMLA, and ADA • Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines independently • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Critical thinking skills and sound judgment • Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel • Experience using HRIS or benefits administration systems • Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise discretion • Preferred: experience supporting leave administration, workplace accommodations, and state paid leave programs • Preferred: experience administering benefits or leave programs across multiple states • Preferred: experience with third-party administrators, insurance carriers, brokers, or benefit vendors • Preferred: familiarity with ADP Workforce Now or similar HRIS platform

🏖️ Benefits

• Full-time employment • Benefits administration support covering medical, dental, vision, life, disability, retirement, and voluntary benefits • Paid leave programs and workplace accommodation support

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