Benefits Specialist

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 Human Resources (HR)

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Ashland

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1924

🚘 Automotive

🏗️ Construction

🍽️ Food & Beverage

💰 Post-IPO Secondary on 2022-03

Automotive • Construction • Food & Beverage

Ashland is a multifaceted company specializing in specialty chemicals and materials. It operates across various sectors, providing innovative solutions in life sciences, personal care, and specialty additives, among other industries. The company's commitment to sustainability and advanced research in applied chemistry enables it to enhance product efficacy and usability across a diverse range of applications, including pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, construction, and personal care products.

📋 Description

• Administer and coordinate absence programs including STD/LTD, statutory plans and FMLA with absence, payroll, benefits, and eligibility/enrollment vendors • Facilitate leave communication between employees, managers, and vendors • Answer complex retiree health, welfare, and savings plan questions with employees and providers • Assist with Annual Enrollment, including retirees and COBRA; review rates and communication materials and answer escalated questions • Prepare, generate, and analyze benefits, leave-of-absence, and ad hoc reports • Process active and retiree life insurance claims, including executive life, with carriers and eligibility/enrollment vendors • Track retiree medical and life insurance eligibility for select union populations • Assist with reviewing SPDs and benefit communication materials • Participate in DB and DC audits • Perform weekly Savings Plan and HSA funding and quarterly HSA match calculations • Process benefit invoices, including complex self-billed invoices • Assist with miscellaneous benefits projects and audits • Process Mexico medical reimbursements • Answer assigned HRconnect cases • Administer leave of absence for union locations • Administer and coordinate retiree medical, life insurance, and pension programs • Assist the US Benefits Manager and Senior Manager, Global Benefits with annual open enrollment, plan documents, communications, and special projects • Serve as a trusted guide and advocate for employees navigating benefits and leave-of-absence programs

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, organizational development, business, finance or related experience is required • 5 years of experience working with U.S. Benefits including absence administration • Experience administering retiree benefits would be a plus • Knowledge of ERISA, HIPAA, ACA, COBRA, FMLA, DOL and IRS regulations and state laws • Strong knowledge in U.S. Benefits • Strong customer facing experience • Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate at various levels of the organization to a wide variety of audiences • Broad knowledge of Human Resources principles and practices • Strong interpersonal skills • Good problem-solving skills, with understanding of how absence impacts all facets of benefits • Results orientation: consistently delivers on commitments, takes initiative, has a bias toward action and has a sense of urgency • Strong Word, PowerPoint and Excel skills, including pivot tables, view look up • Comfortable developing and using approved AI solutions such as Microsoft Copilot to streamline and simplify work

🏖️ Benefits

• Industry competitive salary and benefits • Pay-for-performance incentive plans • Diverse work environment • Opportunities for development and advancement throughout the global organization