Senior Benefits Specialist

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🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $91k - $126.2k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 Human Resources (HR)

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CDW

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1984

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📚 Education

💰 Post-IPO Equity on 2015-07

Consulting • Healthcare • Education

CDW is a leading provider of technology solutions, offering a comprehensive range of products and services to address the needs of enterprises, government, healthcare, and education sectors. They specialize in providing IT infrastructure services, managed services, and security solutions. CDW partners with top technology brands to deliver customized solutions that enhance business productivity and performance across various industries. With a strong focus on digital transformation, security, and cloud solutions, CDW supports businesses in navigating the complexities of modern IT environments. Their expertise spans several domains, including digital workspaces, cybersecurity, and enterprise solutions, making CDW a key partner in driving technological advancements.

📋 Description

• Design health and welfare, retirement, and wellness programs aligned with organizational objectives and regulatory requirements • Partner with brokers, consultants, carriers, and third-party administrators during renewals, enrollment, and ongoing administration • Support implementation of new benefit programs, plan enhancements, system integrations, and process improvements • Analyze plan utilization, participation trends, and program effectiveness for enhancement and cost optimization opportunities • Maintain benefit policies, procedures, governance frameworks, and required plan documentation • Participate in vendor evaluations, RFPs, contract reviews, implementations, audits, and performance reviews • Monitor vendor performance and coordinate resolution of complex participant issues, claims, enrollment concerns, and escalations • Support benefit communications and educational initiatives • Ensure compliance with ERISA, COBRA, HIPAA, ACA, and other federal, state, and local requirements • Collect and interpret benefits data; prepare reports, presentations, business cases, budgets, forecasts, and enrollment analytics • Monitor marketplace trends, emerging practices, and legislative developments to recommend program enhancements

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, mathematics, finance, health administration, human resources, or related field and 5+ years of employer benefits experience in plan design and financial analysis OR 9+ years of employer benefits experience in plan design and financial analysis • Strong knowledge of health plan benefit design, plan administration procedures, underwriting/actuarial principles, funding, and compliance requirements • Knowledge of ERISA, ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, IRS Section 125, and MHPAEA • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Ability to balance competing priorities, adapt to changing business needs, and meet deadlines • Ability to gather and analyze data, reason logically and creatively, draw conclusions, and make recommendations • Ability to work independently with little direction • Strong creative problem-solving, resourcefulness, organizational skills, and flexibility • Proficient in Microsoft Office including Copilot • Workday experience is a plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual bonus target of 5% subject to terms and conditions of plan • Health, welfare, retirement, and wellbeing programs • Benefits information provided through the CDW benefits overview • AI learning and experimentation opportunities • Collaborative environment where growth is supported