Health Benefits Implementation Specialist

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🦌 Connecticut – Remote

🦌 Connecticut – Remote

💵 $80k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🟡 Mid-level

🛠️ Implementation Specialist

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Cobalt Benefits Group, LLC (DBA: Blue Benefit Administrators, CBA Blue & EBPA)

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51 - 200 employees

💼 Consulting

⚖️ Legal

🛡️ Insurance

Consulting • Legal • Insurance

Cobalt Benefits Group, LLC (DBA: Blue Benefit Administrators, CBA Blue & EBPA) is a full service Third Party Administrator (TPA) that specializes in the customization, marketing, and operation of self-funded employee benefit plans. With over 30 years of experience and a team of over 195 employees, CBG provides a wide array of products and services including self-funded medical and dental plans, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Reimbursement Arrangements, and COBRA management. CBG aims to assist employers in building custom benefit plans while managing costs and ensuring compliance with regulations.

📋 Description

• Own and coordinate implementation projects for new and/or existing self-funded health benefit clients from kickoff through go-live • Develop, manage, and maintain detailed implementation project plans, timelines, milestones, deliverables, and tracking documentation • Lead implementation kickoff meetings, status meetings, and other client-facing discussions with client leadership, brokers, vendors, and internal stakeholders • Gather, document, and validate client requirements related to benefit plan setup and implementation • Coordinate implementation activities across internal operational teams and external partners to ensure accurate and timely delivery • Identify project risks, dependencies, delays, and implementation issues and drive them toward resolution • Manage multiple implementations and competing deadlines while maintaining clear ownership of deliverables and follow-up items • Communicate project status, risks, decisions, and next steps clearly to clients and internal stakeholders • Coordinate implementation requirements involving self-funded medical plans and related benefit services such as claims administration, eligibility, HSAs, FSAs, COBRA, and other applicable services • Build strong working relationships with clients, brokers, vendors, and cross-functional internal teams • Maintain accurate implementation documentation and contribute to continuous improvement of implementation processes, templates, and standards • Perform other related duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• 2+ years of direct health insurance, TPA, or employee benefits implementation experience • Demonstrated experience implementing or supporting self-funded employer health benefit plans • Experience managing implementation projects involving multiple internal departments, external partners, and client stakeholders • Strong project management and project coordination skills, including experience creating and managing project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables • Demonstrated experience leading client-facing implementation meetings, kickoff meetings, and stakeholder discussions • Working knowledge of the self-funded benefits/TPA environment, including claims administration, eligibility, plan setup, HSAs, FSAs, and COBRA • Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and priorities while meeting established deadlines • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with client management and internal leadership • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to identify implementation risks and drive issues toward resolution • Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, and ability to learn web-based implementation/project-management systems • Associate’s degree or equivalent relevant industry experience • Willingness to travel up to 10% during peak implementation periods

🏖️ Benefits

• Fantastic medical, dental, and vision insurance • Twice annual employer HSA contributions, covering 50% of the HDHP plan’s annual deductible • Company provided Basic Life and AD&D • Company paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability • Flexible Spending Accounts • 401(k) Retirement Plan with up to a 6% employer-match • 100% fully vested after 3 years • 10+ paid holidays • Fully Paid half day Summer Fridays • Generous paid vacation and sick time • Annual Paid Volunteer Day • Annual Tuition Reimbursement • Annual Health and Wellness Reimbursement • Fun company events