Benefits, Compensation & HRMS Manager

Full-time position

• Responsible for the development, design and administration of all employee benefit plans, compensation programs and human resources management systems.
• Ensures benefit and compensation plans and programs comply with all federal and state laws and regulations.

BENEFITS

• Administer employee benefit programs including; defined benefit pension plan, 403(b) plan, medical, dental, life, disability and voluntary benefits
• Evaluates and compares existing company benefit programs with those of other employers by participating in geographic and healthcare based surveys. Analyzes results of surveys and develops specific recommendations for review by management.
• Develops specifications for new benefit plans or modifies existing plans.
• Acts as primary contact and interface with all benefit brokers and consultants. Develops census data for quote solicitation. Evaluates quotes and makes recommendations to management. Develops cost information for new plans or modification of existing plans. Makes recommendations to management concerning sharing of cost between employer and employee.
• Prepares plan information announcement materials, booklets and other media for communicating plan information to participants. Conducts or arranges for employee meetings to explain new or modified benefit plans. Advises and counsels employees on existing benefit plans.
• Assures company compliance with provisions of ERISA. Works with the Finance department to complete annual audits and 5500's for benefit plans. Processess all PBGC premium payments. Reviews and stays current with changes in benefit laws affecting the hospitals plans.
• Assures that benefit inquiries and complaints resolved quickly and courteously.
• Assures that the hospitals pension plan is administered according to plan document requirements.

COMPENSATION

• Plans, develops, implements and administers existing, new and revised compensation programs, policies and procedures to meet the hospitals goals and competitive pay requirements.
• Assures, through audits, reports and day to day contact with management that compensation programs are consistently administered according to hospital policies and governmental regulations.
• Monitors the effectiveness of existing compensation policies, guidelines and procedures to ensure all plans are cost effective, consistent with trends in compensation design and delivery and meet the hospitals needs to attract and retain highly qualified staff.
• Provides advice to management staff on pay decisions, policy and guideline interpretation and job evaluation including designing creative solutions to specific compensation related problems/needs.
• Oversees the administration through subordinate staff of all base and bonus programs including the accurate and timely processing, recording and reporting of compensation actions.
• Develops processes for compiling, preparing and presenting compensation data for annual budget preparation purposes.
• Oversees the participation in targeted compensation salary surveys.
• Stays current about all federal, state and local compensation laws and regulations to ensure hospital compliance.
• Ensures the hospitals compensation administration guidelines are kept up to date to reflect current pay practices.

HRMS

• Provides leadership and planning for the effective utilization of the HRMS which encompass payroll and HR employee records.

• Facilitates the effective use of the system by hospital users to ensure accurate and timely upkeep of employee records.

• Develops methods to maximize the systems capabilities to encourage paperless employee recordkeeping.

• Train hospital users on system capabilities to enhance their understanding and acceptance of it as a business tool. Look for and implement opportunities to promote system functionality throughout the hospital user group.

• Responsible for interface with vendors to remain current on system upgrades and changes. Report same to manager and IT to ensure the smooth and timely implementation of upgrades.

• Responsible, through subordinate staff, for HR data input into database.

• Serve as lead resource relating to input and maintenance of HRMS.

• College Degree in Human Resources Administration, Business Administration or comparable degree required.
• Masters Degree in Human Resource Management is preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in the fields of benefits, compensation and HRMS required.
• Minimum of 5 of the 10 years must include responsibility for defined benefit pension plan administration.