Benefits Specialist

Why Us?

At Par Health, we believe great healthcare is built on getting the essentials right. We’re looking for passionate, talented individuals who share our commitment to improving lives. With 4,000\+ team members worldwide, we lead with pride and purpose—prioritizing quality and safety while fostering a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and teamwork. Elevating the Essentials isn’t just our tagline, it’s the higher standard we live by every day.

Job Description Summary

Responsible for the effective and compliant day-to-day administration and operations support of employee benefit programs. This role ensures accurate processing, strong vendor coordination, and timely support to employees throughout the benefits lifecycle. The Benefits Specialist plays a key role in maintaining compliance, improving processes, and supporting a positive employee experience.

Job Description

ESSENTAIL FUNCTIONS

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• Lead day to day management of U.S. benefit programs.
• Ensures benefit programs are administered in accordance with the plan documents and applicable regulations.
• Assists in preparation of legal filings such as Form 5500, ACA reporting, and non-discrimination testing.
• Partners with plan participants, vendors, key stakeholders and functional partners to ensure tasks are completed in an accurate, compliant and timely manner.
• Assess operational administrative and compliance issues that arise, evaluate available alternatives to determine appropriate resolution, including the correction of any identified defects.
• Support and perform audits of transactions and changes to verify accurate processing.
• Prepare for and support annual open enrollment, including system updates, testing, communications, and employee assistance.
• Track enrollment trends and participate in post-enrollment audits.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation and support internal and external audits.
• Assist with Vendor Management support.
• Administer retiree participant benefit changes and inquiries.
• Review, reconcile and facilitate vendor premiums and invoices.
• Monitor various mailboxes and respond to benefit inquiries and/or concerns.
• Manage leave of absence matters and accommodations under American with Disabilities Act. Coordinate with Employee, HR Business Partners, Legal and Vendor Partner as needed.
• Maintain knowledge of industry trends and employment legislation to ensure compliance with federal, state and local legislation pertaining to all benefit matters by participating in ongoing trainings and continuing education and sharing pertinent information with colleagues.
• Recommend process improvements to streamline and provide efficiencies through automation and process redesign.
• Assist with benefits communications, including guides, FAQs, and announcements.
• Perform other projects and responsibilities as assigned.

Education/Experience

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

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• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or related field required with relevant work experience.
• 2-5 years with various Benefit programs experience; Health and Wellness, Leaves, Disability, Immigration, ADA, Recognition, Mobility
• Previous experience within an HR Shared Services and Corporate HR function preferred.
• Experience with HRIS system, Workday is preferred.

Skills

• Strong compliance mindset and ethical standards.
• Strong knowledge of ERISA, IRS, and DOL rules and other applicable government regulations. Solid understanding of different types of benefit plans (retirement, health insurance, etc.) and relevant regulations
• Exposure to different types of benefit plans (retirement, health insurance, etc.) and relevant regulations.
• Strong analytical, planning, problem-solving, project management, mathematical and data auditing skills.
• Proficient in MS Office.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Professional experience demonstrating superior customer service skills while multi-talking and working under pressure of deadlines.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Outstanding interpersonal abilities.
• Reliable with adherence to confidentiality requirements.

Relationship With Others/ Scope

Participate and support a team of experienced employee benefits professionals.

Working Conditions

Typical office working environment. Position located in Hazelwood, MO. Hybrid.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees assigned to this position.

EEO Statement

We comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment, and provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetic information, or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.