Senior Benefits and Wellness Manager

 Benefits:Plan and manage all plans and activities relating to benefits plan administration, employee benefits programs, for the US and Canada. This includes traditional, leave administration, and new to the market programs.Assist in serving as primary regional contact with providers for contract management and benefit vendor negotiations.Primary contact for all Leave Management, Leave Administration, and Time off policies.Assist in developing, implementing, and administrating programs in a manner that ensures cost effectiveness and marketplace competitiveness.Work in partnership with the 401(k) and Wellness committees, ERISA counsel and insurance consultants to assure company compliance with Federal, State and other regulatory agencies to limit company exposure to liability associated with fiduciary responsibilities.Remain up to date on benefit and employment law changes and trends and proactively offer input on actions needed to remain compliant with U.S. and Canada employment laws (all provinces), governmental agencies, and fiduciary requirements.Wellness: Plan, manage, and execute all plans and activities relating to wellness plan program administration, for the US and Canada.Assist in serving as primary regional contact with providers for contract management and wellness vendor negotiations.Partner with the Director of Total Rewards and future Wellness Champion network to increase wellness engagement across the organization, to address employee needs. This may include assisting in the development of a global wellness strategy.Actively communicate with the internal/external Communications Manager, for wellness plan initiatives and wellness rollouts.Monitor and provide utilization data for all wellness programs. This may involve Wellness broker services.Benchmark with best practice companies and trends in the wellness benefits space.Analysis of employees’ health risks and conditions to define areas of focus.