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Reporting to the Senior Compensation and Benefits Analyst, the Benefits Coordinator will provide secondary administrative support to the benefits and HR Operations teams and act as a contact for staff across the firm’s U.S. domestic offices. Working closely with members of Human Resources, Accounting, and outside vendors, this role will work on various HR matters including but not limited to: benefits, HRIS, immigration, and HR operations.

Who we are looking for:

• Administer various employee benefits programs, such as group health, flexible spending accounts, dental and vision, accident and disability, life insurance, 401(k), and wellness benefits.
• Conduct benefits orientations and explain benefits to the self-enrollment system.
• Assist employees with health, dental, life and other related benefit claims.
• Verify the calculation of the monthly premium statements for all group insurance policies and maintain statistical data relative to premiums, claims and costs. Resolve administrative problems with the carrier representatives.
• Administer COBRA.
• Assist Total Rewards team in obtaining statistics and information in the renewal process of any health, life and retirement plans that benefit the company.
• Prepare and set up meetings designed to help employees obtain information and understand company benefits and other related incentive programs. Ensure distribution of required employee notices.
• Prepare and maintain census reporting and other requested reports as needed.
• Assist Total Rewards team in completing benefits reporting requirements.
• Serve as contact for plan vendors and third-party administrators.
• Coordinate transfer of data to external contacts for services, premiums and plan administration.
• Oversee maintenance of employee benefits files and updates to internal systems as required
• Document and maintain administrative procedures for assigned benefits processes.
• Other duties as assigned.

What you’ll need to have:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

• High school diploma or GED and two years of experience in employee benefits administration.
• SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP and CEBS professional designations preferred.
• 1-2 years knowledge of employee benefits and applicable laws.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Proficient with G-Suite.
• Ideal candidates will be located in the Pacific Time Zone.

Some of what you’ll get in return:

• Competitive Base Salary between $60,000 and $90,000 USD
• Generous paid vacation
• Generous parental leave (16 weeks at 100% pay), family care leave, and unlimited sick days
• Equity for all employees at all level
• Industry-leading health benefits that are applicable per country of residence for all our full-time employees
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• Health & wellness stipend
• Home Internet stipend
• Professional allocation for your growth and development
• Company-paid access to Calm, Bravely, LinkedIn Learning, and Overdrive

If your role is not located in one of our offices…. We’ll reimburse you up to $2,000 to set up a great home office.

If you want to work in our office… You’ll be in our headquarters in New York City, and enjoy additional benefits like free lunches, transportation reimbursement, and all the espresso you can drink.

Work Environment:

We’re a remote-friendly team. Whether you work remotely or work out of our New York office (re-opening voluntarily Fall 2021), you’ll be part of a remote work culture that emphasizes online communication (Slack, GitHub, Hangouts, Zoom, for Teams).

We value diversity at our company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying. For job positions in San Francisco, CA, and other locations where required, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Diverse teams build better products.Legally, we need you to know this:

Stack Exchange, Inc. does not discriminate in employment matters on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other protected class. We support workplace diversity.

But we want to add this:

We strongly believe that diversity of experience contributes to a broader collective perspective that will consistently lead to a better company and better products. We are working hard to increase the diversity of our team wherever we can and we actively encourage everyone to consider becoming a part of it.