Office of Employee Benefits - Benefits Plan Manager (Health & Welfare)

Job Description

Company
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
As an employee of the Atlanta Fed working for the Office of Employee Benefits (OEB) in the Newark, NJ office. You will help support our mission of promoting the stability and efficiency of the U.S. economy and financial system. Your work will affect the economy of the Southeast, the United States, and the world. The work we do here is important, and how we do it is just as important as what we do. We live our values of integrity, excellence, and respect every day. We do the right thing, we do things right, and we treat people right. A career at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta gives you the chance to do work that touches lives and helps communities prosper.
Onsite Work Expectations:
The Bank believes in flexibility to balance the demands of work and life while also recognizing the necessity of connecting and collaborating with our colleagues in person. Onsite work is an essential function of this position, and you are required to be onsite according to the schedule set by your management.
The primary focus of this and any

people

leader role is managing a team to be as successful as possible, meeting performance expectations and

driving

progress every day in our

work
.

This

team o
versees the

health and welfare benefits

programs

offered to employees,

retirees

and dependents of the Federal Reserve System.

In doing that, the team manages many

relationship
s

and service performance of outsourced administrators and insurance providers.

Continuous r
esearch

of

best practices, perform
ing

benchmarking analysis and comparisons, and evaluat
ing

emerging trends

are key to effectively managing the programs
.

You will be working in Newark, NJ

for a division of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Office of Employee Benefits) as part of the health & welfare team
's

one of two Benefits

Plan

M
anagers overseeing

multiple programs, vendors and communicat
ing

with stakeholders across the Federal Reserve System.

You'll

manage a team

working across the Federal Reserve System, on

multiple programs to research best practices, benchmark programs, evaluate trends, recommend and continuously evaluate the Federal Reserve's benefits program. You will report to the

AVP, Health & Welfare Benefits
.

We're

looking for:

An experienced and confident people leader
, ideally having managed operational teams through change.

Experience

driving

an operational team toward streamlined processes, efficiency gains
, measuring and improving outcomes and bringing procedural rigor

through leadership

to a team.

Key Responsibilities:

Serves as coach and support to those accountable for vendor management responsibilities for System-wide benefits programs.

Ensures self and team

maintain

current knowledge of and relevant certifications in legal, regulatory, plan compliance and changes for System benefits.

Uses data to regularly recommend

benefit

plan strategies, evaluation of plan design changes,

cost

and participant impact.

Lead continuous improvement in process and

identify

policy enhancements and opportunities to offer

appropriate benefits backage

to the Federal Reserve System.

Develop and lead presentations for oversight committees and Reserve Bank and Board of Governors stakeholders.

Lead high-visibility projects with measurable outcomes.

Education:

Bachelor's Degree or 4 years equivalent experience

Experience:

Eight
+ years of experience preferred
, at least three managing a team

Our total rewards program offers benefits that are the best fit for you at every stage of your career:
Comprehensive healthcare options (Medical, Dental, and Vision)
401K match, and a fully funded pension plan
Paid vacation and holidays, flexible work environment
Generously subsidized public transportation
Education Assistance Program
Professional development programs, training and conferences
And more...
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, performance standards or requirements, efforts, skills or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g. emergencies, rush jobs, change in workload or technological developments).

The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta is an equal opportunity employer.

Full Time / Part Time
Full time
Regular / Temporary
Regular
Job Exempt (Yes / No)
Yes
Job Category
Human Resources Family Group
Work Shift
First (United States of America)
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