Greater Nevada Credit Union is looking for a dedicated team player with a passion for Helping More People Live Greater! 

About The Position:

The Benefit Specialist is responsible for managing and administering the employee benefits program for the organization. They work as part of the People Resources department and oversees the allocation of employee benefits packages. They handle any inquiries, concerns, and questions that employees may have regarding their benefits along with implementing wellness programs.

Who we're looking for:

Before we get into the specific details of this position’s requirements and qualifications, let's focus on the bigger picture of Greater Nevada, and what makes a Greater Nevadan.

At Greater Nevada, our passion is Helping More People Live Greater. When we say "people," we mean every single person who we interact with or could interact with, from our team members to our community members.

To do this, we practice C.A.R.E. with our Values:

• We Care Genuinely.
• We build relationships because we know that we are Greater Together.
• We Stay Trustworthy as we serve our communities.
• "Be Bright" rings in our ears as we find custom solutions that meet our members' needs.
• We Inspire One Another, our members, and our communities to re-imagine what Living Greater can be.
• In every moment, we Enjoy the Experience. It's what has made the last 70 years greater and what we carry into the future as we continue to serve.

These values have guided us to become the largest Nevada-based credit union to touch the lives of more than 88,300 members and thousands upon thousands of people through our community and philanthropic work.

To live by those values, we make a deal with every single one of our team members—the C.A.R.E. Deal. It's a win-win agreement that we shake hands-on at the beginning of our relationship together.

As a Greater Nevadan, that means we make four promises to you:

• Compensation and Benefits – We offer Greater Pay and Greater Benefits, including:
  • Competitive compensation
  • Medical, dental, and vision plans, where we cover 90% of employee costs and about 75% of the costs for their dependents
  • Health Savings Account contributions
  • Supplemental insurance and life insurance plans
  • Paid time off, including vacation and sick time, 11 annual paid holidays, eight hours of personal leave, and sabbatical leave after seven years of employment
  • Paid time to volunteer and make a contribution to the community
  • Employee product and service discounts
• Advancement – We strive to be a place where you can grow into your next career move, without having to leave the Greater Nevada family. So, we offer extensive training and development opportunities for each employee. Our continuous coaching culture allows for more direct and regular performance feedback and compensation.
• Recognition – We invest time, energy, and resources to find creative, impactful, and fun ways to deliver recognition that fits each Greater Nevadan's successes.
• Environment - Nobody wants to come to work in a place that's dull and filled with drudgery all day long. So, part of our side of the deal is ensuring you have a great place to work in and great people to work with.

Our C.A.R.E. deal goes both ways, so here's how we expect each team member to demonstrate they care:

• Competence – Greater Nevadans know how to do their job and do it well—or they know how to access the resources they need to accomplish great things.
• Attitude – We don't expect team members to plaster a fake smile on their faces every day, but we do expect them to bring their best attitude to work and strive for greatness.
• Relationship building - We put a lot of emphasis on building strong relationships with members, clients, coworkers, and the communities that we serve. Why? Because those connections enable us to live our passion: Helping More People Live Greater.
• Effectiveness – We ask each Greater Nevadan to be productive, efficient, and successful at the work they do.

What You'll Be Doing

• Effectively demonstrate our passion and purpose as a non-profit organization by “Helping More People Live Greater."
• Administers the organization’s benefits programs (e.g., retirement plans, leave policies, wellness programs, insurance policies, etc.)
• Research and analyzes benefits plans, programs, and policies
  
  • Makes recommendations based on data analyses to the Director of People Resources
• Monitors government regulations, legislation, and benefits trends
• Assists in the design and implementation of Greater Nevada’s Wellness program.
• Works with insurance brokers and benefits carriers to ensure proper benefits administration
• Manages the enrollment, renewal, and distribution processes of benefits
• Codes HRIS benefits set up
• Monitors, reviews and approves/declines requests for change in coverage in accordance with all applicable federal and state laws and plan provisions
• Processes benefits enrollments for all full-time employees that include health/ dental/vision insurances, short/long term disability and other offerings
• Administers benefit programs including health, retirement, FSA, HSA, COBRA, and Workers Compensation
• Responds to employee inquiries regarding benefit plans
• Manages and coordinate Open Enrollment (including coordinating with external vendors and benefit brokers)
• Administrates standards for compensation processes
• Processes employee benefits change request, terminations, COBRA and leaves of absence, including short-term/ long-term Disability, FMLA and worker's compensation
• Participates in analysis of HR transactions and highlight discrepancies and anomalies for correction
• Partners with Payroll Specialist for payroll benefit deductions
• Processes and audit monthly benefit bill reconciliations

Location

This position can be remote within Nevada state.

• Located in an idyllic small community in beautiful Northern Nevada

Compensation

• $64,000.00-$90,000.00 per year
• Competitive compensation and Greater Benefits are part of our deal

Qualifications

• 5 years of benefit administration experience required
• Experience with EDI set ups in an HRIS system required
• 1-2 years of experience in wellness program strategy preferred

Skills & Competencies

• Tech savvy
• Action oriented
• Communicates effectively
• Decision quality

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of your job, you may regularly be required to sit and use a keyboard, mouse, multiple monitors, telephone (including repetitive motions with hands, fingers, arms, etc.) for extended periods of time. You may also frequently be required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms, bend, and kneel.
• You may be occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

Greater Nevada is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Employment at Greater Nevada is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. Greater Nevada prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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.