Benefit Programs
• Own and drive the strategic design, evaluation, and optimization of benefit programs, ensuring alignment with business strategy, market competitiveness, employee needs, DEI strategy, and legal requirements.
• Lead broker and vendor governance, including RFPs, contract negotiation, fee transparency, SLAs, KPIs, and performance management.
• Use data, benchmarking, workforce insights, and ROI analysis to inform plan structure, vendor selection, funding strategies, employee cost-share, PBM performance, specialty drug cost management, and plan optimization.
• Develop communication strategies that increase employee understanding, engagement, utilization, and issue resolution with employees, vendors, brokers, and consultants.
• Drive digital benefits experience, including enrollment platforms, decision-support tools, and self-service capabilities.
• Lead Total Rewards projects and annual programs, including Open Enrollment, Voluntary Enrollment, Fitness Challenges, wellness strategy, and affiliate engagement.
• Supervise benefit communications, 5500 filings, procedures, changes, and required disclosures.
• Manage complex multi-state leave programs, including FMLA, state-paid leave, short-term disability, ADA accommodations, vendor coordination, HRBP/manager partnership, return-to-work, compliance, and legal risk mitigation.

Compensation Program
• Lead the design, administration, and governance of local compensation programs in line with global principles, including base pay, incentives, variable compensation, LTI, and pay competitiveness.
• Apply expertise in wage & hour laws, pay transparency, and equal pay requirements to ensure compliant and equitable pay practices across jurisdictions.
• Evaluate market practices, assess business position to market, and recommend cost-competitive programs that support business objectives.
• Partner with P&C, HR, business leaders, Finance, and managers to execute the annual compensation process and build understanding of compensation, incentive, and equity programs.
• Determine and implement industry pay practices based on benchmark studies, including Mercer, while enhancing tools, systems, and compensation planning.
• Oversee retirement and pension plan design, administration, compliance, governance, benchmark data, reporting, retirement calendars, and Financial Wellness events.

Payroll Management
• Manage outsourced payroll and benefits team through ADP and act as primary HR point of contact, ensuring reports management, accuracy, compliance, and timely execution.
• Ensure payroll practices align with federal, state, and local wage and tax regulations, including multi-state complexities and US payroll for 400+ employees.
• Own compliance with U.S. regulations including HIPAA, COBRA, FMLA, ADA, Section 125, ACA reporting, and non-discrimination testing for 401(k) and health plans.
• Coordinate global expat compensation sheets with Finance and ADP, supporting variable processes, onboarding/offboarding, and localizations.
• Execute semi-monthly and monthly payrolls, including approvals, reconciliation, reporting, 401(k) approvals, Finance inquiries, PeopleConnect inquiries, new hire enrollment, and HDHP employer contributions.

Administration & Compliance
• Ensure accurate and timely execution of compliance filings and notices, including SARs, SBCs, Medicare Part D Notices, and required disclosures.
• Manage compliance activities, including unemployment claims, benefits inquiries, regulatory requests, Finance/internal reporting, vendor payments, administrative processes, HR correspondence, retirement plan activities, 401(k) changes/loans, and error escalation.