Benefits Manager

Overview

Title: Benefits Manager

Company: Everest Advisors (UK), Sucursal En España

Job Category: Contingent Workers

Job Description:

About Everest: Everest Group, Ltd. (Everest), is a leading global reinsurance and insurance provider, operating for nearly 50 years through subsidiaries in North America, Latin America, the UK & Ireland, Continental Europe and Asia Pacific regions. Our strengths include underwriting excellence, strong risk and capital management, extensive product and distribution capabilities, a strong balance sheet, and an innovative culture. Our most critical asset is our people. We offer dynamic training and professional development, tuition and continuing education reimbursement, mentoring opportunities, flexible work arrangements, and Colleague Resource Groups.

About the Role: The Everest benefits team is seeking a seasoned Benefits Manager to join on a contract basis for 6 months. This individual will provide first class management of all employee benefits for Continental Europe and Latin America, providing management support on Continental Europe and Latin America benefit policies and procedures to managers, employees, and prospective candidates. Additional focus will be collaborating with the Senior Benefits Manager on international benefits alignment contributing to the execution of the Group people strategy and global benefits strategy across international Reinsurance and Insurance business lines.

Role and Responsibilities (include but not limited to):

• Risk Benefits (Life and Disability).
• Retirement arrangements.
• Tax efficient schemes (e.g., Meal Vouchers, Bike schemes).
• Medical Insurance.
• Country specific allowances and local choice schemes.
• Collaborate with local Brokerage services and local branch assistance, escalating to Payroll Manager and HRBPs as required.
• Invoice approvals.
• Manage benefit renewals as required and tracking of documentation with the support of the Benefit Coordinator.
• Working with local brokerage and branch assistance, HR teams.
• Manage implementation of local benefits for new branches across Europe and/or Latin America.
• Prepare benefits overviews, benchmarking and respond to benefit surveys.
• Keep abreast of changing benefits laws in countries supported and provide actionable deliverables.
• Support local management with absence plans, coordinating leaves with local brokers and HR teams, ensuring timely insurance claims are processed and managing the plan in the HCM system (Workday).

Communications:

• Working closely with the global benefits team as well as local HR teams and the communications team including updating intranet, writing scheme summaries and overview documents to efficiently communicate employee benefits for Continental Europe and Latin America.
• Oversight of the employee benefit summaries for each location and support with active promotion of benefits internally.

Data Management:

• Collaborate with the Workday team in building the benefit platform on Workday as required. Support Benefit Coordinator with implementation.
• Ensure all data is kept confidential and recorded accurately. Ensure correct Everest security protocols when sending confidential data.
• Ensure all tax rules apply to employee benefits (e.g., salary sacrifice, taxable benefits).
• Design and implement meaningful reporting for Benefits and Payroll. Collate and provide accurate data to 3rd party vendors as required.

Payroll:

• Work with the Senior Payroll Manager and Payroll vendors as subject matter expert for Central European and Latin American benefits.
• Provide support in the timely transfer of accurate data files approved for the monthly payroll processing.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Backup for Senior Benefits Manager on international benefits outside of Continental Europe and Latin America – i.e., UK&I, APAC regions.
• Undertake projects and tasks as required – providing support for alignment of benefits on a global basis in line with the Everest Benefit Framework, assisting with streamlining processes, utilizing systems (Workday and Intranet, Technical Displays) and supporting new initiatives.
• Managing projects independently and reporting progress to manager.
• Work with the International HR Team and provide appropriate subject matter expertise and tools to be ambassadors for Employee Benefits.

Qualifications:

• Proven track record in the management of Central European and Latin American benefit plans with a strong focus on compliance; other international benefits experience is an advantage.
• Must speak English fluently. Additional languages are a plus.
• Experience with HR systems (Workday beneficial).

Knowledge, Skills & Competencies:

• Negotiation and influencing skills, determination and tenacity.
• High attention to detail, strong work ethic and ability to collect, organize and analyze data.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to handle confidential and highly sensitive information.
• Collaboration and ability to establish trustful working relationships with the wider international HR team and business leaders.
• Sense of urgency, efficiency, and reactivity.
• Can-do attitude, constructive and positive thinker.
• Project management experience.

Our Culture:

At Everest, our purpose is to provide the world with protection. We help clients and businesses thrive, fuel global economies, and create sustainable value for our colleagues, shareholders and the communities we serve. We pride ourselves on having a unique and inclusive culture driven by a unified set of values and behaviors. Learn more about our culture.

• Our Values are the guiding principles that inform our decisions, actions and behaviors. They are an expression of our culture and an integral part of how we work: Talent, Thoughtful assumption of risk, Execution, Efficiency, Humility, Leadership, Collaboration, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
• Our Colleague Behaviors define how we operate and interact with each other across locations and roles: Respect everyone, Pursue better, Lead by example, Own our outcomes, Win together.

All colleagues are held accountable to uphold and support our values and behaviors across the company. This includes day to day interactions with fellow colleagues and the global communities we serve.

What if I don’t meet every requirement? We are dedicated to building an inclusive and authentic workplace. If you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every element in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. Please let us know if you need any accommodations throughout the application or interview process.

Type: Agency Consultant

Time Type: Full time

Primary Location: Madrid, Spain

Additional Locations: London

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