Senior Benefits Consultant, Health & Welfare Programs

Vendor Coordination & Issue Resolution 

• Act as a primary relationship owner for key benefits vendors, driving accountability for service delivery, SLAs, and performance outcomes.
• Lead vendor issue resolution and influence vendor behavior to improve operational performance and employee experience.
• Partner with Total Rewards COE to shape vendor strategies, program enhancements, and plan changes, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Identify and drive vendor optimization opportunities, including service model improvements and cost efficiencies.

Compliance, Governance & Quality Assurance 

• Provide expert oversight of compliance and governance, ensuring adherence to ERISA, ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, FMLA, and internal standards.
• Lead support for audits, regulatory activities, and compliance reviews, proactively identifying and mitigating risk.
• Establish and monitor quality assurance processes, controls, and governance routines across benefits operations.
• Ensure consistent handling of high-impact or sensitive issues in alignment with enterprise standards.

Data Integrity, Reporting & Analytics 

• Own data integrity across benefits systems, ensuring accuracy across HRIS, payroll, vendor interfaces, and case management tools.
• Analyze and interpret data to identify patterns, root causes, and opportunities for improvement, translating insights into actionable solutions.
• Partner with HRIS and Service Delivery to design and enhance dashboards, reporting, and data governance controls.
• Drive improvements in data processes to minimize risk and improve decision-making.

Project Implementation, Automation & Continuous Improvement 

• Lead and support benefits implementations, system enhancements, and cross-functional transformation initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, reduce manual effort, and scale operations through automation and digital enablement.
• Apply strong project leadership to requirements gathering, solution design, testing, and operational transition.
• Ensure new programs and enhancements are fully operationalized with clear ownership, workflows, and change management.

Global Collaboration & Alignment 

• Serve as a key partner in global benefits alignment, ensuring consistency in approach while respecting local requirements.
• Collaborate across regions to harmonize processes, share best practices, and scale solutions globally.
• Represent benefits operations in cross-functional and global forums, influencing decisions and driving alignment across stakeholders.

What You Bring

Required Experience & Skills 

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 7+ years of experience in benefits operations, vendor management, or total rewards administration.
• Deep knowledge of U.S. health and welfare programs and regulatory requirements (ERISA, COBRA, HIPAA, FMLA, ACA, ADA).
• Demonstrated ability to lead through complex problem solving, including issues spanning multiple systems, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Advanced analytical skills, including experience working with large datasets, reconciliations, and root cause analysis.

Preferred

Experience & Skills

• CEBS, SHRM-CP, or similar certifications preferred.
• Strong operational and systems expertise across HRIS, vendor platforms, and service delivery tools.
• Proven ability to work independently with broad direction, developing solutions to complex and ambiguous problems.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders and external partners effectively.
• Demonstrated experience leading initiatives or key workstreams in a matrixed or shared services environment.
• Strong process orientation with a continuous improvement mindset and comfort challenging the status quo.
• Experience with automation, digital enablement, or transformation initiatives.
• Exposure to global benefits programs and multi-country environments.

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Benefits of Joining Albemarle

• Competitive compensation

• Comprehensive benefits package

• A diverse array of resources to support you professionally and personally.

We are partners to one another in pioneering new ways to be better for ourselves, our teams, and our communities. When you join Albemarle, you become our most essential element and you can anticipate competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits package, and resources that foster your well-being and fuel your personal growth. Help us shape the future, build with purpose and grow together.