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Benefits Manager has company-wide responsibility for designing, planning, and implementing all benefit programs. Reporting to the Director of Compensation and Benefits and located in Corte Madera, this position ensures the programs:

• meet employee and business needs
• comply with legal requirements
• prove cost effective

Although the role is currently of an individual contributor, the position may supervise a benefit analyst in the future.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages all benefit programs such as medical, dental, and vision insurance, retirement plans, term life insurance, disability programs, and worker’s compensation.
• Seeks ways to improve processes so that the benefit programs are more easily understood and utilized by employees
• Keeps abreast of programs offered at other companies and trends in the external market in order to continually improve existing benefit programs.
• Recommends new plans or improvements to existing plans and uses influence skills to gain approval from management.
• Manages all aspects of employee training and communication regarding benefits such as preparing announcements, designing information packages, delivering employee overviews, conducting enrollment, and updating plan documents.
• Advises and counsels employees on existing benefits and management on potential, new benefits.
• Manages vendors to ensure employees receive excellent service and the benefit offerings are cost effective.
• Acts as the liaison with external agencies and ensures compliance with regulations, including all external benefit reporting.
• Works with hospitals, physicians, insurance companies, employees, and beneficiaries to facilitate utilization of benefits, quick response to complaints, and courteous resolution to inquiries.
• Works collaboratively with others in Human Resources to continually improve the service provided to all Restoration Hardware employees.

Experience

• Five or more years experience in Benefits Administration
• Degree in Human Resources a plus