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Benefits & HRIS Manager #6195
Provide leadership to the Benefits, Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) and HR Operations/data maintenance function in support of Capella's business strategies. Accountabilities for this working manager role include research, analysis, plan design, administration, communication, reporting and compliance for benefit offerings; HRIS design and reporting; HR Inbox/call center administration; data maintenance/record keeping; policy development and administration, and compensation administration support. The manager, partnering with HR and Information Technology leaders, will lead the development and implementation of short- and long-term technology plans to automate administrative processes, eliminate/reduce paper transactions, improve efficiencies and data integrity, and move towards manager and employee self-service.
Responsibilities:
- Leading people: communicating expectations and providing meaningful performance feedback, coaching and learning opportunities to employees.
- Ensuring high quality service delivery and customer satisfaction with HR transactional processes and record-keeping. Partners closely with the HR team and the Finance/Payroll and Legal departments.
- Benefits plan design, administration and compliance: ensuring that plan designs are competitive, and that documentation, communications, record keeping, plan filings, and reporting procedures meet legal and regulatory compliance requirements.
- Developing, administering and communicating HR policies.
- Providing support for compensation plan design and administration and Compensation Committee deliverables. Includes salary plan and stock plan administration.
- Providing support to the Retirement Plan Investment Committee.
- Managing and maintaining HR systems (such as performance management and equity systems outside of PeopleSoft), HR records and HRIS data, ensuring data integrity and meeting the HR/employee-related reporting needs of the company.
- Ensuring effective implementation and communication of Capella compensation and benefits programs to include employee benefits orientation, annual open enrollment processes, summary plan descriptions, total compensation statements, policies, employee communications/postings on company intranet and bulletin boards and managing HR inbox/call center.
- Developing technology infrastructure, documentation and metrics for key processes and procedures.
- Championing continuous improvement through implementing best practices and developing/redesigning processes and systems to improve productivity and customer service.
- Leading internal/external benefits and HRIS audit processes.
- Managing relationships with benefit and HR systems vendors, including assessment of performance, negotiating rate renewals and managing proposal/vendor selection processes as needed.
- Providing input into the development of the annual department business plan and operating budget and managing expenses within the established budget.
- Carrying out other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in human resources, business, psychology or related field.
- 7+ years of professional-level experience in benefits design, administration, communciation and compliance. At least 2 years staff management experience, preferably in Human Resources. Compensation analysis and design experience and CEBS certification desirable.
- Demonstrated strong leadership skills: ability to lead, motivate and develop employees.
- Strong interpersonal, negotiation, and influencing skills.
- Advanced knowledge of and experience with health & welfare and retirement benefit plan design, research and analysis, communication, administration, regulatory compliance.
- Experience with retirement investment committees a plus.
- Advanced knowledge of and experience with PeopleSoft human resource information system design (version 8.9 or higher strongly preferred ), implementation and usage.
- Demonstrated ability to leverage technology to improve effectiveness of HR services and transaction processing. Experience with employee and manager self-service highly desirable.
- Demonstrated ability to manage projects to completion, on-time and within budget.
- Ability to apply innovative and strategic thinking to planning and analysis, requiring a focus on both quality and delivering high-volume results.
- Experience working in high-growth, dynamic organizations.
- Demonstrated bias for action with a strong results orientation.
- Highly adept at partnering and influencing throughout the organization at all levels.
- High degree of organization and detail management; ability to deliver day-to-day results while improving processes.
- Applied knowledge of HR practices, regulations, and procedures.
- Strong business acumen with demonstrated experience partnering with key business units outside of staffing, such as Finance, Legal and Sr. Leadership functions.
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
- Highly PC literate; strong Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills.
Working Conditions: Normal office work
This position is based in Capella's corporate headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota and relocation assistance is not provided.
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