POSITION SUMMARY:
The Total Compensation & Benefits Analyst drives a variety of functions related to the compensation, benefits, and retirement programs for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte. Reporting to the HR Manager of Total Compensation & Benefits, this is a critical role within the HR team that helps influence and maintain successful day-to-day operations. This position will entail the need for both strong analytical skills and a can-do, service excellence mentality.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Responsible for a variety of moderately complex tasks in the analysis, implementation, support, and administration of technical activities related to compensation, benefits, and retirement.
- Key duties for compensation include assisting in the support and maintenance of compensation structures, salary survey participation, salary increase recommendations, job evaluations and FLSA compliance, and partnership in the performance appraisal/ merit process.
- Will help drive the collection, submission, and analysis of benchmark data to determine competitive positioning of the organization's pay and benefit offerings and performs annual market pricing to monitor external market shifts.
- Key duties related to the benefit programs include administering current benefits in accordance with plan documents and policies, primary HR team member for on-going monitoring of ACA compliance, assisting in the implementation of any new plan designs, supporting and processing enrollments for new hires/ life events/ ACA as well as annual open enrollment, servicing employee inquiries, benefits billing/invoices, wellness program initiatives, and coordinating with payroll regarding status changes affecting premiums, etc.
- Conducts presentations and provides training and resources needed to communicate benefits plans for new hires or newly eligible enrollees.
- Is a key stakeholder, supporting the HR Manager of Total Comp & Benefits, to troubleshoot any potential issues or escalated concerns related to the Lay pension (frozen in 2018), Priest pension (active), and 403(b) retirement plans.
- Key HR stakeholder for the HRIS system for data integrity and reporting. Assists in conducting audits and analyzing results to identify root cause issues related to data accuracy.
- Utilizes advanced analytical means to interpret data, generate insightful reports, and help draw meaningful conclusions to influence informed decision-making.
- Maintains accurate records, SOP’s, and helps implement quality control measures to minimize errors and discrepancies.
- Maintains compliance for employment laws, and most notably those related to compensation, benefits, and retirement functions.
- Assists with supporting and communicating wellness program activities.
- Will assist with maintenance and creation of new on-going content for the HR Nimbus (Intranet) pages related to compensation, benefits, and retirement.
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Will assist in benefit-related issues which involve working closely with vendors to resolve any disputes or concerns in a timely and effective manner.
- May help in monitoring and analyzing benefits utilization data to identify trends, evaluate program effectiveness, and make data-driven recommendations for program improvements.
- May provide mentorship, guidance, and instruction to the HR Administrator position, especially in the absence of the HR Manager of Total Comp & Benefits.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- All diocesan employees are to share in the mission which Christ entrusted to the Church: to spread the Gospel, to service brother and sisters, and to build up the Body of Christ, which is the Church. All employees must respect, appreciate, and uphold the teachings, principles, legislation, and policies and traditions of the Roman Catholic Church in both word and example. This is both a great privilege and an awesome responsibility.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
Education
- Bachelor degree required, or an additional 2-years related experience (above required minimum) in lieu of Bachelor degree.
Experience
- Minimum 2 years of human resources experience with responsibilities performing functions in compensation and benefits. 4+ years compensation and benefits experience are preferred, but not required.
- Prior work experience in job analysis and evaluation, job description edits and creation, and compensation administration.
- Prior work experience in benefit plan administration and troubleshooting.
- Prior experience utilizing benefit enrollment platforms and administering the enrollment process.
- Prior experience running HRIS reports and working knowledge of manipulating data using intermediate to advanced level MS Excel skills.
- Knowledge of Federal/ State/ Local employment laws and regulations, most notably those related to compensation, benefits, or retirement functions.
- Retirement program experience is a plus but not required.
- Prior experience using Paylocity HRIS is a plus but not required.
- Prior experience with modeling or forecasting is a plus but not required.
Skills
- Intermediate to advanced level MS Excel skills, such as VLOOKUP, pivot tables, conditional formatting, detailed charting/graphing, etc.
- Proven analytical and statistical skills with precise attention to detail.
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks.
- Self-directed with ability to perform moderately complex tasks with minimal direction and use critical thinking in decision making.
- Proven ability to use influencing skills for recommendations and process improvements.
- Ability to work cross-functionally, especially with HR team, payroll, finance, and technology services.
- Possess an employee customer-centric and problem-solving mindset.
