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Serves as a knowledgeable resource for employees and leaders, maintains accurate plan and HRIS data, coordinates compliance and vendor activities, and performs compensation and benefits analysis. Uses independent judgment to evaluate information, resolve routine and moderately complex issues, and make recommendations related to compensation and benefits administration.\nRoles, Responsibilities, and Priorities\nMajor Areas of Accountability\nBenefits Administration\nConducts benefits orientation for new employees and assists employees with enrollment in eligible benefit and retirement programs.\nProcesses and verifies benefit enrollments, status changes, terminations, beneficiary changes, and payroll deductions in the HRIS, payroll, and vendor systems.\nInterprets established plan provisions and policies to answer employee questions regarding eligibility, coverage, and claims; independently researches and resolves benefit administration issues and determines when legal, fiduciary, policy, or plan design matters require escalation.\nCoordinates open enrollment activities, including system preparation, employee communications, enrollment support, data analysis, issue resolution, and follow-up; recommends process improvements based on enrollment results and employee needs.\nAdministers COBRA activities, including required notices, election processing, payment tracking, and coordination with applicable vendors.\nCoordinates employee leave and disability processes, including FMLA, short-term disability, long-term disability, workers compensation, and other approved leaves; evaluates documentation, tracks dates and pay status, and resolves administrative issues within established guidelines.\nReconciles benefit carrier invoices and employee deductions, investigates discrepancies, evaluates impact, and determines or recommends appropriate corrections.\nCoordinates required benefit communications, notices, recordkeeping, and reporting, including data collection, analysis, and review supporting ACA reporting and Form 5500 preparation.\nMonitors recurring benefit administration activities for compliance with established ERISA, COBRA, HIPAA, ACA, and plan requirements; identifies concerns and recommends corrective action or escalation.\nRetirement Plan Administration\nAdministers assigned operational activities for the 401(k) savings plan and executive deferred compensation plan, including enrollments, contributions, distributions, loans, beneficiary information, data management, and reporting.\nReconciles retirement plan contributions and participant data; investigates discrepancies and coordinates resolution with Payroll, recordkeepers, and other vendors.\nCoordinates participant communications, required notices, audit requests, nondiscrimination testing data, annual filing support, and preparation of Retirement Committee materials.\nServes as an operational liaison with retirement plan vendors, researches plan administration questions, recommends appropriate action under established plan provisions, and refers fiduciary, legal, or material plan interpretation matters to the appropriate resource.\nCompensation Administration\nProcesses approved salary, incentive, and job changes and partners with Payroll to help ensure accurate and timely payment.\nParticipates in compensation surveys; analyzes survey results; and maintains market pricing, job documentation, salary structure, and related compensation data.\nConducts compensation research and analysis, evaluates jobs using established methodology, reviews pay actions for alignment with guidelines, and develops salary and grade recommendations for review and approval by People Operations leadership.\nPrepares reports, spreadsheets, and communications related to pay programs; analyzes internal and external pay data; and advises employees and leaders on the application of established compensation practices.\nMonitors wage and hour and compensation developments, evaluates potential operational impact, and recommends follow-up actions to People Operations leadership.\nHRIS, Payroll, and Data Administration\nMaintains accurate compensation, benefit, retirement, and leave data in the HRIS and related systems and monitors data flow to payroll and vendor platforms.\nPerforms regular audits and reconciliations, investigates the cause and impact of data or deduction issues, and determines or recommends appropriate corrections within established guidelines.\nCreates recurring and ad hoc reports and analyzes information to support invoice payment, compliance activities, workforce analysis, audits, and program administration.\nEvaluates, tests, and supports implementation of HRIS, payroll, and vendor system updates affecting compensation and benefits; documents results and recommends corrective action when issues are identified.\nEmployee Communications and Service\nPrepares clear written and verbal communications regarding benefits, retirement, compensation, payroll-related procedures, open enrollment, plan changes, and employee programs.\nProvides responsive, confidential, and employee-focused service while explaining and applying established policies and processes in an understandable manner.\nMaintains benefit and compensation content on internal employee resources and assists with education sessions, webinars, and related events.\nGeneral\nMaintains organized records and documentation in accordance with established retention and confidentiality requirements.\nCoordinates with Payroll, Finance, Legal, vendors, consultants, and other People Operations team members to complete assigned work and resolve issues.\nCoordinates employee onboarding activities to ensure new employees are appropriately set up and provided with necessary benefits and employment information.\nSupports audits, special projects, employee recognition activities, and other People Operations responsibilities as assigned.\nEvaluates compensation and benefits processes and recommends practical changes that improve compliance, accuracy, employee service, or efficiency.\nDecision-Making and Accountability\nIndependently evaluates information, applies established policies and plan provisions, and recommends solutions to compensation and benefits matters within assigned authority.\nDevelops analyses and recommendations for leadership review rather than holding final authority for plan design, salary structure approval, policy approval, fiduciary decisions, or material exceptions.\nDetermines when an issue presents significant legal, fiduciary, financial, employee-relations, or policy risk and promptly escalates the matter to the appropriate decision-maker.\nDesired Skills and Experience\nPersonality/Working Style\nDemonstrates integrity, sound judgment, discretion, and alignment with company values.\nMaintains a high level of accuracy, organization, follow-through, and confidentiality.\nBalances recurring deadlines and changing priorities, exercises sound judgment, and provides dependable service with limited day-to-day direction.\nApproaches questions with curiosity, accountability, and a willingness to learn.\nCollaborates effectively, evaluates available information, recommends a course of action, and distinguishes between matters that can be resolved independently and those requiring escalation.\nKnowledge and Skills\nWorking knowledge of employee benefit, retirement, leave, payroll, and compensation administration.\nWorking knowledge of applicable employment and benefit requirements, with the ability to research issues, interpret established guidance, evaluate alternatives, and recognize when escalation is required.\nStrong numerical, analytical, reconciliation, and problem-solving skills.\nEffective written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical information clearly.\nProficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook and the ability to learn HRIS, payroll, and vendor systems.\nEducation and Experience\nBachelor's degree in human resources, business, accounting, finance, or a related field preferred; equivalent relevant education and experience may be considered.\nMinimum three years of related human resources experience required, including experience supporting compensation and benefits administration.\nExperience working with HRIS, payroll, benefits, or retirement plan systems preferred.\nProfessional certification or progress toward a human resources, compensation, or benefits certification is a plus.","description_format":"text","description_chars":8598,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Retirement plans"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Property & Casualty Insurance"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-23T14:52:22Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":7,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:2","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-31T05:58:55Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/lwcc-compensation-benefits-analyst","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/lwcc-compensation-benefits-analyst.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-31T16:07:52Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":25237,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-01T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2487522},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2487522"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Flwcc-compensation-benefits-analyst"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Flwcc-compensation-benefits-analyst"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Flwcc-compensation-benefits-analyst"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/lwcc-compensation-benefits-analyst\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Flwcc-compensation-benefits-analyst"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3156970}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"lwcc.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3156970},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); 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