Benefits & Retirement Specialist

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?The Americas Benefits Specialist is responsible for Health, Welfare & Wellness Benefits and Retirement programs in designated countries and in collaboration with HR, Americas Benefits &
Retirement Manager and Total Rewards & Imob CoE Lead. Assist with identifying and analyzing various program compliances and initiatives. Administer Benefits & programs and strategies that
are competitive, sustainable and aligned with the Hub COE, and business entity goals while encompassing a wide variety or local specificities.
Benefits Specialist will focus efforts within Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Paraguay and Uruguay and coordinate those efforts with the Americas Benefits and
Retirement ManagerManage health, welfare & wellness benefits and retirement program administration and service delivery

• Manage health, welfare & wellness benefits and retirement vendor relationships, negotiate contracts, and ensure adherence to service level agreements

• Manage the overall retirement plan strategy for the hub organization including, monitoring retirement plan adequacy, and benchmarking competitor offerings. This includes all retirement programs, such as defined benefit and defined contribution plans

• Conduct plan inventories, monitor compliance, prepare reporting and support oversight committees Identify and participate in health, welfare & wellness benefits and retirement surveys to ensure highest quality market data possible to benchmark internal program offerings and to conduct research into current market trends

• Collaborate with Stakeholders to proactively identify, develop and implement programs that address the needs of the organization

• Identify opportunities to standardize practices of benefits abd retirement across business lines and geographies

• Support the application of relevant union collective bargaining provisions • Create and maintain health, welfare & wellness benefits and retirement information on company intranet and other websites

• Drive operational excellence, continuous improvement, harmonization of practices and improve employee and manager experience

• Identify opportunities to implement changes to leverage the services of the BSC Evaluate and audit BSC health, welfare & wellness benefits and retirement administration.

• Support benefits program strategy, design, and administration needs of the business, including health & wellness, pension, insurance and fringe benefits

• Ensure compliance with local laws and regulations

• Assist with local administration of Group, HUB or Cluster Total Rewards initiatives (e.g. Total Rewards Statements, Communications, etc.)

• Develop and implement benefits and retirement programs, policies and processes for cluster in line with Group or Hub parameters

Are you a MATCH?Minimum 3-5 years experience in health & welfare benefits • Strong experience with effectively managing broker/vendor relationships • Benefits administration design, funding and communication, including full-cycle annual Open Enrollment planning and implementation preferred • Working knowledge of federal health care regulations preferred Analytical and conceptual ability necessary to evaluate internal and external data, balancing the needs of customers and management within budgetary constraints, company guidelines, policies and government regulations • • Ability to manage multiple priorities • Thorough working knowledge of work-flow processes within human resources information systems organization • Ability to establish and maintain a positive and professional working relationship with all individuals • Ability to perform in a team environment as a team member or leader in a cross-functional team • Motivated; proactive; self-starter; works independently with little direction • Ability to drive change amongst several segmented populations • Excellent written and verbal communication • Possesses a proactive approach to problem solving • Understanding of benefits legislation, policies and procedures • Strong analytical, organizational and time management skills • Demonstrate critical thinking and customer focus • Experience working with technical teamsQualitative, and quantitative analysis skills, and ability to utilize data to influence decisions • Expertise in leveraging digital tools to synthesize data and enable efficiency • Ability to de-construct complex data, concepts, and issues, translating into concise recommendations/solutions Experience with Google Suite of products a plus • Workday experience a plusEducation: University degree in HR/Business Languages: English/Spanish required. Additional language skills: (French, Portuguese) are a plus Required expertise in one or more of the following core HR skill areas: • Benefits • Human Resources • Business & Finance Acumen • Business Automation • Influencing for Change • Emotional Agility • Analyzing and solving problems • Project Management • Communication • Continuous ImprovementOur Differences make our PerformanceAt Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.