HR Benefits Administrator

Do you want to work for a global company that creates remarkable experiences through people, products, and food? If you want to be part of a rewarding People First culture that values relationships, trust, and taking the long view, then this is the place for you. Henny Penny was named the 2021 Dayton Business of the Year for many good reasons. Read on to learn more!

The primary responsibility of the Benefit Analyst is to research, analyze, evaluate, and administer corporate benefit plans and programs to meet the organization's strategy. This role also monitors industry and employment trends and analyzes the legislated requirements to estimate impact on the business. This role provides reports to management regarding employee benefits data findings.

What We Offer:

• An opportunity to work for a company that is 100% employee-owned. As an employee-owner, you will be enrolled in our employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) program following one year of service. This is a qualified retirement plan that is separate from your 401k and consists only of Henny Penny shares that will be paid out when you retire (or when you leave the company, but we hope you’ll stay)
• Annual company performance bonus in addition to base salary
• Flexibility to work from home 2 days per week
• Defined career paths so you’ll always know what’s next and what steps can get where you want to go
• Professional development opportunities including tuition reimbursement and unlimited free access to LinkedIn Learning courses
• A competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, PTO, and paid holidays
• Expanded onsite wellness clinic offering preventive care services such as wellness screenings, annual physicals, and related lab work at no cost to employee-owners
• Achieve total well-being at our new Wellspring and Owners Hall facility, featuring 24/7 fitness center with a wide variety of cardio and strength training equipment. This facility reflects our continuous evolution in supporting our valued employee owners.
• Activities including department outings, holiday parties, and our annual company-wide Thanksgiving Dinner
   

What You'll Be Doing

• Analyzes, designs, develops, and administers employer benefit programs to best meet the organization’s strategy.

• Communicates eligibility and coverage information to employees.

• Participates in benefit surveys.

• Monitors and conducts research and analysis on market competitiveness of benefits and provides information and recommendations of changes that will maximize the hiring and retaining of employees. 

• Provides reports to management regarding employee benefits data findings (i.e. including trends, experience info, utilization, costs, forecasting).

• Obtains and organizes data from HCM and ERP systems.

• Works with internal and external business partners to run annual open enrollment process.

• Provides world class service to all stakeholders.

• Evaluates processes and makes recommendations for streamlining and simplifying administration.

• Serves as either a project leader or participant in Total Rewards projects or initiatives.

• Participates in developing and implementing the company’s Total Reward strategy.

• Tracks applicable benefit legislation and ensures programs and policies are compliant with all State and Federal laws and regulations.

• Maintain plan benefit documents including SPDs, SBCs, and benefit summaries.

• Supports data audits and testing.

• Consistently models the Company Values and Expected Behaviors.

• Other duties as assigned.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Mathematics or a related field or equivalent experiences.

• Minimum of 5-7 years of benefits experience which must include quantitative and qualitative analyses

• Basic to intermediate knowledge of benefit plan design and management concepts. concepts and principles.

• Basic to intermediate knowledge of underwriting and statistical concepts.

• Experience with HRIS Compensation Modules (WORKDAY) preferred.

• Knowledge of ERISA, HIPAA, ACA, FMLA and other related legislation.

• Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task preferred.

• CEBS, RHA, PHR, SPHR, REBC, designations a plus.

• Solutions oriented with a strong ability to partner with the business to deliver client focused results and practical solutions.

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.

• Experience maintaining a high degree of discretion and sensitivity to Highly confidential information.

• Proven success partnering with multiple departments, stakeholders, all levels of an organization.

• Self-driven with ability to work independently.

About Us

We’re known in our industry for making the best commercial food equipment in the world. Every day, millions of people eat in restaurants operating Henny Penny equipment. We’re a behind-the-scenes engine in the world’s most demanding kitchens, including long-term partners like McDonald’s, Chick-fil-A, KFC, and Wendy’s. We’re 1,000+ employee-owners who thrive by living a People First mission: to support employees in becoming the best version of themselves both personally and professionally.

We recently completed the largest expansion in our history with the addition of 150,000 square feet on our Eaton campus. This expansion drives development of the world’s most reliable, easy-to-use equipment with an innovative new space for global research and development. We have several collaborative spaces for our project teams, a dedicated electrical engineering lab for our hardware and software engineers, a full model shop for rapid prototyping, and a brand-new test lab that has 300 feet of hood space to test new equipment on our product roadmap. On top of that, we have a new state-of-the-art kitchen for our food science group to meet with our customers, understand what they need, and then dial in our equipment to help them make legendary menu items.

Henny Penny is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability or handicap, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), marital status, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.