As a Benefits Coordinator, you will coordinate, interpret, and support employee benefit programs that meet our employee’s healthcare and/or retirement needs and the financial goals for the company within multiple HRIS and payroll systems. Process vendor transactions through administrative and payroll platforms. Process benefits transactions through HRIS or accounting systems for assigned programs. Maintain accuracy of employee data relevant to benefits transactions. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coordinate the administration of the designated health & welfare plans within multiple HRIS or payroll systems. Initiate and oversee payroll interface between various Inspire Brands, Inc. companies and assigned benefit vendors. Contribute to the design, development, and implementation of Annual Enrollment. 
• Administer and coordinate activity of company funded benefit programs for employee premiums to ensure accurate and timely communication of programs, setting up coverage, maintaining payment history for vendor items and terminating coverage. Utilize reporting tools to ensure employees who are not paid maintain current benefit deductions. Track payroll related details for audit review 
• purposes. 
• Administer and track Medical, Military, and Family Medical Leaves of Absence, Short Term Disability and Long-Term Disability applications and associated paperwork, to include payroll coordination, after-tax deduction payment and interfaces with outside FMLA or STD vendors. 
• Coordinate mail flow within benefits department. Respond and return all mail inquiries timely. Maintain accurate and timely Qualified Medical Support Court Orders (QMSCO) including set up of required payroll deducted coverage. Develop and administer tracking system and database for status of QMSCO. 
• Respond timely to all current and former employee questions or requests and provide excellent customer service for assigned area of responsibility. 
• Work closely with Human Resources staff to ensure seamless administration of benefit programs. 
• Verify accuracy and process benefit related payroll transactions and coordinate changes with assigned vendors on a period basis. Research and make correcting entries as needed within multiple HR information and payroll systems. 
• Participate in the coordination of Annual Enrollment for group benefits and educate employees about available benefits. 

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS

• Required Minimum: Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration 
• Preferred: Concentration in Human Resources, Benefits Administration, or Accounting 
• Required Minimum: Two (2) years of prior work experience through direct employment in a benefit related function in a corporate environment. 
• Preferred: Minimum two (2) year prior professional benefit or human resources administration experience in a large-sized company. 

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, or ABILITIES

• Working knowledge of group insurance, retirement plans, and benefits-related 
• legislation/regulations including, but not limited to ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code, EGTRRA, HIPAA, COBRA, or PPACA. Have advanced skills for Microsoft Word and Excel. Workday experience preferred. 

 

Inspire is a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes more than 33,000 Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s, and SONIC restaurants worldwide.

We’re made up of some of the world’s most iconic restaurant brands, but we’re much more than just a restaurant company. We’re a team of hundreds of thousands who individually and collectively are changing the way people eat, drink, and gather around the table. We know that food is much more than a staple—it’s an experience. At Inspire, that’s our purpose: to ignite and nourish flavorful experiences.