Benefits Specialist I

The role

The Benefits Specialist I will administer and maintain the Firm's benefit plans. This role involves conducting benefits orientations, processing payroll deductions, and auditing vendor invoices.

What you will do

• Providing day-to-day benefits administration across medical, dental, vision, and supplemental plans.
• Serving on the rotation covering the Benefits inbox, phone line, and BAS activity.
• Keeping the Firm's benefits materials and communications updated.
• Coordinating and conducting benefits orientation meetings for staff and associates.
• Coordinating and conducting open enrollment meetings and assisting with renewals and vendor implementations.
• Participating in the deduction-calculation and journals process.
• Creating and auditing spreadsheets to process monthly vendor invoices.
• Entering benefit adjustments for employees on leave of absence.
• Administering leave-of-absence premium billing.
• Tracking hours of part-time employees to determine ACA eligibility.

Required qualifications

• Highly organized to effectively plan, track, evaluate and follow-up on multiple priorities.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and sense of urgency around customer service.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to establish rapport and credibility with all levels of management, employees, and vendors.
• High level of integrity and ability to handle confidential information.
• Ability to work overtime as necessary.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least 2 years of employee benefits experience.
• Compliance with legal requirements and knowledge of benefits laws and regulations, including COBRA, HIPAA, and ERISA.
• Strong Microsoft PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, and Excel skills.
• Knowledge of PeopleSoft/Oracle and Microsoft Office applications.

Nice to have

• Workday experience is a plus

Benefits

• health care
• retirement benefits
• paid days off, including sick time, and vacation time
• parental leave
• basic life insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• discretionary, performance-based bonuses

About the company

Gibson Dunn is a leading global law firm, advising clients on significant transactions and disputes.