Benefits Specialist

The Company:
Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company's strength - delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately - is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 300,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg's enterprise solutions build on the company's core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through the Bloomberg Professional service, television, radio, mobile, the Internet and two magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets, covers the world with more than 2,300 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 13,000 people in 185 locations around the world.

The Role:
Within Professional Development (HR), as part of the Global Benefits team, we have an exciting opportunity for a Benefits Specialist to assist with the design, development, and administration of retirement policies and programs throughout the Americas. This is a challenging role where you will use your strong relationship management, analytical and project management skills to influence critical business decisions that impact employee attraction, engagement and retention.

Responsibilities:
- Develop relationships with benefits consultants, vendors, providers and manage these relationships on a day-to-day basis
- Assist with designing and developing benefit policies and plan designs ensuring consideration is given to market practice, local legislation and employee feedback, with a primary focus on retirement plans within the Americas (i.e. US and LatAm) and secondary responsibilities around certain ancillary benefits (i.e. pre-tax commuter benefits, etc)
- Understanding and maintenance of retirement and savings plans, with opportunities for assisting with international retirement plan administration
- Managing compliance testing and audits associated with retirement plans
- Ensure vendors meet Bloomberg?s customer service standards and adhere to agreed upon SLAs
- Ensure operational and administrative processes are effective. Identify and implement process improvements
- Proactively suggest enhancements to Global Benefits based on feedback and market practice. Act as point of contact for escalated employee benefits questions
- Independently research a variety of related complex information requests and issues, working to resolve within the confines of the law and plan documents
- Assist with managing the communication of new programs
- Maintain accurate benefits policy information on the HR intranet site
- Audit and process benefit invoices

Project Work:
- Assist with benefit plan renewals and market reviews
- Organize and run retirement seminars and plan reconciliations
- Assist with organizing and presenting to the Retirement and Investment Committees
- Assist with the implementation of new plan designs or vendor implementations
- Managing and developing both recurring and targeted communication and marketing campaigns

Requirements:
- 3 - 5 years of Benefits experience
- Previous experience in a similar role in a corporate benefits or benefits consulting background preferred
- Excellent project management skills
- Ability to work independently in completing tasks and projects with minimal supervision
- Analytical/critical thinking skills
- Demonstrated skills in: detail orientation, service