Sr. Global Benefits Manager

Location: Remote, United States

Schedule: Days, Monday-Friday

Compensation: $124,000-$207,000, based on experience

The Global Benefit Manager role is influential and has accountabilities for global benefit programs and administration. The role is responsible for driving Xerox’s (The Company) competitive position in the labor market by developing and implementing new benefit strategies. The world of Xerox is transforming, as is the world of benefits, and to be successful he/she needs to understand the changing landscape be able to balance strategic ideas with operational effectiveness.

Accountabilities:

• Manages a team of benefits analysts or specialists, overseeing global benefits work
• Accountability and oversight for benefit plan design, renewal, governance and administration
• Assures—thorough audits, reports and personal contact—that company benefit programs are consistently administered in compliance with company policies and government regulations.
• Leads and delegates activities supporting global benefits such as those below:
• Investigation of new benefit programs and improvements in design and operation
• Examining possible plan design or benefit cost changes.  
• Changes to country laws pertaining to benefits.  
• Analyzing results and developing specific recommendations for review by Senior Management.
• Helping to lead and implement Wellbeing and Mental health Strategy across the company.
• Collaborating with local country finance and leadership team for approvals
• Working with the Global Benefits Broker and local country contacts to manage plan vendors and third-party administrators to affect changes in benefit program and maintaining processes and controls
• Providing advice and guidance to the country on operations, benefits setups, processes and helping streamline administrative operations in the different countries.
• Ensuring all benefit notifications/communications to employees are communicated and distributed in a timely manner.
• Providing guidance and resolution to issues. Educates, advises and counsels others on benefit matters.

The Candidate:

• The successful candidate is flexible, determined, and brings advanced knowledge of the international benefits landscape, providing strategic leadership and management in the design of health & welfare, wellness, disability, life insurance, pension and other retirement benefits. Candidate needs to be driven and a successful influencer with a strong business acumen.

Required Experience:

• Strong experience in benefits planning and administration.
• 7+ years of related experience with global benefits
• Solid international benefits experience across multiple regions, particularly UK and Canada
• Strong project management skills; ability to manage multiple projects at the same time
• Vendor management experience required.
• Ability to create a workplace environment that fosters collaboration, quality and excellence.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written;
• Proven ability to effectively deliver difficult messages and drive change, while building and maintaining relationships with senior business leaders.
• Strong, organizational, team-building and analytical skills.
• Experience with M&A activities.
• Bachelor's degree required, ideally with an MBA.