HR Compliance & Benefits Administrator
Tutorintelligence · Watertown, MA · onsite
USD 95,000 to 140,000 · period not stated
The Role:
- Benefits administration end to end: enrollment, qualifying life events, vendor and broker management, reconciliation, and annual renewal and open enrollment
- Leave and accommodations: FMLA, state leave programs (including MA PFML), disability, parental leave, and ADA accommodations, from first request through return to work
- Immigration: coordinating H-1B and other visa cases with outside counsel, tracking deadlines, and keeping employees informed
- Multi-state employment compliance: registrations, required postings and notices, pay transparency, and keeping our policies current as we add states
- Required filings and audits: ACA, 401(k) nondiscrimination testing, EEO-1, workers’ comp, and whatever else comes with growth
- Owning the Employee Handbook and policy library from a compliance perspective, and flagging when something needs to change
- Being the plain-English answer for employees with benefits, leave, or immigration questions
Requirements:
- 4+ years in HR compliance, benefits administration, or a combination of the two, at a company with employees in multiple states
- Hands-on experience administering leave (FMLA and at least one state program) and ADA accommodations
- Experience running an open enrollment and working directly with a benefits broker and carriers
- Working knowledge of multi-state employment law and the judgment to know when to escalate to counsel
- Meticulous with details and deadlines; you keep a tracker and it is always right
- Discreet, calm, and kind with employees in sensitive situations
- Based in or willing to relocate to the Boston area; this role is in-office in Watertown, MA
- Experience transitioning a company off a PEO
- Experience coordinating employment-based immigration cases (H-1B, O-1, green card processes) with counsel
- Experience supporting a mixed hourly and salaried workforce, including manufacturing or field employees
- SHRM-CP, PHR, or CEBS certification
- Experience with Rippling