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Benefits Analyst
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INEOS
Company:
INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA
Location: League City, Texas (hybrid)
Grade: H32/33
Salary: Starting at $74,000 (commensurate with experience)
How the Role Fits In As a senior Benefits Analyst, you will contribute to our benefits strategy by administering a full suite of benefit programs, including retirement, health, welfare, leaves, and wellness programs. This position will report directly to the Benefits Manager and will play a critical role in shaping our benefits philosophy.
You will partner with vendors, brokers, and cross‑functional teams in HR, Payroll, Finance, IT, and Legal, while providing guidance to employees and assisting them with their benefits needs.
Additionally, you will enhance benefit administration activities, leveraging your expertise to cultivate an unparalleled employee experience and collaborate closely with our HR team on a spectrum of initiatives.
Responsibilities
Administer and manage benefit programs in partnership with benefit vendors and consultants ensuring accuracy, compliance, and efficiency.
Utilize analytical tools and utilization data to identify emerging trends, patterns, and anomalies in claims and benefits usage.
Utilize predictive modeling tools to develop alternative strategies, plan modeling, and cost reduction opportunities.
Meet with HR and Management to explain financials, tax, and benefit strategy.
Analyze data and systems including conducting periodic audits and reconciliation to ensure accuracy and integrity.
Maintain benefits SharePoint site, including updating compliance documents, creating employee-facing communications, and organizing the website to ensure ease of use.
Support benefits open enrollment activities including communication, system updates, employee education sessions, and targeted campaigns.
Partner with internal and external stakeholders (e.g., Payroll, HCM, Finance, IT, Legal, benefits consultants) on plan renewals, implementation, testing, and rollout.
Act as the primary point of contact for employee and HR questions, including managing and resolving inquiries, and escalating to management as needed.
Identify and analyze gaps in our current processes, including reviewing internal and external controls, and propose recommendations for improvement.
Support auditor, regulator, and other compliance requests including maintaining a compliance calendar, collecting and submitting data required for audits, and following up as needed to ensure completion.
Assist with vendor RFPs, including working with external consultants, reviewing vendor responses, summarizing findings, and presenting to management.
Assist with special projects and ad hoc data requests.
Support the wellness program by collaborating on a quarterly wellness activity calendar, monthly wellness newsletter, facilitating employee wellness challenges in partnership with the vendor, proposing new ideas and initiatives, researching new vendors as needed, and partnering with HR for local initiatives.
Support Benefits Manager and Department Director as needed with additional company and department priorities, reconciliations, audits, configuration, testing, communications, compliance, employee education and anything else needed for the department.
Skills & Knowledge Required
5+ years of prior relevant experience in benefits, payroll, and/or HRIS/HCM systems (retirement experience is a plus, and 4+ years business experience working for a chemical or oil and gas company is preferred).
Bachelor’s degree.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills including creating and troubleshooting complicated formulas, lookups, pivot tables, and charts.
Able to both write and trace through logic, coding, and configuration.
Able to work in a fast‑paced and dynamic environment with the versatility to manage multiple tasks, changing priorities, and addressing urgent issues successfully and simultaneously.
Skilled in building rapport and communicating with employees and management at various organizational levels.
Strong verbal and written communication.
Able to work effectively in a team environment and able to collaborate and problem-solve both independently and with team members and other department colleagues.
Strong attention to detail, prioritization, and follow-up skills with ability to identify and resolve problems.
Self‑Motivated. Exhibit a strong sense of initiative and drive to complete tasks independently.
Able to handle confidential data with appropriate sensitivity.
Capable of working independently while also contributing to team efforts towards common goals.
Able to manage and complete tasks per company policies, processing guides, and other operating procedures.
Proficient with HRIS platforms (Workday experience is preferred).
Physical Requirements
Frequently (70‑100%) sitting.
Occasionally (30‑60%) lifting and carrying up to 30 pounds.
Infrequently (10% or less) ascending and descending stairs, bending, stooping, twisting, kneeling, and reaching at/below shoulder height.
The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; viewing a computer screen and extensive reading.
The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions.
This position requires the employee to always
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Benefits Analyst
role at
INEOS
Company:
INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA
Location: League City, Texas (hybrid)
Grade: H32/33
Salary: Starting at $74,000 (commensurate with experience)
How the Role Fits In As a senior Benefits Analyst, you will contribute to our benefits strategy by administering a full suite of benefit programs, including retirement, health, welfare, leaves, and wellness programs. This position will report directly to the Benefits Manager and will play a critical role in shaping our benefits philosophy.
You will partner with vendors, brokers, and cross‑functional teams in HR, Payroll, Finance, IT, and Legal, while providing guidance to employees and assisting them with their benefits needs.
Additionally, you will enhance benefit administration activities, leveraging your expertise to cultivate an unparalleled employee experience and collaborate closely with our HR team on a spectrum of initiatives.
Responsibilities
Administer and manage benefit programs in partnership with benefit vendors and consultants ensuring accuracy, compliance, and efficiency.
Utilize analytical tools and utilization data to identify emerging trends, patterns, and anomalies in claims and benefits usage.
Utilize predictive modeling tools to develop alternative strategies, plan modeling, and cost reduction opportunities.
Meet with HR and Management to explain financials, tax, and benefit strategy.
Analyze data and systems including conducting periodic audits and reconciliation to ensure accuracy and integrity.
Maintain benefits SharePoint site, including updating compliance documents, creating employee-facing communications, and organizing the website to ensure ease of use.
Support benefits open enrollment activities including communication, system updates, employee education sessions, and targeted campaigns.
Partner with internal and external stakeholders (e.g., Payroll, HCM, Finance, IT, Legal, benefits consultants) on plan renewals, implementation, testing, and rollout.
Act as the primary point of contact for employee and HR questions, including managing and resolving inquiries, and escalating to management as needed.
Identify and analyze gaps in our current processes, including reviewing internal and external controls, and propose recommendations for improvement.
Support auditor, regulator, and other compliance requests including maintaining a compliance calendar, collecting and submitting data required for audits, and following up as needed to ensure completion.
Assist with vendor RFPs, including working with external consultants, reviewing vendor responses, summarizing findings, and presenting to management.
Assist with special projects and ad hoc data requests.
Support the wellness program by collaborating on a quarterly wellness activity calendar, monthly wellness newsletter, facilitating employee wellness challenges in partnership with the vendor, proposing new ideas and initiatives, researching new vendors as needed, and partnering with HR for local initiatives.
Support Benefits Manager and Department Director as needed with additional company and department priorities, reconciliations, audits, configuration, testing, communications, compliance, employee education and anything else needed for the department.
Skills & Knowledge Required
5+ years of prior relevant experience in benefits, payroll, and/or HRIS/HCM systems (retirement experience is a plus, and 4+ years business experience working for a chemical or oil and gas company is preferred).
Bachelor’s degree.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills including creating and troubleshooting complicated formulas, lookups, pivot tables, and charts.
Able to both write and trace through logic, coding, and configuration.
Able to work in a fast‑paced and dynamic environment with the versatility to manage multiple tasks, changing priorities, and addressing urgent issues successfully and simultaneously.
Skilled in building rapport and communicating with employees and management at various organizational levels.
Strong verbal and written communication.
Able to work effectively in a team environment and able to collaborate and problem-solve both independently and with team members and other department colleagues.
Strong attention to detail, prioritization, and follow-up skills with ability to identify and resolve problems.
Self‑Motivated. Exhibit a strong sense of initiative and drive to complete tasks independently.
Able to handle confidential data with appropriate sensitivity.
Capable of working independently while also contributing to team efforts towards common goals.
Able to manage and complete tasks per company policies, processing guides, and other operating procedures.
Proficient with HRIS platforms (Workday experience is preferred).
Physical Requirements
Frequently (70‑100%) sitting.
Occasionally (30‑60%) lifting and carrying up to 30 pounds.
Infrequently (10% or less) ascending and descending stairs, bending, stooping, twisting, kneeling, and reaching at/below shoulder height.
The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; viewing a computer screen and extensive reading.
The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions.
This position requires the employee to always
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