Benefits Manager

Overview Title : Benefits Manager

Company : Everest Advisors (Uk), Sucursal En España

Job Category : Contingent Workers

About Everest : Everest Group, Ltd. (Everest), is a leading global reinsurance and insurance provider, operating for nearly 50 years through subsidiaries in North America, Latin America, the UK & Ireland, Continental Europe and Asia Pacific regions. Our strengths include extensive product and distribution capabilities, a strong balance sheet, and an innovative culture. Our most critical asset is our people. We offer dynamic training & professional development to our employees. We also offer generous tuition / continuing education reimbursement programs, mentoring opportunities, flexible work arrangements, and Colleague Resource Groups.

Role & Contract : The Everest benefits team is seeking a seasoned Benefits Manager to join them on a contract basis for 6 months. This role will provide first-class management of all employee benefits for Continental Europe and Latin America, including supporting benefit policies and procedures for managers, employees, and prospective candidates. The role will also collaborate with the Senior Benefits Manager on international benefits alignment and contribute to the execution of the Group people strategy and global benefits strategy across international Reinsurance and Insurance business lines.

Responsibilities Risk Benefits (Life & Disability).

Retirement arrangements.

Tax efficient schemes (e.g., Meal Vouchers, and Bike schemes).

Medical Insurance.

Country specific allowances and local choice schemes.

Collaborate with local Brokerage services and local branch assistance, escalating to Payroll Manager and HRBP’s as required.

Invoice approvals.

Manage benefit renewals as required and tracking of documentation until completion with the support of the Benefit Coordinator.

Working with local brokerage and branch assistance, HR teams.

Manage implementation of local benefits for new branches across Europe and / or Latin America.

Prepare benefits overviews, benchmarking and respond to benefit surveys.

Keep abreast of changing benefits laws in countries you support and provide actionable deliverables.

Support local management with absence plans. Coordinating the leaves with local brokers, HR teams, ensuring timely insurance claims are processed as well as managing the plan in the HCM system (Workday).

Communications Working closely with the global benefits team as well as local HR teams and the communications team, including updating intranet, writing scheme summaries and overview documents to efficiently communicate employee Benefits for Continental Europe and Latin America.

Oversight of the employee benefit summaries for each location and support with active promotion of benefits internally.

Data Management Collaborate with Workday team in building benefit platform on Workday as required. Support Benefit Coordinator completing the implementation.

Ensure all data is kept confidential and recorded accurately, with Everest security protocols followed when sending confidential data.

Ensure all tax rules apply to employee benefits (e.g., salary sacrifice, taxable benefits).

Design and implement meaningful reporting for Benefits, Payroll. Collate and provide accurate data to 3rd party vendors as required.

Payroll Work with the Senior Payroll Manager and Payroll vendors as subject matter expert for Central European and Latin America benefits.

Provide support in the timely transfer of accurate data files approved for the monthly payroll processing.

Additional Responsibilities Backup for Senior Benefits Manager on international benefits outside of Continental Europe and Latin America – i.e., UK&I, APAC regions.

Undertake projects and tasks as required – providing support for the alignment of benefits on a global basis in line with the Everest Benefit Framework, assisting with streamlining processes, utilizing systems (Workday and Intranet, Technical Displays) and supporting the introduction of new initiatives.

Managing projects independently and reporting progress to manager.

Work with the International HR Team and provide appropriate subject matter expertise, equipping them to be ambassadors for Employee Benefits.

Qualifications Proven track record in the management of Central European and Latin American benefit plans with a strong focus on plan compliance; other international benefits experience is an advantage.

Must speak English fluently. Additional languages are a plus.

Experience of HR systems (Workday beneficial).

Knowledge, Skills & Competencies Negotiation and influencing skills, determination and tenacity.

High attention to detail, strong work ethic and ability to collect, organize and analyze data.

Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Ability to handle confidential and highly sensitive information.

Collaboration and ability to establish trustful working relationships with the wider international HR team and business leaders.

Sense of urgency, efficiency, and reactivity.

Can-do attitude, constructive and positive thinker.

Project management experience.

Culture and Inclusion Our culture emphasizes protection, inclusion, and collaboration. We value Talent, risk awareness, execution, efficiency, humility, leadership, collaboration, and inclusion and belonging. All colleagues are accountable for upholding these values and behaviors across the company. We encourage applicants who may not meet every requirement to apply and discuss accommodations during the application process.

Job Details Type : Agency Consultant

Time Type : Full time

Primary Location : Madrid, Spain

Additional Locations : London

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