Benefits and Leave Management Specialist

Benefits and Leave Management Specialist

Location:

Bellevue, WA

Terra Power is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure, and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, Terra Power originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world.

They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well‑being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. Terra Power’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.

Terra Power is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes.

Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Role Overview

This role will support the full‑cycle management of the leave administration processes including parental, FMLA, medical, personal leave, L&I leave, accommodation, and disability leave from initial notice of the need for a leave to the return to work. You will partner closely with the Payroll, HR, and third‑party vendor to administer the programs, provide employee education, and support employees with benefit utilization.

• Support employees with leave requests and ensure understanding of eligibility, documentation, and leave schedules.
• Oversee tracking, documentation, and timely responses for active leaves of absence and incoming requests.
• Work closely with employee managers to support employees who go on leave.
• Field and answer all leave‑related questions regarding state and federal regulations and healthcare providers.
• Arrange approval of employee leaves and project codes to properly track in the system of record according to the leave types.
• Lead as subject‑matter expert on all aspects of state and federal leave mandates, company leave policies, and benefits.
• Continue development of leave management and compliance knowledge; stay current with changes in leave regulations and update company policy, procedures, and guidelines.
• Evaluate, update, and develop leave‑related policies and forms, documents, or communications in compliance with company policy and state, local, and federal law.
• Coordinate with the Payroll team to ensure pay and use of PTO (or other leave codes) reflects the actual leave schedule and collaborate on true‑up and reconciliation when the employee returns to work.

• Minimum of a four‑year BA/BS degree in General Business, Finance, or HR.
• Three to five years of benefits and leave administration experience including FMLA, health, disability, life, and 401(k) as well as ancillary benefits.
• Customer‑service oriented in a high‑growth, high‑touch organization.
• Strong accuracy, time‑management, and timely follow‑up.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and ability to quickly adapt to other finance and accounting systems (ADP, Netsuite, Oracle Enterprise Cloud).
• Working knowledge of payroll systems; experience with ADP preferred.
• Highly organized and detail‑oriented; high degree of accuracy.
• Ability to multi‑task and handle benefits projects and ad‑hoc requests accurately and timely.
• Capability to quickly comprehend new information…