Leave Manager

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The Benefits and Leave Manager is responsible for the day-to-day administration and effective delivery of the organization’s health and welfare benefits and leave programs, including disability, workers’ compensation, ADA accommodations, retirement, and wellness support. This role ensures processes are accurate, timely, compliant, and responsive to associate needs in a complex, self-funded environment. The Manager coordinates annual renewals and open enrollment, maintains benefit and leave systems and records, manages vendor relationships and escalated issues, and provides clear education and guidance to associates.

The role partners closely with the VP of People and Organizational Development, Finance, Payroll, Legal, Operations, Safety, and external advisors to support program effectiveness, regulatory compliance, and a consistent associate experience.

• Manages the day-to-day administration of health and welfare benefit programs, ensuring accurate eligibility, enrollment, coverage, and service delivery for union and non-union associates.
• Processes and monitors enrollments, terminations, transfers, qualifying life events, and benefit classification changes within ADP and carrier systems.
• Reviews and reconciles benefit billing statements, resolves discrepancies, and partners with Finance to support accurate documentation and timely payment.
• Supports the annual renewal process by gathering claims, utilization, benchmarking, and cost information and preparing analysis and recommendations for HR leadership.
• Coordinates the end-to-end open enrollment process, including timelines, system configuration, testing, associate communications, meetings, and follow-up.
• Implements approved benefit plan changes within ADP, COBRA, FSA, HSA, and carrier platforms and verifies that configurations align with plan provisions.
• Administers the HSA program and coordinates employer contributions with Finance to ensure accurate and timely funding.
• Maintains productive relationships with benefit advisors, carriers, and vendors, monitors service delivery, and resolves or escalates issues as appropriate.
• Conducts benefit orientations, individual consultations, and benefits-related exit support and helps associates navigate Medicare, Social Security, and other external resources.

• Manages leave programs, including FMLA, applicable New Jersey leave programs, short- and long-term disability, ADA accommodations, and workers’ compensation.
• Coordinates leave intake, eligibility review, required notices, medical certifications, recertifications, leave designations, extensions, and return-to-work documentation.
• Maintains accurate tracking for consecutive and intermittent leave and updates leave status information within ADP and other applicable systems.
• Guides associates and managers regarding leave requirements, available benefits, responsibilities, timelines, medical restrictions, and return-to-work expectations.
• Coordinates the ADA interactive process with associates, managers, HR leadership, and Legal to support timely and consistent evaluation of reasonable accommodations.
• Reviews injury investigation reports, reports workers’ compensation claims, prepares wage statements, and follows up with associates, carriers, healthcare providers, Safety, Security, and Operations.
• Produces regular leave and workers’ compensation reports, supports OSHA recordkeeping, and ensures documentation is complete, current, confidential, and audit-ready.
• Partners with Payroll to coordinate sick pay, wage replacement, disability benefits, and other payments associated with leaves of absence.
• Coordinates Human Performance Evaluations and return-to-work restrictions and supports transitions to long-term disability or external state resources when…