Benefits Specialist

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At First Mid, base salary is one component of our Total Rewards program. Exact compensation is determined by factors such as education, skills, internal equity, and experience. This position offers additional compensation in the form of discretionary short-term incentives (e.g., bonus, incentives, and/or commission). Benefits for this role include comprehensive healthcare, well-being benefits, paid family leave and generous paid time off.

Total Rewards also include banking perks, tuition reimbursement, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and a 401(k) plan with company match.

• Administers employee welfare plans such as medical, dental, vision, life, HSA, flex, and Cobra.
• Maintains and utilizes the employee HRIS system for benefit related changes (vacation accruals, adding and removing benefit coverages, etc.).
• Reconciles all monthly billings from all benefit providers using advanced Excel spreadsheets, reviewing for accuracy, resolving discrepancies with benefit providers, payroll and balances with the general ledger.
• Analyzes discrepancies and communicates with employees and carriers.
• Reconciles information accurately and provides a detailed audit trail of information with resolution.
• Calculates benefit deductions for offboarded employees to ensure accuracy.
• Actively participates in the annual open enrollment administration of benefit plans.
• Conducts new employee onboarding to ensure employees gain an understanding of the company and benefit plans.
• Processes all new hire enrollments and life status changes (adding, removing or canceling benefit coverages).
• Administers FMLA and COBRA administration.
• Administers ACA reporting.
• Answers questions concerning company policies and procedures.
• Performs other human resource related duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, or four plus years’ experience in benefits, accounting or payroll, or four plus years’ experience in an analytical based role.

• Knowledge of advanced Excel spreadsheet functions and comfortable working within multiple spreadsheets creating formulas, VLOOKUP, and pivot tables.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Strong problem‑solving skills to gather, analyze and develop solutions to discrepancies.
• Ability to demonstrate follow‑up skills to ensure timely and effective closure of open items.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment while meeting specific deadlines.
• Ability to organize, multi‑task and prioritize work.

• Competitive health, dental & vision coverage with HSA match.
• 401(k) with employer match + Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Generous PTO, paid holidays & parental leave.
• Tuition reimbursement & performance‑based bonuses.
• Visit our Total Rewards page to see our full list of benefits.

First Mid Bancshares, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other applicable federal or state‑protected classification.

THIS JOB DESCRIPTION DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A CONTRACT FOR EMPLOYMENT.

• Mid‑Senior level

• Full‑time

• Human Resources

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