Rewards Analyst

Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

Position Title: Total Rewards Analyst III, SR, or Senior Lead, depending on qualifications and experience of the candidate.

At Entergy, we power life. We are dedicated to providing safe, affordable, and reliable power to our customers and communities. We deliver electricity to 2.9 million utility customers across four states. We own and operate power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, including about 8,000 megawatts of nuclear power. The Health & Wellness team is a part of our Total Rewards department in Human Resources.

We #We Power Life  our employees by designing and administering attractive and competitive compensation and benefits programs.

We are seeking a proactive and experienced HR Analyst with a strong focus on communications to join our dynamic Health & Wellness Team. This role blends deep analytical and compliance expertise with exceptional communication skills to articulate complex benefits information to all levels of the organization. The team is responsible for the planning, design, evaluation, project management, vendor oversight and administration of Health & Wellness programs that deliver an employment value proposition to recruit, retain, and drive performance.

• Identify, evaluate, and implement health and wellness programs that recruit and retain top performers.
• Identify, evaluate and implement long-term strategies that deliver premier people‑cost management.
• Lead the planning and execution of benefits communication strategies, including annual enrollment for employees and retirees. Develop and deliver presentations, materials, and other communications to increase understanding of benefits company-wide.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and provide support and guidance to leadership, HR partners, and employees regarding benefits options, eligibility, and enrollment procedures. Deliver presentations to increase understanding of benefits company-wide.
• Assists with program governance, external reporting and compliance. Oversees execution of SOX testing. Works with auditors to provide information necessary to audit plan financials and operations. Reviews 10K, 10Q, Form 5500s and related documentation to ensure accuracy of benefits‑related information. Reviews and provides data for 5500 Forms, EBC reports, management representation letters, and updates departmental procedures, SPDs, and SMMs.
• Sustain HR compliance and proactively mitigate risk through internal monitoring of vendor operations and administration, including corrective action of any inadequate controls or failures identified.
• Assists with managing vendor administration/relationships and works with service providers, vendors, and Entergy IT to support various programs. Reviews vendor invoices for accuracy and ensures contractual obligations are met. Develops and revises HR administrative procedures and policies when applicable.
• Delivers premier people‑cost management by providing support to rate‑case testimony and RFIs as needed.
• Ensures benefit contributions are accurately processed according to accounting procedural requirements on a timely basis. Reviews quarterly reconciliation and payment processing of benefits‑related invoicing and credits with plan actuaries and the Entergy accounting team, researching and resolving any discrepancies identified.
• Reviews and responds to benefit eligibility claim requests from employees and retirees.
• Supports contract negotiations as needed and coordinates required benefit changes.
• Supports M&A work as necessary.
• Coordinates required disclosures and general H&W plan employee education/communications and annual Open Enrollment process.
• Provides oversight and guidance to our benefits administrator to ensure accurate and timely transmission of data to vendors. Aids in understanding and correcting data issues, conducts training for outsourced vendors, assists vendors with escalated/difficult participant cases, and participates in key org initiatives such as OHI, Inclusion & Belonging, volunteerism, and health and safety.
• Engages in key HR & Total Rewards…