Benefits Administrator Specialist | Health, Retirement & Wellness Programs

Benefits Administrator Specialist | Health, Retirement & Wellness Programs

Job Category: NSF Administration

Requisition Number: BENEF
005595

• Posted :
  August 21, 2026
• Full-Time

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Tucson, AZ, USA

Join AURA and help administer the benefits programs that support our employees. This is an opportunity to apply your benefits expertise, analytical skills, and process-improvement mindset while collaborating with HR Operations, Finance, vendors, carriers, and other teams. You will play an important role in open enrollment, employee communications, compliance, reporting, vendor management, and the continued improvement of AURA’s benefits processes.

The Benefits Administrator Specialist, working with the Compensation and Benefits Manager, administers and implements U.S. Health and Welfare, Retirement, and wellness programs, including medical, dental, vision, life, prescription, disability, employee assistance, flexible spending, and health accounts. This role supports strategic benefits initiatives and helps maintain forward-looking benefits processes. The position manages key aspects of AURA’s NSF-funded employee benefits programs, including eligibility, carrier and vendor files and integrations, program design, open enrollment, communications, process improvement, reporting, and billing.

The role requires strong analytical and organizational skills, accurate plan and policy administration, program compliance, and collaboration with stakeholders, HR Operations, Finance, vendors, carriers, and other teams.

Essential Functions:

• Administer AURA’s NSF-funded employee benefits programs to ensure operational effectiveness, including eligibility, carrier/vendor files and integrations, plan design, open enrollment, communications, process improvement, reporting, and billing.
• Serve as a benefits subject matter expert, providing analysis, guidance, and recommendations on administration, processes, procedures, requirements, and applicable regulations.
• Oversee end-to-end benefits administration, including eligibility, enrollment, payroll deductions, funding, reconciliations, corrections, participant escalations, nondiscrimination testing, operational controls, documentation, required communications, and cross-functional coordination to ensure timely, accurate execution.
• Interpret benefits-related legal and regulatory documents, including Summary Plan Descriptions, insurance policies, collective bargaining agreements, and other plan materials; support compliance audits and filings as assigned.
• Collaborate with benefits brokers on competitive, cost-effective programs, including RFI/RFP processes, vendor evaluations, implementations, service management, and issue resolution.
• With the Compensation and Benefits Manager, manage carrier and vendor relationships to support smooth plan administration and benefit-change execution.
• Develop, revise, and improve multi-channel employee benefits communications and content.
• Support the administration of employee retirement plans, resolve issues, and conduct analysis related to deferrals and distribution requests.
• Lead open enrollment planning and execution, including education, communications, implementation, organization, and timeline management.
• Ensure compliance with ERISA, ACA, HIPAA, and other relevant regulations and requirements.
• Track Health and Welfare programs and budgets; reconcile enrollment, eligibility, premium, financial, and other data; identify and correct errors; and complete billing and benefits reporting.
• Maintain accurate, confidential, and compliant records, data, and documentation, including procedures in Confluence and case management tracking in JIRA.
• Identify and implement process improvements to…