Benefits and Leave Specialist

This is a Full Time Job

Specialist, Benefits and Leave of Absence Job Details | Lionsgate

Summary of Position

Lionsgate is seeking a Specialist to join the Company’s Benefits team to be a main point of contact for our leave of absence and time off programs as well as support the benefits team with billing, employee questions, and our robust wellness program.

Responsibilities
• Act as subject matter expert and main point of contact for any leave requests for California, New York and other remote locations.
• Provide exceptional customer service to employees, resolving questions, concerns, and complex and escalated leave issues
• Maintain and keep leave tracking up to date and accurate
• Act as the liaison with the disability vendor. Develop and maintain sound relationship with vendor representatives
Implement effective means to routinely report on program status
• Partner with Payroll, HR Business Partners and Employment legal on benefits and leave matters, as needed
• Review accommodation requests and implement return to work plans
• Reconcile and process health care bills
• Support employee questions and assist with Open Enrollment and implementations
• Compile reports of internal data as needed
• Assist with research
• Assist with additional HR and benefits projects as needed

Qualifications and Skills
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience in a similar position, bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related.
• Strong leave of absence experience (STD, LOA, FMLA, CFRA) with an emphasis on California leaves/EDD.
• Competency in MS Office (MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint). Experience with pivot tables and vlookup preferred
• Maintain confidentiality and interface with employees at all levels of the organization
• Ability to anticipate team needs and respond accordingly
• Must be an excellent multi-tasker and have high attention to detail
• Friendly and open demeanor and a team player with a positive attitude