Benefits Senior Manager

MarketCast combines the power of research, technology, and data science to help marketers and researchers maximize their advertising impact and unlock brand Fandom.

Our data and insights guide critical marketing decisions, helping brands determine which fandom audiences to prioritize and product benefits to communicate, in addition to developing, launching, and measuring brand and advertising campaigns across media platforms. Today our clients represent the biggest names in entertainment, tech, consumer brands, and sports and video games, and our impact touches the lives of billions of people around the globe.

#FandomIsOurJam

As the Benefits Manager for the U.S. and over time our global benefits, this position will be responsible for the overall administration of MarketCast’s benefits programs. This includes the company-wide benefits plans, including health and welfare, retirement, global programs and leave policies for the company. You will be a key member of the Total Rewards and broader HR team, ensuring a highly operationally effective and compliant environment, including great service to our employees. Through collaboration and partnership, you will develop strong engagement with the HR team, leadership and our employees

What You Will Do:

• Responsible for the vendor management and communication of our global programs.
• Administer all company benefit plans in the US, such as Health and Welfare (Medical, HSA, FSA, Dental, Life, Wellness, COBRA), Retirement (401k Plan), Leave of Absence/Disability, and our perks programs.
• Lead annual open enrollment and related functions, including renewal analysis, updating payroll and HRIS systems and vendor management systems, and hosting education sessions.
• Stay abreast of current trends and regulatory changes that affect the business and recommend new approaches, policies, and procedures to continuously improve department efficiency and our overall service delivery model.
• Maintain compliance with federal, state, and provincial regulations concerning benefits, perks, and leave plans.
• Keep detailed and organized records for various audits and compliance and provide documentation for different audits (401(k), Medical, 5500s filings).
• Communicate trends to leadership and deliver employee communications on plan benefits, issues, or changes in MarketCast program offerings. Answer employee benefits questions through the internal benefits portal.
• Partner with Finance and HR/Total Rewards on benefits budgets/costs reviews
• Establish, build, and maintain strong relationships with leaders across the organization to ensure our benefits align with our employee's needs and educate leaders, managers, and employees on the company's benefits plans.
• Continuously improve processes and experience leveraging tool enablement, including AI or other technology.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Bachelor's degree in Business or Social Sciences. Master Degree is preferred
• 5 – 8+ years of solid full cycle benefits administration and design experience (Health & Welfare (Medical, Dental, Life, Wellness, Retirement 401K administration, Leave of Absence (LOA) administration
• Solid vendor management experience (e.g. Fidelity 401k, LOA & Cobra administrators, Aetna or other medical carriers, benefits brokers, wellness)
• Has obtained advanced knowledge of benefits compliance requirements (e.g. LOA/Disability in multi-state environments like California & New York), 5500 filings, 401k Plan audits and testing, Cobra notifications.
• Strong project management and process improvement skills (able to devise an annual benefits rollout plan in advance and manage according to schedule).
• Disciplined and detailed benefits plan administration methodology (e.g. 401k loans, 5500 filings, and audits, LOA requirements)
• Strong communication, collaboration, and consultation skills working with a diverse and dynamic group of stakeholders.
• Customer focus and business orientation. Ability to easily translate the mechanics of how our benefits work to employees and leadership.

It’ll be helpful if you have:

• HRIS experience (UKG or similar sophisticated enterprise systems)
• Solid payroll interface experience and understanding of payroll and benefits dependencies
• Global experience or exposure to international benefits (e.g. UK, India)
• Ideal if have experience in mid-size start-up and/or other highly transformative environments.
• CEBS appreciated

Benefits and Perks:

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401(k) Company Match
• Freedom Leave
• Health & Wellness Events & Benefits
• Professional & Personal Growth & Learning Opportunities
• And, more

Our Purpose:

Fandom connects people with shared passions and builds communities around them. It offers them space to express their joy and love, whether that’s for superheroes, sports teams, or even small batch whiskeys. At MarketCast, we believe in the power of fandom. It’s as important for brands as it is for action heroes and we do fandom research, data science and analytics better than anyone on the planet. This obsessive focus on fans helps the world’s top creators, media platforms, and sports leagues transform followers into fanatics and investments into impact.

Our Core Values:

Curiosity Makes Us Tick

Our love of learning manifests in everything we do - from the surveys we field and the datasets we analyze to the technology we develop. Where others pause, we push forward, uncovering hidden meaning and answers. Always learning, always looking for more.

We Celebrate Wins

Whether its wowing clients with research or solving everyday challenges, we pause to honor great work and everyone who plays a role in it. We acknowledge and recognize great work and hustle that helps deliver the very best outcomes.

Trust is Always Trending

Trust means everything to us. It’s lending a hand when deadlines loom, always delivering on the promises we make, and calling out behavior that harms our culture. And our client’s trust is what makes all this possible, something we never take for granted.

We Roll with Change

We embrace change as an opportunity to learn, grow, and further develop. We do this by challenging our biases and rethinking how things have always been done in the past. This fresh, open-minded approach keeps us agile, innovating, and adapting in the face of uncertainty.

Diversity is Our Superpower

Our differences make us stronger. As researchers and data scientists, we have a responsibility to reflect the diverse audiences and communities all around us. Understanding people, opinions and life experiences fuels our insights and deepens our perspectives.

At MarketCast, we don't just accept difference - we embrace it, support it, and thrive on it for the benefit of our global culture and success. MarketCast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. Check us out: www.marketcast.com

Per the pay transparency law, the hiring range for this position is $115,000 to $130,000. As a candidate for this position, your salary and related elements of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, skill set, and any other factors MarketCast considers relevant to the hiring decision. In addition to your salary, MarketCast believes in providing a competitive total rewards package for its employees. MarketCast offers employees a holistic and wide array of benefits such as subsidized medical, dental and vision, enhanced mental health resources (Modern Health), free access to the HealthJoy, Everyday Inclusion, and Calm Apps, 401K match from day one, “freedom time off”, career and personal growth outlets, such as Coursera, and two free monthly movie tickets. All benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and the terms of our official plan may be modified or amended from time to time.

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