Director, Associate Benefits - Remote US

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 The Director, Associate Benefits applies forward-looking, innovative thought to design, financing and delivery of company financial wellbeing and retirement benefits and all benefit finance functions to make the company, and each of its divisions, an employer-of-choice.

The Director, Associate Benefits:

Well-being and Benefits ("WB&B") Finance

• Finalize and present projected costs of well-being and benefit program changes for approval by the CAO and CFO for approval before cascading budgets to divisional presidents and CFOs.
• Oversee forecasting, budgeting, and reconciling actual spend for the company’s enterprise and divisional well-being, health welfare, and retirement benefit programs to ensure financial accountability and alignment with organizational objectives including mitigating medical, pharmacy and other benefit inflation trend.
• Report financial performance, compared to the Company’s Well-being and Benefit Programs to the CAO and CFO.
• Develop and lead the process for ensuring that estimated cost savings (or increases) negotiated in the vendor selection process are accurately forecasted, budgeted and then realized in actual results.
• Manage the well-being and benefits cost center, including budgeting for departmental FTEs and professional services spend, to optimize resource allocation and achieve financial targets.

Financial Security Well-being and Retirement Benefit Strategy and Operations

• Provide leadership in qualified retirement plan strategy to ensure that benefits provided in qualified retirement plans are compliant with applicable regulations, competitive for each operating division, and cost effective.
• Provide strategic leadership in adopting regulatory requirements and plan enhancements as required, and permitted, by SECURE 2.0. 
• Oversee the team, and external, subject matter experts (SME)s to ensure the 401(k) plan and Committee comply with all regulatory, compliance and fiduciary responsibilities under ERISA, IRS and other applicable regulations.
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