Analyst- Benefits Administrator

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At American Express, you ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company s success. Together, we ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world s best customer experience every day. And we ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

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Purpose of the Role

Management of end to end Benefit Operations for India market.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring the accuracy of processing, benefit accounting, tax filing and remittance, benefits maintenance, and other related payments.
• Effective vendor management: Coordination and management of the entire benefit function through multiple vendors and their internal teams.
• Validation and auditing, ensuring legislative, compliance and internal reporting requirements for Provident Fund, India PF trust operations, NPS, Gratuity, Pension.
• Ensure proper documentation, SOP & Process flow update for the operations.
• Email servicing for employees on the resolution of their queries related to Retiral, medical & other types of benefits.
• Independently managing the invoice settlement process.
• Ensure timeliness & accuracy of the billings from servicing vendors
• Managing quality metrics and lead projects as required towards process improvement and standardization of various internal & external systems.
• Interacting and collaborating with partners across multiple lines of business to source information and deliver on customer expectations
• Closely working with Customer facing vendor team for the assigned market (s) to work on enhancing employee experience & satisfaction.
• Consistently understand and exceed customer requirements whilst ensuring effective teamwork
• Ensure that all deadlines are continuously met as per dashboard timelines and adequate controls are maintained over the processes
• Lead internal / regulatory / statutory audits by providing the detailed documentations specified by the auditors / regulators.
• On the job training from other team members and will be responsible to ensure compliance with the prevailing policies and procedures besides contractual and regulatory requirements as applicable
• Assuring the escalation of critical issues to the appropriate management chain for decisions and problem resolution.

Critical Factors to Success

• Expert knowledge of Benefits and compliances for India market.
• Quality experience in Managing E2E Benefit functions in a reputed organization with large employee base.
• High attention to detail with an eye for Accuracy & Controls, Strong results-orientation, resourcefulness.

Past Experience

Experience and thorough understanding of Benefits related servicing operations and compliances. Experience on customer servicing will be an added advantage.

Academic Background

MBA in Finance / HR with at least 2+ year of experience OR Graduation in commerce with 3+ years of experience.

Functional Skills -

• Demonstrated Strong Soft skills & proficiency in MS-Excel, Power Point etc.
• Extensive experience and thorough understanding of managing servicing operations for APAC markets.

Technical Skills

Thorough Knowledge of AMEX systems and Comprehensive knowledge of Retirals, Medical & various types of benefits.

Knowledge of Platforms

MS Office

Behavioral areas

• High attention to detail with an eye for Accuracy & Controls, Strong results-orientation, resourcefulness, and flexibility to overcome significant obstacles to goal achievement in a high-pressure environment
• Excellent communication skills (written and spoken) with ability to challenge the status quo and identify improvements
• Quick learner & Team Player

Benefits include:

• Competitive base salaries
• Bonus incentives
• Support for financial-well-being and retirement
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
• Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
• Career development and training opportunities