Benefits Compliance Specialist

5 hours ago


Bellevue, Washington, United States GBS - Global Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Benefits Compliance Counsel to join our team at GBS - Global. As a key member of our team, you will play a critical role in supporting our consultants and clients in understanding changes to benefit laws, implications to their benefit plans, and necessary steps to ensure compliance.

Key Responsibilities
  • Conduct compliance reviews for clients, creating a compliance gap analysis that outlines compliance considerations and identifies suggestions for becoming more compliant.
  • Provide timely and accurate analyses of current legislative initiatives and regulations, offering well-researched recommendations to clients.
  • Interpret source materials and provide guidance and advice to corporate staff and branch office staff on compliance matters.
  • Participate in client sales and retention efforts, including business development calls and meetings, RFP response support, and prospective and existing client-facing presentations and conversations.
  • Assist producers and account managers in developing appropriate action steps to ensure legal and regulatory compliance.
  • Conduct internal employee training on selected legislative and regulatory topics.
  • Provide prototype information summaries, compliance checklists, model letters, and other consulting tools needed to support consultants and account managers.
  • Support compliance help desk as necessary to answer questions regarding compliance issues.
  • Provide assistance in drafting, editing, and producing newsletters and technical bulletins.
  • Work with internal teams to address and resolve complex compliance issues for clients, including resolution of Form 5500 filing errors, compliance with ACA reporting requirements, and mergers and acquisitions support.
  • Respond to questions from clients of partnering organizations.
  • Facilitate client requests and document management in the event of an audit of client's health and welfare plans.
  • Work collaboratively with internal teams to develop tools and resources to facilitate compliance with health and welfare plan legal obligations.
  • Subject matter expert for compliance projects, for both external and internal purposes.
  • Identify potential different service offerings for clients and work to develop potential solutions for the new services.
  • Develop and maintain networking relationships with subject matter experts in employee benefits law.
  • Responsible for understanding regulatory processes, tracking legislation relevant to employee benefit plans, and attending educational conferences and events.
  • Create and deliver presentations through Gallagher and partnering organizations to educate the market on the legal aspects of health and welfare benefits plans.
  • Assist consultants in developing compliance presentations.
  • Work with internal teams to create written compliance resources, including white papers, FAQs, and other resources for internal and external education.
  • Educate and provide support to internal team members and clients to identify and understand benefits compliance issues.
  • Assist regional lead in developing practical solutions for clients to comply with federal and state regulations impacting health and welfare plans.
About You

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Benefits Compliance Counsel with a strong background in employee benefits law and compliance. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and at least 10 years of related experience, with knowledge of ERISA, COBRA, FMLA, cafeteria plans, nondiscrimination rules, HIPAA, and other federal, legal, and regulatory issues.

Preferred qualifications include a Juris Doctorate and current license to practice law.

What We Offer

As a Benefits Compliance Counsel at GBS - Global, you will have the opportunity to work with a talented team of professionals, develop your skills and expertise, and make a meaningful contribution to our clients' success. We offer a competitive salary, great teams, and exciting career opportunities, as well as a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, and vision plans, life and accident insurance, 401(K) and Roth options, tax-advantaged accounts, educational expense reimbursement, paid parental leave, and more.

We value inclusion and diversity and are committed to creating a workplace that is welcoming and inclusive for all employees. We believe that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibit any form of discrimination based on protected characteristics.



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