Wintrust Financial Hiring for Benefits Analyst at Illinois Full Time

Wintrust is a financial holding company with approximately $50 billion assets under management and traded on the NASDAQ:WTFC. Built on the “HAVE IT ALL” model, Wintrust offers sophisticated technology and resources of a large bank while focusing on providing service-based community banking to each and every customer. Wintrust operates fifteen community bank subsidiaries with over 170 banking locations in the greater Chicago and southern Wisconsin market areas. Additionally, Wintrust operates various non-bank business units including commercial and life insurance premium financing, short-term accounts receivable financing, out-sourced administrative services, mortgage origination and purchase, wealth management services and qualified intermediary services for tax-deferred exchanges.

Why join us?

• An award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 9 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years)
• Competitive pay and discretionary or incentive bonus eligible
• Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, a 401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement to name a few
• Family-friendly work hours
• With 175+ community bank locations, we offer opportunities to grow and develop in your career
• Promote from within culture

Why join this team?

• We are a growing team with a bold strategy to deploy best in class recruiting tactics in a fast-paced, collaborative, team-centric, positive culture
• We hold ourselves accountable to high standards, share wins, operate ethically, and have fun
• We’re seeking an energetic Sourcer who brings a level of motivation, curiosity and scrappiness to our team

What You’ll Do

• Responsible for the day-to-day administration of benefit plans such as health, retirement, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance and disability in accordance with plan documents.
• Serve as a benefits subject matter expert, providing training and support to the HR Service Center team and broader HR community.
• Resolve escalated benefit issues using a high level of critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Responsible for maintenance of quality benefits data through completion of ongoing monitoring, auditing, and reconciliations.
• Audit benefit enrollments against payroll and vendor systems for accuracy, making note of any trends and identifying opportunities for process improvements.
• Ensure the accurate management and reporting of benefit deductions, 401k contributions, and other payroll-related transactions .
• Drive the planning and roll out of open enrollment including implementation of new benefit carriers and plan changes, employee communication, testing efforts and data validation.
• Partner with the HRIS team to ensure benefit enrollment system accurately reflects plan design and requirements and produce reporting that allows for ongoing maintenance of benefit enrollment data.
• Responsible for sending weekly enrollment files to vendors, responding to discrepancy reports and troubleshooting data as applicable.
• Analyze current benefit administration processes and suggest improvements to enhance the overall employee and administrative experience.
• Collaborate with the Benefits Manager to analyze current benefit offerings against trends, benchmark and employee feedback to suggest potential plan design considerations.
• Provide support for critical areas of compliance such as ACA, furnishing of annual notices and disclosures and other mandatory reporting requirements

Qualifications

• 2+ years of dedicated benefits administration experience including the processes, reporting, communication and support related to benefit plans (health, group life, disability, 401(k), Flex Spending and Health Savings Accounts).
• 2+ years of hands-on HRIS and benefit enrollment system experience, Workday preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field of study.

Benefits Medical Insurance • Dental • Vision • Life insurance • Accidental death and dismemberment • Short-term and long term Disability Insurance • Parental Leave • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Traditional and Roth 401(k) with company match • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) • Employee Stock Purchase Plan at 5% discount • Critical Illness Insurance • Accident Insurance • Transportation and Commuting Benefits • Banking Benefits • Pet Insurance

From our first day in business, Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety of unique communities and people from all walks of life. To be Chicago’s Bank and Wisconsin’s Bank , we need to reflect that diversity both in all the communities we serve, the people we employ, the organizations we work with, and our banking and lending practices. Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.