Benefits Analyst

Are you looking for an opportunity to turn your ambition and your people skills into a rewarding career with an industry leader? Join our team at American Tire Distributors! As the nation's premier tire distributor, ATD’s coast-to-coast distribution network provides approximately 80,000 customers across the U.S. and Canada with rapid and frequent delivery of high quality tires, custom wheels and shop supplies. Position Description The Benefits Analyst supports the design, administration, and compliance of ATD's employee benefits programs, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, retirement (401(k)), FSA/HSA, COBRA, and wellness initiatives. This role serves as a day-to-day subject matter resource for associates, HR Business Partners, and vendors, ensuring data integrity, accurate enrollment processing, and timely resolution of benefits-related issues. The Benefits Analyst works independently on routine and moderately complex assignments and contributes to process improvement and communications within the Total Rewards function. Key Responsibilities Administer employee benefits enrollments, eligibility determinations, and qualifying life event changes across all benefit plans. Oversee administration of FSA, HSA, COBRA, and 401(k) programs, ensuring accurate processing and compliance with plan requirements. Coordinate with plan recordkeepers and vendors to manage contributions, reconciliations, funding confirmations, and required notices. Reconcile benefits invoices against enrollment data, approve vendor payments, and provide reporting support to Accounting. Maintain benefits data integrity within Workday, including plan configurations, eligibility rules, and workflow accuracy. Conduct audits of enrollment records, dependent eligibility, and carrier file feeds to ensure alignment across systems and vendors. Partner with HRIS and Payroll teams to support integrations, troubleshoot file feeds, and implement system updates. Support compliance with ERISA, ACA, HIPAA, COBRA, Section 125, and other applicable federal and state regulations. Assist with preparation of regulatory filings, disclosures, and benefits documentation, including Form 5500 and ACA reporting. Develop and maintain standard operating procedures, identifying opportunities to strengthen controls, consistency, and process efficiency. Manage day-to-day relationships with benefits vendors and carriers, resolving eligibility, claims, billing, and service issues. Serve as a primary resource for employee benefits inquiries while supporting open enrollment communications, education, and issue resolution in partnership with HR, Payroll, and external vendors. Competencies Action Planning - The ability to review and evaluate recommendations and requirements and to develop appropriate plans or deliver actions required. Action-Oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm. Balances Stakeholders - Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders. Communicates Effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. Compensation and Benefits - The ability and skill to develop, design and implement fit for purpose reward and recognition systems that are equitable, market based and cost effective including appropriate comp/benefits software solutions. Compliance Management - Ability to plan, organize, control, and lead activities that ensure compliance with relevant laws and standards. Contract Management - The ability and skill to administer, monitor and manage the provision of services in line with an agreed contract. Data Collection and Analysis - The ability and skill to determine and analyze trends from data that is collected to assist in compiling reports that will help in decision-making including proficient use of aligned software. Decision Quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward. Instills Trust - Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity. Nimble Learning - Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder. Plans & Aligns - Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals. Policy & Procedures - The ability and skill to monitor, interpret and understand policies and procedures and ensure their alignment with organizational strategies and work objectives. Reporting - The ability and skill to create reports for various audiences as relevant, in a lucid and effective manner, keeping in mind the purpose of reports. Writing Skills - Ability to express ideas, request actions, formulate plans, & policies by means of clear and effective writing. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree Bachelors. 2 years of related experience preferred Skills Communicates Effectively Data Collection and Analysis Ensures Accountability Manages Complexity Plans & Aligns Policy & Procedures Reporting Situational Adaptability Tech Savvy Writing Skills Physical Demands/Working Conditions Physical Demands Category: Office Physical Demands/Work Environment/Travel Requirements: Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk, hear, taste and/or smell; the employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Travel required: As required by the position. Build a challenging and rewarding career with us! American Tire Distributors is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free Workplace #J-18808-Ljbffr Role, Inc.