Compensation & Benefits Lead

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JOB DESCRIPTION:Job TitleCompensation & Benefits LeadAbout AbbottAbbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.Working at Abbott At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Health Insurance (starting on Day 1 of employment), Savings Plan (401K) with company match, Life insurance for you and your spouse/children, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Education Assistance, Employee Assistance Program, Vacation, Sick, Personal Days.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity This position works out of our Barceloneta location in the Abbott Vascular Division. The purpose of this role is to develop, manage, coordinate, implement and communicate Benefits & Compensation Programs to the Puerto Rico facilities.What You’ll Do 1.    Responsible for the effective development, coordination, implementation and communication of benefits programs across Puerto Rico (PR) facilities.
2.    Maintain health plan trust financial backup data, prepare and communicate Benefits Plans Budget for PR Operations.  
3.    Prepare employee-facing materials including Benefits Bulletins, notices, and other communications.
4.    Administrater benefits plans including eligibility, enrollments, payments to insurance providers, cost control, and monitoring.
5.    Ensure compliance with PR, federal laws, company policies and procedures.
6.    Maintain accurate employee benefits records.
7.    Serve as liason with insurance companies, Abbott management and employees regarding benefits related matters.
8.    Developand implement employee benefits communications programs. 
9.    Provide employee counseling on diverse benefits-related situations.
10.    Make decisions on diverse employee situations related to benefits administration.
11.    Effective interaction with HR and Operations management, insurance companies, government agencies, employees and their dependents or beneficiaries.
12.    Provide reports to management on benefits performance against budget guidelines, including data analysis and recommendations.
13.    Prepare benefits proposals and budget guidelines.
14.    Conduct New Hire Orientation and targeted benefits education sessions.
 Required Qualification

• Bachelor's degree in human resources, Business Administration or Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in supervisory or middle management roles.
• Collaborate with local and corporate management to design and implement PR Benefits Strategy.  
• Administer benefit programs including Health, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Pension and Stock Retirement Plans.\
• Maintain updated benefits plan documents, policies and procedures. 
• Serve as an advisor and consultant of existing Benefits Policies and Procedures to Local and Corporate Management to ensure consistency in Benefits administration.
• Administer contracts with third party benefits administrators for Abbott PR Operations.
• Design, develop and distribute employee benefits communicationsto PR Operations employees.
• Work on the development, update and review of Benefits Plan Documents in conjunction with Corporate Benefits, Corporate Legal Counsel and external legal advisors to ensure compliance with local and federal laws.

Apply NowFollow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

     

The base pay for this position is

$74,700.00 – $149,300.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

     

JOB FAMILY:Compensation & Benefits

     

DIVISION:CHR Corporate Human Resources

        

LOCATION:Puerto Rico > Barceloneta : PR-17

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:Standard

     

TRAVEL:No

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:No

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous walking for prolonged periods (more than 2 hours at a time in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

     

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

     

EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf

     

EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf