Senior Benefits Specialist

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for a Benefits Specialist who is detail-oriented, employee-focused, and organized to join us in our Reward & Talent Operations team, based in our Atlanta, Georgia office in the United States.

About the role

You will administer the day-to-day benefit functions for U.S. UCB employees including healthcare, retirement, life, wellness, voluntary, HSA, ESPP, ACA, COBRA and other benefit programs as required. You will be responsible for managing disability, FMLA, and other state leaves. Organizing and facilitating the annual benefit enrollment process and incorporate requested changes in Benefit and Payroll databases. Serve as part of the HR Answers team by responding to both benefit and general HR questions.

Who you'll work with

You will work as part of a collaborative HR operations team, partnering with payroll, vendors, and internal stakeholders. Together, the team supports employees by providing clear guidance, resolving benefit-related questions, and delivering annual benefit activities such as open enrollment.

What you'll do

• Coordinate new enrollments, terminations and status changes with multiple benefit vendors and systems.
• Respond to employee and vendor questions relating to 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase, Medical, Dental, Vision, Short & Long-Term Disability, Leaves and other benefit topics. Document all cases in HR Answers tool as well as answer other HR related questions as part of the HR Answers team.
• Manage ESPP program, quarterly purchases, deductions, imports, audits.
• Organize and facilitate the annual open enrollment process including communication, system set up, enrolment, audit, etc.
• Update and process all benefit deductions in payroll system and manage HSA funding each pay period.
• Manage disability and FMLA programs and coordinate benefit payments with payroll.
• Manage COBRA processes, including annual enrolment.
• Monitor dependent verifications, including domestic partner enrollments.
• Ongoing ACA vendor monitoring to maintain compliance. Review and approve forms for required annual reporting.
• Follow-up with carriers regarding status of claims for disability plans including responding to calls from managers and employees regarding disability benefits.

Interested? For this role we're looking for the following

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
• 3+ years of experience supporting employee benefit programs
• This is a hybrid role (at least 40% of the time in office).

Preferred requirements

• Experience supporting U.S. health and retirement benefit plans
• Experience with HR systems or payroll systems
• Knowledge of leave, disability, or compliance-related benefit processes
• Professional benefits certification
• Experience working with benefit vendors and payroll partners
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deadlines
• Strong customer service and written communication skills

This positions reasonably anticipated base salary range is $108,000 - $141,800. The actual salary offered will take into account related knowledge, skills, experience and location among other factors and may fall outside the expected range.

Are you ready to 'go beyond' to create value and make your mark for patients? If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you!

About us
UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are over 9.000 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.

Why work with us?
At UCB, we don't just complete tasks, we create value. We aren't afraid to push forward, collaborate, and innovate to make our mark for patients. We have a caring, supportive culture where everyone feels included, respected, and has equal opportunities to do their best work. We 'go beyond' to create value for our patients, and always with a human focus, whether that's on our patients, our employees, or our planet. Working for us, you will discover a place where you can grow, and have the freedom to carve your own career path to achieve your full potential.

At UCB, we've embraced a hybrid-first approach to work, bringing teams together in local hubs to foster collaborative curiosity. Unless explicitly stated in the description or precluded by the nature of the position, roles are hybrid with 40% of your time spent in the office.

UCB is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions will be made without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. UCB invites you to voluntarily self-identify during the application process. Provision of self-identification information is entirely voluntary and a decision to provide or not provide such information will not have any effect on your application for employment, your employment with UCB, or otherwise subject you to any adverse treatment. Any information you provide will be considered confidential and will be kept separate from your application and/or personnel file and will only be used in accordance with applicable laws, orders, and regulations.

Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on US-Reasonable_Accommodation@ucb.com for application to US based roles. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.