
Benefit Plan Administrator – Group Benefit Plan Administration
- Canada
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
- Interpretation of previous carrier’s and other Blue Cross Plans contract on non-standard benefit plans and translation of benefit plan designs to our internal benefit administration forms and national benefit administration forms.
- Builds benefit plans for new and existing groups according to master application or revision applications on the relevant systems.
- Handles, investigates and resolves complex or problematic benefit building issues or inquiries.
- Communicates to provide direction and instructions to fellow team members and internal departments.
- Ensure the needs and expectations of all our customers, whether internal or external, are met.
- Liaises with other departments regarding corporate or non-standard group benefits to ensure all parties are aware of any unique aspects of a group’s benefits or administration requirements.
- Verification of group benefit plan builds and changes processed by fellow administrators.
- Monitors existing procedures to ensure continued efficiency and to identify improvement opportunities.
- Builds benefit plans to support new product development, corporate projects and large-scale initiatives.
- Maintain business process documentation when gaps are identified.
- Monitor and assign email inquiries sent to the shared inquiries inbox.
- Preferred related experience with a good general knowledge of insurance industry practices.
- Will ideally have a strong knowledge of Alberta Blue Cross® plans, benefits, contracts, systems and processes.
- Demonstrated commitment to excellent customer service.
- Requires strengths in the area of flexibility, innovation and independence.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team.
- Demonstrated planning and organizational skills.
- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated knowledge in Microsoft office products, proficiency in MS Access and MS Excel would be an advantage
- Post-secondary education would be preferred.