As part of the Global Benefits Team, the North America Benefits Manager, provides input into the overall benefits strategy and roadmap to ensure Avalara’s benefits offerings are competitive and aligned to our philosophy. The Benefits Manager will develop efficient and simple processes, evaluate systems, and evolve policies and programs. The manager is also responsible for directing, planning, and administering daily operations of group benefit programs (health, dental, vision, life, STD/LTD, HSA, 401(k) retirement plan, etc.) including maintaining plan compliance, and communication with employees and management. This individual should be highly motivated, analytical and solutions driven.

• Manage employee benefits programs for U.S. and Canada, including health, dental, vision, life insurance, and voluntary benefits
• Ensure compliance with all legal requirements related to employee benefits, including ERISA, HIPAA, and ACA
• Manage 401(k) plan administration, including audit process, and related vendor management
• Analyze benefits data and provide recommendations on ways to improve our offerings
• Develop and maintain benefits-related policies and procedures
• Stay up to date on industry trends and best practices related to employee benefits
• Provide a proactive approach with plan vendors to analyze market position, spend and trends, making appropriate recommendations for timely changes
• Evaluate industry trends and best practices, seeking opportunities to enhance the competitiveness of our plans and programs; develop and present business proposals to plan sponsors
• Partner with vendors to provide tactical support for plan administration and operations to ensure timeliness and high quality of service to enrolled members
• Ensure execution excellence of our annual benefit enrollment events
• Coordinate benefit and program procedures with stakeholders (e.g., Payroll, HR Service Center, external vendors, etc.), and ensure benefits administration systems are correctly configured
• Keep up with regulatory requirements and implement changes to keep plans in compliance
  
  

• 5+ years of experience in benefits administration, or a related field
• Strong understanding of ERISA, HIPAA, and ACA regulations
• Knowledge of Canada benefits, including RRSP
• 401(k) / Retirement Plan administration
• Excellent communication and people skills, with strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Workday experience highly valued
• Microsoft Office skills

About Avalara:
We’re building cloud-based tax compliance solutions to handle every transaction in the world. Imagine every transaction you make — every tank of gas, cup of coffee, or pair of sneakers, every movie ticket, meal kit, or streamed song, every sensor-to-sensor ping. Nearly every time you make a purchase, physical or digital, there’s an accompanying unique and nuanced tax compliance calculation. The logic behind calculating taxes — the rules, rates, and boundaries is a global, layered, three-dimensional mess of complexity, with compliance dictated by governments and applied by every business, every day.

Avalara works with businesses of all sizes, all over the world — from corner stores to gigantic global retailers — to calculate tax accurately and automatically, at speeds measured in milliseconds. That’s a massive technical challenge, in terms of scale, reliability, and complexity, and we do it better than anyone. That’s why we’re growing fast. Headquartered in Seattle, Avalara has offices across the U.S. and around the world, in Brazil, Canada, India, U.K, Belgium and across Europe.

Equal Opportunities:
Avalara is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law.