Woodward, Inc Hiring for Benefits Analyst at Fort Collins, CO  Full Time

Woodward supports our members’ wellbeing and regularly benchmarks with other companies in our industry to offer an extensive Total Reward package for this position. Salary will be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

* Estimated annual base pay: $64,500 – $75,800 (midpoint)

* All members included in cash bonus opportunity

* 9.5% annual retirement benefit opportunity

* Tuition reimbursement and Training/Professional Development opportunities for all members

* 12 paid holidays, including floating holidays

* Industry leading medical, dental, and vision Insurance upon date of hire

* Vacation / Sick Time / Vacation Buy-up / Short Term Disability / Bereavement leave

* Paid parental leave

* Adoption Assistance

* Employee Assistance Program, including mental health benefits

* Member Life & AD&D / Long Term Disability / Member Optional Life

* Member referral bonus

* Spouse / Child Optional Life / Optional AD&D / Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending

* Voluntary benefits, including:

o Home / Auto Insurance discounts

o Whole Life Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance / Legal Assistance / Military Leave

Are you ready to make your mark? If you’re a Benefits Analyst, we have an exciting opportunity for you. This position reports to the Director of Global Benefits and is responsible for running, reviewing, and reconciling files for retirement program contributions and testing. This role will also process and track invoices for benefit vendors and monitor/ evaluate benefit vendor data feeds, headcount, and cost reporting. In this position, you will participate in various compliance activities including, ACA reporting, and non-discrimination testing. Lastly, perform professional-level administrative, technical and analytical work related to Woodward’s health, welfare and retirement benefit programs.

What’s In It for You…

At Woodward, our “employees” are called and treated as “members” and we’ve created a culture that appreciates and values the contributions of every member. It’s an inclusive, positive, collaborative, and socially responsible environment where members work together for outstanding outcomes.

What you will be doing…

• Creates and reports monthly and quarterly on plan analytics (e.g., actual costs compared to profit plan, accruals, etc.)
• Performs analysis on various benefit programs based on issues identified.
• Reviews and tracks SPDs, Plan Documents, Amendments and Benefits Handbook for updates and consistency.
• Conducts audits of various plan changes to ensure correct set-up and ongoing administration with external vendors and internal partners (Payroll, etc.)
• Collaborates on the annual profit planning process, SOX Audits and other audits.
• Effectively communicates verbally and in writing to various stakeholder groups

• Organizes and manage priorities especially in response to unexpected shifts and multiple work streams

What We Are Looking For…

• Strong knowledge of federal and state benefit regulations and laws preferred
• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) Accounting, Human Resources or in an equivalent directly related field required
• 5+ years’ related work experience in a benefits or HR department required
• 5+ years’ experience with presenting data and explaining technical benefit data required
• Professional benefits/total rewards/HR certifications highly desirable

This information is provided in compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act and is the company’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation range and benefits offered for this position. The compensation offered to the successful applicant may vary based on factors including experience, skills, education, location, and other job-related reasons.

This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR and EAR or possess all required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State Department and the U.S. Department of Commerce. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e., ‘Green Card Holder’), Political Asylee, or Refugee.

Woodward is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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