Sr Total Rewards Specialist - NE Ohio

WHO WE ARE:

How will transportation and mobility evolve? What will the vehicle of the future look like – and how will those vehicles be repaired? How can the next chapter of your career contribute to solving these transportation challenges and more? 

Transtar Industries is on a mission to simplify complex vehicle repair to keep the world moving.

We are a leading automotive parts distributor represented across the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Canada, and through patent-winning software and technology, we are revolutionizing our industry.

What has remained constant throughout our 45-year history of transformation is our dedication to our customers, our team members, and to the values on which Transtar was founded: Commitment, Humility, Optimism, Integrity, and Respect.

A career with Transtar offers the opportunity to make an impact within a rapidly growing organization – the chance to learn, lead, collaborate, and connect with other solutions-oriented, forward-thinking professionals. We invest meaningfully in training and development, empowering you to build your future alongside ours and shape a career unique to your talents, interest, and purpose.

THE OPPORTUNITY:

This position participates in the administration and communication of compensation and benefit plans for Transtar Industries. The compensation responsibilities include conducting classification reviews and job audits, conducting salary and wage surveys, market reviews, and pay compression studies. The role also analyzes salary data and makes recommendations regarding salary placement, reviews and makes salary recommendations for new hires, internal promotions, reclassifications, and other employee actions while ensuring consistency, internal equity, and external market competitiveness of requested actions/recommendations as well as compliance with compensation policies, guidelines, and procedures.  The benefit responsibilities include daily administration of multiple benefit-related human resource programs and services which may include health and welfare plans, savings plans, employee recognition, worker’s compensation, wellbeing and/or other company sponsored programs. It also serves as a liaison between team members and third party administrators in resolving claims issues and other service-related concerns.  The role is a senior level resource in areas of health and welfare plans and savings plans. 

RESPONSIBILITIES - COMPENSATION: 

• Participates in the ongoing administration of compensation plans by:

o   Conducting classification reviews and job audits. 

o   Completing position evaluation/classification process by researching and analyzing data and assigning pay ranges, job title, and FLSA status. 

o   Performing quality control on job descriptions and other functionally relevant documents. 

o   Researching and analyzing salary data.

• Provides salary administration assessments by:

o   Reviewing and making salary recommendations for new hires, internal promotions, reclassifications, and other employee actions.

o   Ensuring consistency, internal equity, and external market competitiveness of requested actions/recommendations as well as compliance with compensation policies, guidelines, and procedures.

o   Participating in, conducting, and/or responding to salary and wage surveys, market reviews, and pay compression studies as required. Analyzing data and making corresponding salary adjustment recommendations.

o   Participating in the preparation and review of data for company-wide or classification-wide general or equity salary adjustments.

• Assist with administering the annual bonus program and merit pay increase process by:

o   Assisting with creating compensation events related to these compensation programs in ADP.

o   Ensuring related program materials are updated on an annual basis (i.e. agreements, communication).

o   Assisting with ensuring that all approvals are obtained from all levels of management.

o   Working with the Total Rewards Manager and the Payroll team to ensure that payments and/or pay adjustments are paid accurately and on time.

• Participates in the development and presentation of Compensation training sessions for HR team members. Prepares compensation communiques. Provides compensation administration guidance to leadership.
• Enters, reviews, approves, and audits employee information in ADP as requested.
• Provides special project support to the various Human Resource functions as requested.
• Keeps current with compensation trends, developments, and practices through active participation in departmental learning initiatives, continuing education courses, professional organizations, seminars, and workshops, reading current literature and maintaining professional contacts in the community.

RESPONSIBILITIES - BENEFITS:

·        Leads projects from inception to completion (e.g., various open enrollments, SPD review and revisions, plan design changes, new benefit implementations, wellbeing programs etc.). Identifies, reviews, and recommends benefit plan changes to ensure competiveness and sustainability in company offerings. 

·        Function as expert on all vendor file interfaces, including ADP internal interfaces, as well as, external vendor interfaces, ensuring that file interfaces are working as intended

·        Assists with the design, coordination of activities and communication of benefits materials. 

·        Performs the day-to-day administration, reconciliation and customer service of multiple health and welfare plans, worker’s compensation and other company-sponsored programs. Provides support and guidance.

·        Manages activities and materials for welfare and savings plans. Works with vendor for implementations and plan modifications. Leads the preparation and audit of data needed for compliance requirements, i.e. 5500s, non-discrimination testing, auditors, etc. Input and reconciles employee contribution, loan and other activity through HRIS and/or other systems. Leads and prepares all analysis and information for the Advisory Committee.

·        Communicates with third party administrators (TPAs) and team members to resolve complex health and welfare and savings plan issues. Evaluate and document current processes and procedures and implements improvements where feasible. 

·        Oversees the development, implementation and ongoing compliance monitoring of federal and state regulations, including HIPAA, PPACA, COBRA, FMLA, ERISA, Internal Revenue Code, etc. Documents compliance efforts and consults with the Total Rewards Manager to recommend modifications necessary to comply with federal and state mandates. Researches proposed or pending benefit legislation that may affect plan administration, compliance or required disclosure notices and makes modifications or recommends process changes as needed. 

KEY QUALIFICATIONS:

·        Minimum Experience – 5 years in compensation, benefits, or 5 years of a combination of both functions

·        Minimum Education – Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources or related field, or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience in addition to the experience stated above.

·        High level of proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, including designing and building spreadsheets.

·        Ability to organize and summarize data, make recommendations, and prepare leadership-ready reports and communications.

·        Knowledge of relevant labor laws.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

·        Experience using ADP as the HRIS system of record.

SKILLS & ABILITIES:

·        Excellent written, oral, and presentation skills.

·        Detail oriented with strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills.

·        Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with all levels of leadership, employees, and members of the HR team.

·        Ability to manage multiple communications, projects, objectives, and deadlines.

·        Excellent customer service skills.

·        Must be able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment and meet tight deadlines consistently.

WORK ENVIROMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This is a primarily remote position, with occasional visits to the home office in Walton Hills, OH requested for either special projects or team building activities.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the associate is regularly required to talk or hear.  The associate is regularly required to sit, stand or walk.  The associate  is occasionally required to use hands to finger, grasp, handle or feel; climb; balance; stoop; kneel; crouch; push or pull; and reach with hands and arms.  The associate must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:

As needed based on operational needs, including Annual Open Enrollment.  Approximately 10-15% of time.