Senior Benefits Specialist

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Senior Benefits Specialist - Ireland, Dublin Hybrid: Office/Remote
ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We're proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.
The Global Performance & Reward team is a centre of excellence (COE) within the HR function with accountability for Global Benefits including Healthcare, Retirement, Insurances and Wellbeing.
Our international team has grown over the past number of years, and we are looking for a Global Senior Benefits Specialist to support the delivery of key benefit programs and drive our global strategy. This is a unique and exciting opportunity in Ireland to grow your career in a truly global role. You will be joining a team of diverse, passionate, and talented individuals and a supportive, engaged team, as we seek to optimise delivery of our programs to over 41,000 employees in 45 Countries.
Reporting to the Director of Global Benefits, you are passionate about benefits as you will be building and delivering a global strategy. You will oversee benefits plans including healthcare, retirement, insurances, and allowances.
The ideal person looks to continually learn and expand their knowledge, be results oriented, wants to progress their career in a high-performance organisation and enjoys sharing their expertise.
The role is based at ICON's global HQ in Dublin, Ireland (option of 40% home based.) What you will be doing: Developing health, retirement, life, disability insurance programs.Participating in development of benefits strategy; compares plan design and rates with market benchmarks.Managing vendor relationships.Monitoring Benefit programs; emphasizing provider performance, efficient plan utilization.Developing metrics for reporting to the leadership team.Managing retirement plans for ICON's global retirement portfolio primarily defined contribution plans.Contribute to our Wellbeing strategy.Benefit Communications: working with internal stakeholders, communicate benefit offerings to enhance colleague awareness and education.Stay abreast of benefit trends and laws.Global Benefits involvement in competitive analysis, strategy design, Risk, and Insurance Management.Merger & Acquisition (M&A) support.Build relationships and collaborates with all key stakeholders - internally and externally.Conduct research, prepares requests for proposals (RFPs), oversees the selection of providers, negotiates contracts and prepares plan summary documents for benefit offerings.Manage / Support with special projects as assigned.Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications 5 years + comprehensive benefits experience gained in a reward/comp & bens/HR team.Experience working within a global organisation ideal, but not essential.Experience of managing or consulting on retirement plans.Experience in vendor management desirable.Results oriented, positive collaborator with the ability to drive new benefits programs.Possess influencing and strong interpersonal skills.The ability to create and implement innovative solutions and ideas.Analytical with strong data analysis/excel acumen with ability to provide practical recommendations to leadership and HR teams (with a focus on driving efficiencies and cost effectiveness).Self-starter & self-sufficient with proven ability to consistently work on own initiative / independently, demonstrate accountability/ownership, deliver high quality output seamlessly within agreed deadlines and manage/balance multiple tasks simultaneously.Highly resourceful and a consistent ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.A strong teammate that can work independently and as part of a Global team.What ICON can offer you: Our success depends on the quality of our people. That's why we've made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent. In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.
Our benefits examples include:
Various annual leave entitlements.A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family's needs.Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family's well-being.Life assurance.Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.ICON, including subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer and is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here.
Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless - there's every chance you're exactly what we're looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.

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