[Hiring] US Benefits Administrator @Pebl

Role Description

We are seeking an experienced Benefits Administrator to lead the administration, compliance, and continuous improvement of our U.S. employee benefits programs, including 401(k) retirement plans, health and welfare benefits, leave programs, and related vendor partnerships. This role is ideal for someone who understands the operational and compliance complexity of benefits in an Employer of Record (EOR), PEO, staffing, or other multi-entity environment, where accuracy, scalability, and service quality are critical.

The Benefits Administrator will own day-to-day benefits administration, support strategic plan design, ensure regulatory compliance, and partner closely with Payroll, HR Operations, Legal, Finance, and external brokers, carriers, TPAs, and recordkeepers. The right candidate is detail-oriented, highly organized, comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, and confident managing benefits across a distributed, multi-state workforce.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive benefits experience, preferably in an EOR, PEO, staffing, multi-entity, or other complex employer environment with distributed and/or multi-state employee populations.
• Strong understanding of the U.S. benefits lifecycle, including eligibility, enrollment, life events, payroll deductions, carrier administration, and reconciliation.
• Strong working knowledge of 401(k) operations, including payroll integration, contribution remittance, eligibility tracking, notices, testing support, and vendor coordination.
• Strong understanding of U.S. benefits compliance, including ERISA, COBRA, ACA, HIPAA, Section 125, and related retirement and welfare plan requirements.
• Experience managing annual open enrollment from system configuration through testing, launch, and post-enrollment reconciliation.
• Strong analytical, reconciliation, and problem-solving skills, with exceptional attention to detail.
• Experience working with HRIS, payroll systems, benefits administration platforms, and retirement recordkeeping systems.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex system and benefits issues and identify root causes.
• Strong Excel and data analysis skills, with experience working with benefits data and reports.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain benefits clearly to employees and stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.

Requirements

• Experience supporting or building benefits programs in a high-growth EOR or global workforce company.
• Experience with 401(k) audits, Form 5500 coordination, plan testing, audits, plan amendments, and vendor implementations.
• Familiarity with leave administration and multi-state leave requirements.
• CEBS, CBP, SHRM, PHR, or similar professional certification.
• Experience with tools such as Workday, ADP, Rippling, UKG, Paylocity, or similar HR/payroll platforms.

Benefits

• Flexible Time Off – Take the time you need to recharge.
• Parental Leave – Support for growing families.
• Health and Dental Insurance – Where applicable, to cover you and your loved ones.
• Retirement Savings + Employee Incentive Plan – Plan for the future while sharing our success.