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Associate Principal, Benefits

Chicago - 125 S Franklin💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-01 → 2026-09-26

Core

Administering and optimizing employee health, wellness, and retirement benefit programs while ensuring regulatory compliance and managing vendor relationships.

Role type

Senior IC benefits administrator (Total Rewards)

Builds

Company-wide total wellbeing initiatives, benefit plans, and leave administration processes

Domain

Financial services / Human Resources / Employee Benefits

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

self-insured benefits administration, health and retirement plan expertise, leave of absence administration, FMLA/ADA/ERISA compliance, vendor management, Workday HR processes, data analysis, stakeholder communication

Preferred skills

HRIS experience (Workday), SharePoint experience, PHR certification

Technologies

Workday, SharePoint, Microsoft Office

Responsibilities

Coordinate and manage well-being programming (wellness screenings, benefit fairs, fitness classes); administer leave of absence (Worker's Comp, FMLA, STD/LTD, ADA); manage vendor relationships and ensure policy compliance; create employee communication materials for benefit programs; monitor program utilization and identify trends for process improvements; collaborate with Accounting, Payroll, Legal, and HR Business Partners on Total Rewards projects.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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