Benefits Analyst

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in a Human Resource or Benefits role.
  
• Experience in project and program management.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in Benefits or Compensation role.
  
• Ability to engage with clients (e.g., employees, HR stakeholders) to understand their needs and manage escalated benefit issues.
  
• Ability to work collaboratively and manage multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Client-service orientation, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to prioritize and work well in an environment with competing demands.
  
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to present data and insights in a clear and succinct manner.

About the job

Google's known for our innovative technologies, products and services -- and for the people behind them. Whether you are making our staffing systems more efficient, planning for our growth, building relationships on college campuses or cultivating the next generation of computer scientists, you have an eye on the staffing needs of Google and the broader hiring landscape. You are focused on cultivating outstanding candidates for Google's long-term hiring needs, and work across a cross-functional and international group of staffing teams. You are both scrappy and resourceful, creative and driven -- and excited to share the magic of working at Google.

Great just isn't good enough for our People Operations team (known elsewhere as "Human Resources"). We bring the world's most innovative people to Google and provide the programs that help them thrive. Whether recruiting the next Googler, refining our core programs, developing talent, or simply looking for ways to inject some more fun into the lives of our Googlers, we bring a data-driven approach that is reinventing the human resources field. You’ll play an essential role advancing a more diverse, accessible, equitable, and inclusive Google through our hiring, promotion, retention, and inclusion practices.

Responsibilities

• Support the India Compensation and Benefits (C&B) team in managing the Benefits portfolio for the market. This includes owning and managing identified benefit programs working closely with the India C&B Lead and team.
• Partner with stakeholders and colleagues in HR Operations to provide seamless delivery of programs, robust mechanisms to review program performance.
• Own relevant provider relationships, including overall performance metrics, uptake and financial metrics.
• Coordinate annual programmatic interventions such as budget planning, actuarial valuations, payments and invoicing as well as partnership with HR operations and stakeholders in managing benefits query support. Consult with employees on eligibility, coverage, and claims procedures.
• Contribute to the overall rewards communication and engagement strategy, including communications planning and execution. Ensuring benefit programs adhere to relevant regulatory and compliance requirements.