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Benefits AdministratorPosition Summary

Lone Star PEO is a Texas-based, growth-focused Professional Employer Organization (PEO) dedicated to helping businesses simplify payroll, human resources, employee benefits, workers' compensation, and compliance. Our team is driven by integrity, accountability, innovation, and a commitment to delivering an exceptional client experience. If you're passionate about helping people, thrive on accuracy and organization, and enjoy solving complex challenges, we'd love to have you join our growing team.

The Benefits Administrator is responsible for the day-to-day administration of employee benefit programs for multiple client companies. This role works closely with clients, employees, insurance carriers, and internal departments to ensure benefit enrollments, eligibility changes, billing, and compliance activities are administered accurately, efficiently, and in accordance with applicable regulations while delivering an exceptional client and employee experience.

Success in this role requires exceptional attention to detail, sound judgment, strong communication skills, and a genuine passion for helping others.

Salary: $55,000-$80,000+ annually, depending on experience and qualifications.

Essential Responsibilities

• Administer employee benefit plans for multiple client companies.
• Process market quotes, enrollments, life events, terminations, COBRA, and open enrollment.
• Serve as primary contact for benefit questions and carrier issues.
• Reconcile carrier invoices and audit payroll deductions as needed.
• Partner with Payroll, HR, and Client Services.
• Maintain records and SOPs.
• Support implementations, renewals, and compliance.

Core Competencies

• Build relationships with clients, carriers, and vendors.
• Customer Service Excellence
• Benefits Administration
• Attention to Detail
• Communication
• Problem Solving
• Organization
• Compliance
• Accountability

QualificationsRequired

• 3+ years benefits administration experience.
• Knowledge of ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, ERISA, Section 125.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• HRIS, benefits systems, payroll software, Microsoft Office.
• Texas Life & Health License or ability to obtain.

Preferred

• PEO and/or employee benefits brokerage experience. Candidates with this background may qualify for higher compensation.
• Open enrollment and implementation experience.

What Success Looks Like

• Accurate and compliant benefits administration.
• Trusted client resource.
• Strong carrier relationships.
• Successful issue resolution.
• Accurate records.
• Timely reconciliations.
• Successful open enrollment.
• Continuous process improvement.

Benefits

• Paid Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and Teladoc
• 401(k) match up to 6%
• One week PTO after 90 days of employment

Mental and Physical Demands

General office and sedentary. Regularly required to sit; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Walking, standing, stooping, bending, pulling, and pushing; occasional: lifting/carrying, pulling/pushing up to 30 pounds. 

Maintain emotional control under stress, work with interruptions and deadlines.

May work evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed.

Environmental Factors

May be exposed to biological hazards (communicable diseases, bacteria, insects, mold, fungi, etc.). Occasional exposure to weather related conditions when working in an outdoor environment. 

Lone Star PEO maintains a smoke-free, vape free, and tobacco-free workplace in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Disclaimer(s)

This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned. Nothing in this job description forms or is intended to form a contract of employment. Neither shall the content in this job description be interpreted to conflict with, or to eliminate or modify in any way, the "at- will" employment status of employees at Lone Star PEO. Employment remains on an "at-will" basis.

ADA/ADAAA Statement

Lone Star PEO's policy is to provide reasonable accommodations in employment to qualified individuals with disabilities so they can perform the essential functions of the job unless the accommodation imposes an undue hardship on the business or would change the essential functions of the position. Individuals with any questions or requests for accommodation should contact the Human Resources Department. 

EEO/AAP Statement

Lone Star PEO is an equal opportunity employer. We aim to create a professional environment where employees feel comfortable, safe, and free from unlawful conduct. All employment decisions are made in accordance with applicable laws and are made without regard to any category or characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.