Benefits Advisor with Mandarin Proficiency

2 weeks ago


Malaysia Cognizant Full time

Responsible for: Delivering Benefits support to project employees

**Role brief**
The Benefits Advisor role manages the day-to-day operations and administration of all health, welfare, retirement, and leaves/disability programs across the globe. This role provides a positive employee experience and delivers exceptional customer service while serving as a first point of contact for benefits-related inquiries.

**Core Responsibilities**
- Serve as the primary contact for employees regarding questions or concerns related to their local benefits
- Support day-to-day benefit plan operations including enrollment events, updates, terminations, and other program changes
- Assist in managing and administering employee benefits programs such as retirement plans, health, welfare, and wellness programs, and leave of absence and disability policies/programs
- Create and maintain accurate plan information, materials, and tools, including Workday Help articles
- Identify opportunities for program and/or process improvements and communicate to leadership for evaluation
- Participate in regular audits of benefits programs by preparing necessary reports and working with employees, vendors and/or payroll to facilitate corrections, as needed
- Ensure program compliance with local laws and regulations as it relates to government compliance reporting, data privacy and security, and any other local requirements
- Support and administer employee disability and leave management processes, ensuring compliance and coordination with third-party vendors, as required
Aid in maintaining records of benefit program records adhering to retention and local compliance requirements
- compliance and quality guidelines to ensure correct information is provided for all Workday Help cases
- Escalate high priority cases for immediate intervention by benefits team, payroll and/or vendors
- Ensure timely and accurate processing benefits related invoices; track costs and provide monthly reporting to benefits team
- Effectively meets defined service level agreements (SLAs) on timeliness and quality

**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**
- Fluent in English & mandarin (written & verbal) with strong communication skills
- Experience in Workday HCM required
- Sound understanding of international benefits market
- Knowledge of compliance requirements for benefits and leave programs outside of North America
- Strong problem-solving skills, ability to manage conflict and attention to detail
- Passion for delivering a great employee experience

Employee Status : Full Time Employee

Shift : Day Job

Travel : No

Job Posting : Apr 26 2024

About Cognizant

Job ID COGNGLOBAL00058923101


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