Senior Manager, Benefits
Company: Impossible Foods
Location: Redwood City
Posted on: January 20, 2023
Job Description:
Impossible Foods was founded to transform the global food system
and reduce the impact of climate change by making the world's most
delicious, nutritious, and sustainable meat, fish, and dairy - from
plants. We're building a rockstar team of brilliant, collaborative,
mission-driven individuals who take pride in using their diverse
skills to contribute to saving our planet.Want to join the
movement? You can help us solve the most urgent, important
challenge facing the world today (and have fun doing it). In this
role, you will design, deploy, and manage the administration and
implementation of all Impossible Food employee benefit programs.
You will ensure IF innovates and adapts its benefits programs to
support business goals, staying ahead of market trends and ensuring
our rewards framework remains market leading. You will implement
scalable solutions to drive business impact while inspiring
talent.Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree, and 10+ years work experience in Benefits,
HR or consulting experience, with a minimum of 6 years working in a
Benefits role
- Alignment and commitment to our culture, which prioritizes
leading with heart, standing up for what's right, and thinking like
a scientist (in this case, a scientist focused on our rewards
programs)
- Experience in a fast-paced company with a vision to create
scalable programs
- Solid understanding and direct experience in benefit compliance
activities
- International benefits experience
- Experience working with survey vendor data to develop benefits
strategies
- Experience creating and working with large data sets. Creating
accurate spreadsheet-based analysis for deployment of
programsPreferred Qualifications
- A "self-starter" mentality; demonstrated initiative and an
ability to work independently
- Ability to stay organized while balancing multiple
priorities
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills - able to
tailor messages to meet the needs and expectations of
employees
- Consultative and influencing skills
- Project management and change management skills
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in ambiguity
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Unwavering ethical standards with impeccable discretion when
handling confidential information
- A passion for people and organizational issues; motivated by a
desire to cultivate an inspiring, positive workplaceEssential Job
Functions
- Implement benefits practices to attract and retain our
workforce. Your focus will encompass all stages of the employee
experience - from external candidate to new employee to tenured
employee
- Create a multi-year framework on the employee value
proposition, and how Impossible's benefits packages stay true to
the company's mission. Analyze the effectiveness and utilization of
existing benefits programs, providing recommendations for
increasing employee delight within budgetary frameworks
- Communicate our benefits packages to employees, candidates, HR
and business leadership in an inspiring way aligned with
Impossible's mission
- Manage vendor relationships on benefit offerings and drive
improvements in all relevant metrics, including cost, user
engagement and efficiency
- Lead multiple projects involving various internal and external
partners
- Benchmark benefits practices for all current and prospective
international countries in which Impossible Foods operates,
identifying vendors and providers in those countries to advance our
employee interests
- Administer billing and reconciliation initiatives with the
Finance and People leadership teams. This includes reconciliation
of level-funded plans with service providers to ensure precise
billing.
- Evaluate and recommend timing, decision and implications
regarding a potential shift to a self-funded medical benefits plan
for employees
- Ensure deployed programs are accurate and work seamlessly
across existing technology architecture, including Workday
- Manage system and processing issues and collaborate closely
with internal business partners on resolution. You will be
responsible for benefits data related feeds flowing seamlessly
between Workday and other relevant systems, including 401K,
Payroll, the systems used by healthcare providers, etc.
- Use data and analytics to inform key business decisions, and be
able to communicate outcomes and recommendations to executives
clearly and concisely
- Closely collaborate with People team partners (Talent
Acquisition, Human Resources, People Operations, Compensation) to
inform the design and implementation of programs and
initiatives
- Provide partnerships to leaders across several functional
groups on all things benefits-related
- Create and work with large, scaled data sets. Creating
efficient and accurate spreadsheet-based analyses for deployment of
benefits.
- Work closely with employees and business partners to resolve
confidential enquiries
- Ensure employee Leave of Absence activities, processes and
compliance is robustly managed and communication is clear, timely
and accurate. Partner with 3rd party administrators and HR Business
Partners/Payroll.Impossible Foods Inc. is an equal opportunity
employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, religion, color, national
origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a
protected veteran, status as a qualified individual with a
disability, or any other trait protected by law.Impossible Foods
offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with
disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with
your application for employment or interview process, please
contact us by sending an email to or call 855-877-6365. Resumes or
CVs submitted to this email inbox will not be accepted.If the
ability to work remotely is indicated, this role can be performed
from any US state except for Alaska, Hawaii, New Mexico, Oklahoma,
and Wisconsin.This role is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.
Keywords: Impossible Foods, Redwood City , Senior Manager, Benefits, Accounting, Auditing , Redwood City, California
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