Manager, Total Rewards - AmeriLife

Our Company

AmeriLife’s strength is its mission: to offer insurance and retirement solutions to help people live longer, healthier lives. By putting its mission into practice, AmeriLife has become recognized as a national leader in developing, marketing, and distributing life and health insurance, annuities and retirement planning solutions to enhance the lives of pre-retirees and retirees. For more than 50 years, AmeriLife has partnered with the nation’s leading insurance carriers to provide value and quality to customers served through a national distribution network of over 200,000 insurance agents and advisors, over 40 marketing organizations, and nearly 50 insurance agency locations.

As a Total Rewards Manager, you will play a pivotal role in planning, designing, maintain, and enhancing the administration of all compensation and benefits programs to attract top talent and maintain our competitive position in the industry. As a part of the Total Rewards team, this position will help drive company initiatives in partnership with our greater Human Resources team and business stakeholders. We are seeking a highly motivated, data and results driven leader with an innovative and collaborative mindset.

Duties/Responsibilities

[The following reflects duties for this job but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Management may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time for business reasons.]

• Provide strategic and operational leadership in the design, implementation, communication, and deployment of our Total Rewards programs including health, wellness, retirement, compensation, incentives, and other rewards programs.
• Build collaborative partnerships with stakeholders across Talent Acquisition, Talent Development, HRIS, Payroll, HR Operations, Finance, and Distribution Channels.
• Responsible for ongoing research on compensation and benefits analysis to support business decision making. Key focus on DE&I analysis and program design to ensure AmeriLife’s total rewards programs are inclusive.
• Partner with our Finance team on annual compensation planning and budget process.
• Partner with HRBPs and leaders to leverage compensation and benefits programs to meet organizational objectives.
• Analyze the market competitiveness and cost-effectiveness of our compensation and benefit plans to ensure they optimize our ability to attract and retain top talent.
• Oversee the management of our benefits vendor relationships, benefits contracts, and bid negotiation.
• Lead design and administration of compensation programs including base pay, variable pay, merit, compensation planning, and market analysis with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Provide resources and training materials for Compensation Planners during company bonus and merit cycles
• Ensure compliance in administration of company benefits, leave, & compensation programs

Qualifications

Minimum Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, or related field required
• 5+ years of experience in HR, particularly in Benefits & Compensation required
• 2+ years of HR Leadership experience
• CCP (Certified Compensation Professional) or CEBS (Certified Employee Benefit Specialist) preferred
• Working knowledge of local, state and federal policies surrounding employer benefits, leave administration, and compensation practices
• Hands on experience with HR technology – Workday experience highly preferred.
• Experience in Change and Project Management
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills
• Ability to exercise appropriate judgement and handle highly sensitive, confidential information
• Ability to demonstrate drive, integrity, good judgment, adaptability, creativity, self-awareness, and ability to multi-task and prioritize