Job Details

Temporary Benefits Specialist

Position Number: 6298913
Location: Albany, NY
Position Type: Human Resources

Temporary Benefits Specialist

Category: Administrative and Professional
Department: Human Resources
Locations: Albany, NY
Posted: June 13, 2025
Closes: Open Until Filled
Type: Full-time Non-Exempt
Position ID: 189215

About The Research Foundation for SUNY:

The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (RF) is the largest comprehensive university-connected research foundation in the country.

Our mission is to provide talent, services, and technology that empower SUNY to research, innovate, and transfer discoveries that transform the world's knowledge economy.

Our vision is to make SUNY the best place for faculty, students, and staff to research, innovate and solve the world's most pressing problems.

The RF serves SUNY by providing essential administrative services that enable faculty to focus their efforts on educating students and performing life-changing research across a wide range of disciplines including Artificial Intelligence, Clean Energy, Biotechnology, Longevity, Substance Addiction, Nextgen Quantum Computing, Environmental Health, and Resiliency.We work with the academic and business leadership of SUNY campuses to facilitate research and discovery by administering sponsored projects and delivering intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and move ideas and inventions to the marketplace.

The RF is committed to diversity, inclusion, and a working environment that enhances productivity creates personal and professional opportunities, unleashes everyone's full potential, and fuels innovation. We hold the organization and each other to the highest standards of integrity, accountability, and ethical behavior.
Visitwww.rfsuny.organd connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Learn about SUNY atwww.suny.edu.

 Job Description:

FUNCTION AND SCOPE

This position is a ten-month temporary position reporting to the Benefits Administrator, performs and oversees various tasks in benefits and retirement administration, such as ensuring employees benefits and retirement information is accurate, extension of benefits under various State and Federal laws, disability plans, hourly paid employee benefit administration, working within Research Foundation policy guidelines and in compliance with legal requirements. This position provides outstanding sponsored program administration services and stewardship to the SUNY community (faculty, students, and other staff) and sponsors respectively.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Provides customer service to campus contacts and retirees.
Processes the Wellness Program taxation file.
Responsible for all health plan audits and internal controls for enrollment in benefit plans.
Responsible for review of identifying missed deduction on health, dental, vision, and flexible spending plans.
Responsible for resolving discrepancies from weekly electronic vendor files.
Processes payments and enrollment reconciliation for benefit invoices.
Verifies benefit eligibility and processes benefit enrollment in the Oracle business system for central office employees and centralized campus employees.
Assists with the daily operations of the HRIS benefits module, including life event evaluation and processing, analysis of benefit reports and files for accuracy of records, troubleshoots system problems and recommending solutions to the Benefits Administrator.
Applies RF benefits policies and procedures, plan documents, contracts, government regulations when corresponding and assisting Campus Benefits Administrators, plan providers, employees, and retirees.
Processes Qualified Medical Support Notices for all campus locations. Coordinate enrollment as required by the Medical Support Notice
Assist with audits to ensure benefits records are accurate.
Other duties as assigned.

 Requirements:

SKILLS/EDUCATION

Background in benefits administration and knowledge of PC-based applications preferred. Ability to work independently. Organizational skills with the ability to maintain accurate records. Good communication skills. An Associate'sdegree preferred or progressive experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Compensation for this position:Thecompensation for this role is between $50,000- $52,000. Thepay will depend on a variety of factors that may include but are not limited to experience, education, training, and certifications.

 Additional Information:

As an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer, The Research Foundation for SUNY will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy-related conditions, reproductive health decisions, childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status, age, national origin or ancestry, marital status, familial status, citizenship, physical and mental disability, prior arrest or conviction record, genetic

characteristics/genetic information, predisposition or carrier status, domestic violence victim status, military status or service, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected under federal, state or local law. The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

The Research Foundation for the State University of New York is not an agency or instrumentality of the State of New York. Employees of the Research Foundation for the State University of New York are not state employees, do not participate in any state retirement system, and do not receive state fringe benefits. The Research Foundation for the State University of New York operates under a contract with The State University of New York and receives no directly appropriated state funding.

 Application Instructions:

Applicants interested in applying MUST submit the following documents:   1. Resume/Cv  2. Cover Letter   After submitting your resume/CV, the subsequent pages enable you to upload your cover letter and additional documents.

Returning Applicants - Login to your RF SUNY Careers Account to review your application.

To apply, visit: https://rfsuny.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=189215