About Us:
Crane NXT is a premier industrial technology company that provides proprietary and trusted technology solutions to secure, detect, and authenticate what matters most to its customers. The company pioneered advanced, proprietary micro-optics technology for securing physical products. Its sophisticated electronic equipment and associated software leverage proprietary core capabilities in detection and sensing technologies.
We are seeking a Manager, Benefits to join our Corporate Total Rewards team. Reporting to the Director of Benefits, this role will serve as a hands-on program partner for our U.S. retirement, health and welfare, and well-being programs, with the potential to contribute to global benefits initiatives. This position can be remote with a strong preference in the Northeast region of the US.
The Manager, Benefits will turn data and insights into clear analysis and draft recommendations that support our talent strategy, manage cost, and help associates thrive at every stage of their journey with us, from their first day through retirement. This position will work independently and own work from start to finish while collaborating closely with the Total Rewards team and stakeholders across Human Resources, Finance, Legal, and external partners.
This is a tremendous opportunity for someone who enjoys improving processes, supporting change, and growing with a function built from the ground up.
Responsibilities:
- Support a multi-year benefits strategy aligned with business goals, talent competitiveness, and cost targets, including merger and acquisition due diligence and integration activity.
- Conduct plan design reviews using market benchmarking, cost and utilization trends, and associate feedback; build business cases and financial models with clear options, risks, and next steps.
- Support the annual renewal process, budget forecasting, and funding analysis in partnership with brokers, consultants, and Finance.
- Manage day-to-day relationships with assigned vendors, brokers, and consultants, including performance tracking, quarterly business review preparation, and request for proposal analysis.
- Support plan governance and compliance, including plan documents, Summary Plan Descriptions, amendments, committee materials, audit responses, and tracking of regulatory changes.
- Partner with Human Resources Operations, HRIS, and Payroll to translate plan decisions into clear requirements for open enrollment and vendor implementations, and serve as an escalation point for complex plan questions.
- Support benefits communications, well-being campaigns, and improvements to the associate experience at key life and career milestones.
- Support administrative processes across all benefits programs.
- Contribute to potential global benefits initiatives, including program harmonization, vendor consolidation, and global benchmarking.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Bachelor's degree
- At least seven years of progressive corporate benefits or Total Rewards experience with retirement and health and welfare plans.
- Strong knowledge of U.S. retirement and health and welfare plans and regulations, including ERISA, ACA, HIPAA, COBRA, and applicable IRS requirements.
- Strong analytical and financial skills, including cost modeling, benchmarking, and the ability to turn data into clear recommendations.
- Self-starter who works independently, manages priorities with minimal oversight, and owns work from start to finish.
- Clear communicator and collaborative partner who builds trust with the existing Total Rewards team and stakeholders across Human Resources, Finance, Legal, and regional teams.
- Comfort leading change and a passion for process improvement and the associate experience.
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
Preferred:
- Multinational benefits experience.
- Experience contributing to global benefits initiatives, merger and acquisition activity, program harmonization, vendor consolidation, or global benchmarking.
Our Investment in You:
Full-time Crane NXT associates are eligible for competitive base pay and bonus opportunity; health, well-being, dental, and vision insurance; Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options; paid time off, including vacation, 11 holidays, unlimited sick days, and paid time to volunteer in your community; a 401(k) with company match; company-paid life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance; and a company-paid employee assistance program.
Crane NXT is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, military status, national origin, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.