Benefits Administrator

We are looking for an experienced Benefits Administrator to join our team in Hockley, Texas on a Contract basis. This position focuses on maintaining accurate benefits information, supporting employees with plan-related questions, and helping ensure deductions and eligibility data are properly managed. The ideal candidate brings strong Paycom experience, a detail-oriented approach to auditing, and the ability to work effectively with HR, Payroll, Finance, and external vendors.

Responsibilities:

• Review benefits information in Paycom to verify employee records, eligibility details, and payroll deductions are accurate and up to date.
• Examine enrollment activity and resolve inconsistencies affecting benefit elections, coded deductions, hours-based eligibility, and missing employee data.
• Reconcile benefit records between internal systems and insurance carriers to confirm enrollment data is correctly reflected across platforms.
• Work closely with Finance, HR, Payroll, and vendor partners to investigate discrepancies, address reporting concerns, and improve data integrity.
• Provide day-to-day support to employees by answering questions related to benefit plans, qualifying events, enrollment updates, and leave programs.
• Administer a range of benefit offerings, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, and leave of absence programs.
• Assist with annual Open Enrollment activities, including record validation, employee support, and coordination of benefit updates.
• Maintain organized and compliant benefits documentation while aligning processes with company policies and applicable regulations.
• Shift priorities throughout the day as needed to respond to audits, employee requests, reconciliations, questions, and other time-sensitive business needs.
• At least 4 years of experience in benefits administration.
• Hands-on experience using Paycom is highly preferred.
• Proven ability to audit and reconcile benefits data, employee deductions, and eligibility records.
• Working knowledge of benefit plan administration, enrollment workflows, and compliance-related practices.
• Experience supporting FMLA, short-term disability, long-term disability, and leave of absence administration.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with employees, managers, HR, Finance, and external vendors.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment while adapting to shifting priorities.
• Bilingual Spanish skills are highly preferred.