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Fusion Recruiters, in partnership with their client, are in search of a highly resilient Total Rewards Manager to join their team in Milwaukee, WI. This is an on-site opportunity in Milwaukee.

Job Overview:  

As the Total Rewards Manager, you will report into the Chief People Officer and will lead the strategy, development, implementation, and management of all employee total rewards programs ensuring market competitiveness.  In this role, you will continue to enrich benefit plans, compensation programs, and manage all records that feed into payroll processing, acting as a centralized resource for employees with benefits or payroll questions. The Total Rewards Manager is also responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining human resources information systems (HRIS) and partnering with payroll to ensure accurate and consistent payroll functions for the company. Importantly, this role will lead employees to ensure strong service orientation and delivery of valuable people-centric Total Rewards programs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

Compensation 

• Leads the management of job evaluation methodologies, salary structures, and pay ranges to ensure internal equity and market competitiveness.  
• Leads to the development of a total rewards strategy that enhances the organization’s goals.
• Analyzes organizational pay practices and makes recommendations and implements modifications including new compensation programs or incentive systems that support the organization’s objectives.  
• Manages and administers 401(k) and other incentive programs, including annual compliance (Safe Harbor, QDIA, SAR, 5500 filings, etc.), and annual audit programs.
• Owns administration of Paid Time Off (PTO) programs, auditing requirements, and reporting
• Manages and administers compensation programs including merit and incentive programs.  

Benefits

• Develop and implement multi-year benefit strategy, which considers competitive market and industry trends and cost-effective approaches
• Create innovative and engaging employee benefits programs fit to employee needs
• Subject Matter Expert and point of contact for Employees to answer benefit questions, resolve issues related to access to or payment of benefits, orient newly eligible Employees, and oversight of the benefit life event changes. 
• Owner of benefits portal in UKG and other related benefit portals.
• Manages and coordinates all aspects of the annual benefit Open Enrollment period.
• Administers FMLA and other Leaves of Absence, and consults with managers and health care professionals to evaluate the need for, develop, and implement accommodations, return-to-work, light-duty, and other responses as needed for Employees on disability leave. 
• Manages health and wellness programs including the on-site clinic partnership.  

HRIS & Reporting 

• Oversees and maintains the optimal function of the organization’s internal HR information services systems, which may include database management, network support, installation, customization, development, maintenance, and upgrades to applications, systems, and modules.
• Collaborates with executive leadership and HR to identify needed improvements, gathers business requirements and enhancements to existing systems. Recommends and implements solutions (UKG roadmap for full HRIS suite) and communicates these requirements to appropriate parties.
• Manages permissions, access, personalization, and similar system operations and settings for HR services users.
• Maintains knowledge of trends and developments in data management and security, HR technology, and HRIS applications.
• Implements and tests new system and integrations with other systems. 
• Oversight of HR systems to ensure continued operations and reporting efficiency and troubleshoots with appropriate vendors should issues arise.
• Primary point of contact for HR reporting, KPI management, and developing dashboards.
• Performs annual audits to ensure system accuracy.

Payroll

• HRIS owner and Subject Matter Expert. 
• Oversees maintenance of Employee life cycle in HRIS (onboarding, changes, exit). 

Employee Engagement & HR Administration

• Manages selected employee engagement activities and responsible for team engagement
• Manages off-boarding process, including facilitation of exit interview process and trend analysis. 
• Responsible for legal compliance postings.
• Creates and maintains Employee personnel and medical files

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Human Resources or related field.
• Preferred 10 years of Total Rewards background of demonstrated knowledge of benefits, compensation, payroll, and HRIS practices and compliance requirements with minimum 2 years supervisory experience.
• Proficient in HRIS strategy development, systems implementation, and operation of HRIS and other related systems; HRIS implementation and UKG experience highly preferred
• Strong technical skills, including the ability to learn new software programs, create and manipulate reports, and database maintenance.
• Advanced written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to lead, develop, manage and hold direct reports accountable to high standards.  
• Ability to train others and coach to compliance.
• Experience managing benefits for a self-insured employer.