Hybrid Benefits Analyst – Fixed Term Contract

at Red Hat

• Job title: Benefits Analyst – Fixed Term Contract
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Brno, Czech

About the role

• Benefits Analyst managing international benefit programs for Red Hat. Collaborating with global stakeholders to design and implement effective benefits solutions across multiple regions.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for benefit plans, programs, and portfolios across multiple geographies, with a particular focus on APAC and the MENA Region.
• Design, recommend, and implement regional and country-specific benefits programs and portfolios, consistent with Red Hat’s overall rewards philosophy and People strategy through collaboration and consultation with key stakeholders, partners, and business leadership.
• Drive the capture of local and regional requirements for benefit program enhancements and new programs through collaboration with People team colleagues and business leadership.
• Analyze market data, statutory requirements, and benchmarks of country-specific benefits programs to provide insightful competitive and cost analysis to make program design recommendations and enable implementations.
• Remain up to date on local and regional legislative changes, educate key stakeholders on changes, and recommend program changes accordingly.
• Collaborate and provide subject matter expertise to internal partners, associates, and management on a variety of benefit matters in support of benefit programs.
• Escalation point of contact for associate queries.
• Interface with the Talent Acquisition team to provide enablement on benefit program changes and to review competitive reward data coming from the external candidate market.
• Partner with our People Service Delivery team to ensure delivery processes are efficient and scalable.
• Manage relationships with third-party benefit plan brokers, providers, and external vendors, including renewal and negotiation of benefits contracts and cost management.
• Support benefits-related mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and geographical expansion efforts, such as due diligence, benchmarking, new program design, integration, and post-integration.

Requirements

• Experience in international benefits, and strong working knowledge of benefits programs for multiple countries or regions.
• Experience in designing, implementing, managing, and delivering benefits programs at scale for a growing organization, across multiple geographies, is essential.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate with both empathy and clarity across the organization.
• Outstanding attention to detail is required.
• Ability to work both independently with minimal direction and collaboratively across multiple functions.
• Effective at influencing across virtual/cross-group teams.
• Ability to forge close relationships, influence decisions, and gain trust as an advisor and consultant.
• Strong customer focus.
• Proven track record of aligning benefit programs with business strategy/objectives in a progressive environment, while designing and delivering new programs for emerging markets.
• Understanding of payroll processes related to benefits administration.
• Ability to operate at a fast pace with clients and ever-changing business needs, remaining creative and innovative with the team and clients.
• Knowledge of international labor and/or benefits legislation.
• Innovation and creativity.
• Experience in working with or managing an outsourced benefits broker/vendor is preferred.
• Experience with multinational pooling is preferred.

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Professional development opportunities