Compensation and Benefits Specialist  

Job Description

Baytech BPO Corporation is looking for a skilled HR Specialist to oversee all aspects of employee compensation and benefits as well as support other HR and admin practices such as recruitment, talent management, onboarding, employee relations, performance evaluation, finance and procurement.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Compensation

• Ensure timely and accurate calculation of employees' pay, deductions, such as withholding tax, and government benefit contributions.
• Generate and export timekeeping reports such as leave balances and attendance twice every month to be used for payroll.
• Answer employee queries on compensation and benefit matters; act as liaison officer of the employees to government agencies in relation to inquiries on contributions, loan applications, and similar requests.
• Research compensation and benefits policies and plans.
• Ensure compensation and benefits plans are cost-effective and competitive.
• Ensure that the company pay practices are compliant with company policies and local laws and regulations.
• Facilitate processing and computation of clearance and final pay.

2. Government Mandated Benefits (SSS, Philhealth, HDMF, BIR)

• Secure Annual Certificates of Clearance from different government agencies for the renewal of business permit for regional operation.
• Ensure that monthly statutory reports and remittances are accurate and are posted on time based on the deadline given by different government agencies.
• Administer processing of Government Mandated Benefits (Philhealth, BIR) of employees.
• Assist employees in their records update to the different government agencies (i.e. update/additional dependent, change in status, transfer of records, consolidation of contribution records).
• Ensure that all company advances paid to the employees (maternity and sickness related claims) are reimbursed from SSS.
• Handles special cases/concerns pertaining to contribution and loan posting and other unusual cases of employees.

3. Company Initiated Benefits

• Prepare and communicate information to employees about benefit programs, procedures, changes, and government-mandated disclosures.
• Resolve conflicts with benefit providers for the purpose of validating enrollment eligibility and processing claims.
• Act as the Vendor Manager for Benefits/ overall in charge of the company initiated benefits.
• Health Care Coverage:
  • Endorse to Health Provider the inclusion/addition of covered employees and dependents, deletion of resigned employees & dependents, and upgrade of benefit plan due to promotion.
  • Ensure that each regular employee, including immediate and extended dependents, if applicable, are enrolled and covered by the health care provider as soon as they become qualified.
  • Handle special cases of employees (i.e. exceeding the Maximum Benefit Limit (MBL) for the year, special endorsement of items/confinement not covered).
  • Coordinate with the health care provider the special arrangements of employees who are not covered by the agreement or beyond the service contract.
  • Receive and review the billing from the health care provider; verifies the excess billing of employee visa vis the endorsed cases to the provider.
  • Identify and settle company expense and billable charges to the employees based on the SOAs provided by Health Provides
  • Prepare amortization schedule for employees who have availed the medical loan / exceeded the yearly maximum limit and sends copy of the amortization schedule to Payroll for the implementation of deduction.
  • Other related tasks as needed.
• Other Company Benefits
  • Ensure all company benefit claims (ex. Cash Advance/Loan) are monitored and are accurately evaluated/scrutinized before the crediting of entitlement to the employee
  • Ensure that all advances/receivables from employees are accounted for and signed amortization are forwarded to payroll and Finance for implementation of deduction and posting of payment
  • All payroll related transactions should be forwarded to the concerned group for the implementation of deduction.
  • In charge of handling special request of employees not limited to the application for medical loan of employees

• Proven capability of handling employee compensation & benefits with at least 2 - 3 years of experience.
• At least 1 year experience in other HR practices
• Solid knowledge of current labor rules and regulations
• Familiarity with various types of incentives and benefits
• Extensive knowledge of MS Office, particularly MS Excel
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills
• Strong with numbers/Numbers-oriented: can conduct quantitative analysis.
• Strong analytical capabilities/Analytically inclined: can analyze trends, surveys, and spreadsheets as to determine compensation and benefits strategies.
• Detail-oriented: can provide output with little to no error within the set deadlines.
• Strong Ethics and Discretion: can be discrete when it comes to handling sensitive information.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast paced, high performance work environment.
• Willing to work in Ortigas Center, Pasig City.