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Benefits Project Specialist | Prudential Financial | Newark, NJ

Prudential Financial companies serve individual and institutional customers worldwide and include The Prudential Insurance Company of America, one of the largest life insurance companies in the United States. These companies offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, mutual funds, annuities, pension and retirement-related services and administration, asset management, banking and trust services, real estate brokerage franchises, relocation services and, through a joint venture, retail securities brokerage services. For more information, visit http://www.prudential.com. The Benefits Project Specialist is responsible for the review and analysis of Employee Benefits administrative processes and systems in support of end-to-end benefit plan operations. This individual maintains familiarity with Prudential demographic and financial data used by internal and vendor systems in administration of Employee Benefits plans and uses this knowledge in supporting Benefits Department strategic initiatives. The incumbent maintains functional knowledge of vendor systems, vendor data structures, and vendor data flows in processing of Prudential data.

Primary Responsibilities:
  • Participates in Employee Benefits projects and systems process initiatives including, but not limited to, Annual Enrollment, Annual Redetermination of Earnings for sales employees, PeopleSoft enhancements, systems upgrades, human resources innovations, acquisitions and divestitures.
  • Writes requirements to identify and document business needs, prepares requests for routine reporting needs and/or enhancements to systems, in support of Company objectives and standards, and for compliance with federal and/or state regulations (e.g., 5500 filing requirements).
  • Participates in systems pilots and implementations of new products, new vendors, and other initiatives. Participates in testing processes for new systems implementations and enhancements. This includes writing and executing user acceptance testing scripts.
  • Documents systems problems and/or issues impacting benefits administration. Recommends steps that may be taken to resolve issues.
  • Reviews routine data reports for Employee Benefits administration, notes any outstanding issues, and documents findings for Employee Benefits management.
  • Maintains contacts with operations personnel for internal and vendor systems regarding day-to-day operations and resolution of any operational problems and issues.
  • Supports financial, audit, compliance, vendor governance, and operational uses of Employee Benefits data by Employee Benefits department and external reviewers.

Required Skills & Experience:
  • 5+ years of Benefits Administration experience in a large organization
  • 5+ years in project management and software development life cycle concepts
  • Strong operational knowledge and solid experience in conducting user acceptance testing
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills, including experience in writing business/functional requirements
  • Strong partnering skills
  • Working knowledge of HR applications such as PeopleSoft preferred
  • Bachelor's degree required

Prudential is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to diversity in its workforce.

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