Paid Leave Consultant

Job Posting End Date: November 13

When you join the team at Unum, you become part of an organization committed to helping you thrive.

Here, we work to provide the employee benefits and service solutions that enable employees at our client companies to thrive throughout life’s moments. And this starts with ensuring that every one of our team members enjoys opportunities to succeed both professionally and personally. To enable this, we provide: 

• Award-winning culture 

• Inclusion and diversity as a priority 

• Performance Based Incentive Plans

• Competitive benefits package that includes: Health, Vision, Dental, Short & Long-Term Disability 

• Generous PTO (including paid time to volunteer!) 

• Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution 

• Mental health support 

• Career advancement opportunities 

• Student loan repayment options 

• Tuition reimbursement

• Flexible work environments 

This position is accountable for a variety of activities related to corporate and statutory paid family and medical leaves. The Paid Leave Consultant (PLC) drives initiatives and leads project groups related to the development of new statutory plans, including having a key role in making decisions related to processes and system requirements to support new state programs/requirements. The PLC serves as a subject matter expert on all processes in the integrated paid leave, claim, and FMLA / state workflow and formulates strategies for excellent service. This position leads implementations of new paid leave policies on both corporate and statutory Paid Family and Medical Leaves (PFML). The PLC represents Unum in the marketplace through participation in client facing meetings and leading educational webinars.

• →4-year college degree or equivalent experience required.
• →Minimum 7 years claims, FMLA, Paid Leave, legal compliance or project management experience.
• →Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of claim and leave processing and understanding of regulatory and compliance landscape related to statutory benefits.
• →Demonstrated knowledge of corporate & statutory Paid Family and Medical Leave legislation.
• →Knowledge of Unum products (i.e., Group, VWB, and Multi-life); Benefits; contract development; compliance; billing; and corresponding workflow processes.
• →Basic understanding of Employee Benefit programs, including employee benefit issues as they impact our customers.
• →Ability to plan, negotiate, organize, and influence internal and external resources.
• →Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• →Knowledge and ability to apply technology within Unum and corresponding business applications.
• →Experience in managing multiple, concurrent projects while directing and influencing a multitude of resources.
• →Works well under pressure, managing multiple and changing priorities within tight deadlines.
• →Strong leadership and presentation skills. Comfortable facilitating meetings and leading internal and external customer teams.
• →Ability to analyze problems and develop and execute creative, customer-focused solutions.
• →Ability to motivate and engage team members.
• →Ability to Travel.

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Unum and Colonial Life are part of Unum Group, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of employee benefits to companies worldwide. Headquartered in Chattanooga, TN, with international offices in Ireland, Poland and the UK, Unum also has significant operations in Portland, ME - plus over 35 US field offices. Colonial Life is headquartered in Columbia, SC, with over 40 field offices nationwide.

Unum is an equal opportunity employer, considering all qualified applicants and employees for hiring, placement, and advancement, without regard to a person's race, color, religion, national origin, age, genetic information, military status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or protected veteran status.

The base salary range for applicants for this position is listed below. Unless actual salary is indicated above in the job description, actual pay will be based on skill, geographical location and experience.

$75,500.00-$142,700.00

Additionally, Unum offers a portfolio of benefits and rewards that are competitive and comprehensive including healthcare benefits (health, vision, dental), insurance benefits (short & long-term disability), performance-based incentive plans, paid time off, and a 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match up to 5% and an additional 4.5% contribution whether you contribute to the plan or not.  All benefits are subject to the terms and conditions of individual Plans.

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