Jacob Edlund Email & Phone Number

As a Benefits Specialist for a school district, I am responsible for the administration, implementation, and ongoing management of employee benefits programs for district staff. I work closely with both employees and vendors to ensure the efficient and compliant delivery of benefits services. My key responsibilities include:• Designing, implementing, and maintaining benefit plans while ensuring they align with district requirements while also accommodating to needs of district staff.• Leading full-cycle open enrollment and new hire benefits enrollment for all district employees, providing clear communication and resources to ensure informed decision-making.• Administering district-specific leave programs, including COVID-related leave (FFCRA) and Earned Sick and Safe Leave (MN), while ensuring compliance with federal, state, and district regulations.• Serve as a plan administrator for the district 403b/457 plans, vendor management and transaction processing while also orchestrating the district’s annual 403b matching campaign.• Partner with union and district representatives to interpret contracts, assist with benefits-related inquiries, provide reporting to support budgeting and collective bargaining efforts.• Develop and maintain the district’s benefit website, offering employees easy access to benefits information, forms, and resources.• Processing payroll deductions (Sourcewell/eFinance), performing audits, and managing vendor payment processing and reconciliation to maintain accurate financial records.• Supporting state and internal audits to ensure compliance with state, federal and benefits-related regulations.

St. Paul, Mn, Us

A role with additional responsibilities as a senior benefit administrator. Items include implementation of HRIS (UltiPro) system for benefits and HR Administration, vendor and broker relations including evaluation and selection of ongoing partnerships, annual enrollment design, authoring business intelligence reports, interviewing, selection and training of new benefit administrators, 401(k) administration and assisting with accommodations, worker compensation, general liability claims and employee relation issues.

St. Paul, Mn, Us

Daily benefits administration support for internal and external employees. This role is responsible for audit and troubleshooting benefit enrollments, coordination with brokers for compliance and regulatory changes, new hire benefit orientation, leave of absence administration, design and upkeep of benefit administration intranet page, communication and presentation of benefit changes through various mediums and benefit billing.

Provide day to day specialized benefit administration support for domestic and international customers. Support duties included HRIS transactions for benefit plans, billing, reconciliation, annual enrollment, benefit audits and compliance.

Part of a 10-14 person team in their HR Operations call center. Point of contact providing guidance and resolution regarding topics of payroll and compensation, leave of absence, benefits, staffing and HRIS management, retirement, pension and 401k, performance management, training and development, employee relations and change management. Our customer service base spanned the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Ireland for current employees, family members, retirees and other external customers for all HR related inquiries. Highlights during tenure include payroll conversion project, 1st level employee relations investigations, exit interview project team, Dominion Insurance acquisition, and Canadian benefit consolidation project.

Chicago, Il, Us

HR Administrator for unit tailored to small engine, electronic and HVAC repairs. Ran customer point of sales parts store including merchandising and inventory management. HR duties included staffing with seasonal fluctuations, performance management, employee relations, compliance reporting, ISO Audit compliance, payroll and time keeping management.

Eau Claire, Wi, Us

On-site HR Coordinator for store location. Responsible for staffing entire store short of store management positions. Duties included payroll processing, scheduling, talent management, employee relations and administering various training initiatives throughout the store.