Leah Stella Walsh Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

United States

Manage all aspects of our health/welfare/retirement plans administration and complianceInput benefits deductions into HRIS system for payroll processing and audit.Participate in year-end policy renewal discussions; communicate changes and enhancements to participants. Coordination of regulatory documents filing including Form 5500 and audited financial statementsRespond to audit requests; respond and resolve employee benefit inquiriesManage disability/FMLA and Workers Compensation processMonitor administration of benefit processes - benefit payments and employee hire, termination, life status eventsAdminister COBRA, FSA and other benefit plan carrier feeds. Coordinate with broker to facility annual benefit plan renewalCoordinate new hire benefit orientationReview and update policy and procedures for U.S. and Canadian office, including Employee Handbooks. Special projects as required

Firm wide benefits liaison, including international offices in Europe & Asia. Address daily questions from employees and/or family members regarding coverage. Rectify member claim discrepancies with carriers; order member and related benefit materials.Maintain enrollment and change requests submitted to firm employee self service system.Prepare and maintain benefit communications on company intranet and firm wide distribution.Review plan and carrier renewal documents for fully and self insured plans.Conduct new hire benefit orientations for all Partner, attorney and support staff.Process new hire paperwork and enter personal data in HRIS systemProcess enrollment, termination and changes for to respective insurance carriers. Input benefits deductions into HRIS system for payroll processing and audit.Participate in year-end policy renewal discussions; communicate changes and enhancements to participants. Work with department managers to ensure the proper communication of HR and benefit policies.Administer employee termination process, including preparation of COBRA paperwork.Handle all firm leaves of absence, including FMLA, short term disability and worker's compensation claims.Run Ad-Hoc reports for retention and cost analysis.Responsible for reconciliation of all monthly benefit carrier invoices.Implemented and maintain national commuter program Conduct year-end annual enrollment meetings. Organized Annual Diversity Day and ongoing diversity events.Participate and review benefits for annual Partner Orientation.Coordinate firm wide annual flu clinic, blood drive, health club and other wellness programs.

Manage daily day to day activities of client account relationships.Work with client Benefit Managers and brokers to develop plan design, contracts, administration and billing.Present and educate members on offered plans during client enrollment meetings.Maintain relationships with internal departments to ensure proper administration of client accounts. Communicate and distribute carrier and plan related announcements to client accounts.Serve as support to client account management team leaders.

Manage and administer various benefit programs for multi state employees including medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D.Assist in management of vendor relationships, including plan design, contracts, administration and billing.Coordinate special projects such as renewals, new carrier implementation, annual benefit statements, claim analysis and rate determination.Administer and manage all aspects of web based enrollment process.Maintain awareness of industry trends, government reporting and changes in state and federal regulations.Responsible for adherence and training of HIPAA policy.Manage plan communications for all written benefits.Serve as an information resource for Human Resources.Distribute HR- wide memos and communications.Resolve escalated employee benefits problems with vendors.Provide vendor materials, contact lists to HR staff.Keeps HR informed of overall benefits changes including federal, state and administration guidelines, policy changes and all particulars of plan documentation.Train team members on procedures and processes for successful delivery of benefit programs. Review monthly AP reports and process payments for all benefit plans.Prepare quarterly billing invoices for change in control participants.Accountable for all "WORK LIFE" benefits, including research, development and administration of all voluntary benefits offerings.Manage all communications to employees and HR.

Responsible for entering and maintaining all data entered into the HR Database.Add new hires to attendance sheets and distribute to departments for weekly recording.Responsible for researching, planning and coordinate company-wide employee incentives.Handle all aspects of 401(K) enrollments and discontinuations.Process Sterling background checks on new employees; assist with the processing of offer letters.Prepare company new hire binders for weekly orientation, distributing to other regions as necessary.Responsible for all aspects of New Hire Orientation, including notification to all internal departmentsAssist with submission of handwriting analysis. Track receipt of results and forward to appropriate department.Ensure accurate completion of required benefit and payroll forms; prepare new employee files upon completion. Answered and resolved issues relating to employee benefits (i.e. costs, claim issues, pharmacy, eligibility)Organized and administer all aspects of annual benefits enrollment.Reviewed benefits with eligible employees in both group settings and one-on-one basis.Audit and prepare monthly premium bills for Oxford and Aetna to be paid by Accounts Payable.Coordinated completion and processing of new and terminated employee paperwork with payroll.Ensured accuracy of benefit deductions for current employees.Prepared COBRA mailings for terminated employees; record and track current COBRA participants for receipt of monthly payments in HR Database.

Maintain account activity for client Defined Benefit and Pension PlansProcess/monitor in-house trading activity for corporate banking relationshipsMonitor cash/foreign exchange transactions and overdrafts.Coordinate with Corporate Trust Relationship Managers in performing various day to day client account servicing tasks such as general account maintenanceResponded to client and internal inquiries for Defined Benefit Plan regulations and processesProvided daily administrative support to a high yield client baseCorresponded with investors, attorneys, investment bankers, public relations firms and other high profile advisors on behalf of the client.Processed client's monthly benefit and vendor payments; downloaded statements through Inform system, providing onsite training to clients when necessary.

Planed, directed, and implemented activities on designated projects.Assisted in administering aspects of the company defined benefit, defined contribution, health and welfare plans.Processed employee benefit enrollment and change request.Assisted with Annual Open Enrollment process.Assisted in biweekly reconciliation of employee contributions.Responsible for distribution of employee benefit information; prepared employee orientation packets.Responsible for the integrity of data input into the company HR Management system.Processed employee transaction requests into record keeping system.Ensured timely distribution of all employee distributions from Savings Plan.Worked with bank trust account representatives to confirm receipt of wire transfers and bank deposits.Assisted Pension Specialist with employee defined benefit calculations and various administrative pension duties.Compiled and track data and generate reports using a variety of software programs (listed above).Maintained filing system for all employee benefit plans.Defined contribution participant records and coordinated distribution of quarterly participant statements.Worked on special projects, including upgrade and conversion of various HR information systems.Assisted with implementing of yearly open enrollment.Assisted in the processing of supplemental (non qualified) savings and pension distributions.

Associates Degree, Business Administration

Regents Diploma, Business