Mark Dever Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, PA, US

Pittsburgh, PA, US

Pittsburgh, PA, US

• Develops and administers compensation and benefits plans including employee benefits and health and welfare plans, base pay, short-term and long-term incentives, non-union compensation for US and UK locations.
• Designs or collaborates on and manages employee benefit programs including, for example, medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, retirement, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance programs, short and long-term.
• Conducts market evaluations of existing salaries and grades for internal and external equity and market competitiveness, participates in exempt and nonexempt salary surveys to ensure pay practices and philosophy are.
• Manages professional relationships with external consultants, insurance brokers, vendors, and auditors including contract negotiations, fee disclosure agreements, RFP’s and performance guarantees. Works on all renewal.
• Conducts employee training in order to familiarize employees with Company policies and benefit programs to ensure that all eligible employees are aware of their benefit entitlements.
• Monitors effectiveness of existing compensation and benefits policies, guidelines, and procedures recommending plan revision as well as new plans which are cost effective and consistent with compensation and benefits.

Pittsburgh, PA, US

• Responsible for the planning, implementation and administration of all corporate health, welfare and voluntary benefits programs (including self-funded medical, dental and disability plans) provided to employees and.
• Responsible for developing company position relating to benefits during negotiations with bargaining unit to move to more cost effective plan design for bargaining unit employees. Savings over the three-year agreement.
• Selected as a representative on confidential company task force to evaluate benefit costs considerations related to possible acquisition of another utility company. Developed potential implementation, benefit cost.
• Developed and implemented a new employee wellness program for company. Provided a detailed report to senior management illustrating claim costs from medical plan that supported the need for wellness program to.
• Project lead for HIPAA implementation including creating and presenting training to all affected company representatives regarding privacy policies and regulations related to HIPAA compliance.
• Responsible for Form 5500 completion and coordination of resources to work with outside auditor for annual health plan audit required by the plan

US

• Responsible for the administration of various health and welfare pans offered to over 40,000 active and 6,000 retired employees. Plans included self-funded medical and dental coverage, life insurance, disability, FSAs.
• Preparation and management of the health and welfare benefit budget totaling approximately $220 million per year,
• Member of implementation team that transitioned company from a pure medical indemnity environment into a managed care environment with emphasis on cost sharing. Cost savings estimated at $50 million a year
• Managed RFP process for company life insurance plan and negotiated final contract terms with successful carrier. Saving realized approximately $150,000 a year
• Assisted Human Resources in developing company strategy for benefit offerings to international employees as airline expanded to European destinations
• Company representative on joint management and union (Association of Flight Attendants) disability board with the goal of resolving health and welfare benefit disputes in a co-operative fashion