Nicholas B. Email & Phone Number

Phoenix, Arizona, Us

Responsible for strategic short/long term planning to provide a comprehensive, market competitive, and cost effective benefits program to employees and family members.

Wilmington, De, Us

Responsible for healthcare and retirement benefit program short/long term strategic initiatives

Wayne, Pa, Us

• Responsible for all U.S. benefits, and provide ongoing benefits consulting assistance globally.• Provide global benefits consulting assistance with benchmarking, benefit plan recommendations/ implementation, cost analysis, etc. • Responsible for U.S. benefits short/long term strategic direction • Eliminated $3.6M from annual U.S. healthcare budget in first three years.• Proactive healthcare plan management resulting in zero trend over last 3 years.• Completed successful short-term international assignment in China & Singapore to conduct specific competitive benefits program analysis.• Designed/implemented "Family Friendly Benefits" Program including paid family leave, enhanced infertility and adoption benefits.• With over 25 M&As, strong experience with benefits acquisition due diligence analysis and integration planning. • Active participation in Executive Benefits Committee meetings.• Responsible for annual Proxy Executive total compensation reporting.• Ensure compliance of HR practices as they relate to regulations of Fed/State, and HR policies• Manage external HR vendors to ensure compliance and efficiency of HR operations• Provide critical administrative and process support for HR policies/processes• Experience with 3 direct reports• Winner: 2015 HR Department of the Year for Large Companies in the greater Philadelphia area• Named One of America’s Best Employers 2021 by Forbes

Wayne, Pa, Us

• Responsible for all U.S. benefits, and provide ongoing benefits consulting assistance globally.• Provide global benefits consulting assistance with competitive benchmarking analysis, complex benefit plan implementation, broker identification, etc. • Manage $40 million U.S. health/welfare program budget for 3,000+ employees.• Manage over $800 million in U.S. retirement 401k, pension, deferred compensation plans.• Eliminated $3.6M from annual U.S. healthcare budget in first three years.• Proactive healthcare plan management resulting in zero claims cost trend over last 3 years.• Completed successful short-term international assignment in China & Singapore to conduct specific competitive benefits program analysis.• Designed/implemented "Family Friendly Benefits" Program including paid family leave, enhanced infertility and adoption benefits.• Responsible for U.S. benefits short/long term strategic direction including vendor change, plan design, and employee contribution strategies.• Responsible for all benefit vendor relationships including marketing/implementing.• Oversee day to day benefits administration and process improvement initiatives.• Responsible for all benefits communications.• Strong successful experiences in vendor/consultant RFP marketing. • Oversight of outsourced programs such as COBRA, FMLA/LOA, FSA programs.• With over 25 M&As, strong experience with benefits acquisition due diligence analysis and integration planning. • Active participation in Executive Benefits Committee meetings.• Responsible for annual Proxy Executive total compensation reporting.• Active participant in CBA Union negotiations.• Oversee retirement plan audits and discrimination testing.• Review/Update SPDs to ensure ERISA compliance.• Oversee completion of Form 5500s.• Oversee regulatory compliance and reporting requirements.• Experience with 2 direct reports.• Winner: 2015 HR Department of the Year for Large Companies in the greater Philadelphia area.

Danbury, Ct, Us

- Manage $24 million health and welfare benefits program for 2,300+ employees including retiree medical.- Manage retirement plans including 401(k), cash balance, and non-qualified plans with assets in excess of $400 million.- Selected into the IMS Leadership Review Group which identifies future company leaders with growth potential. - Performed “interim director” type duties during absence of Director. Developed and presented competitive plan changes to Benefits Committee resulting in $1 million in savings.- Assist Director with recommendations for short/long term strategies including vendor changes, plan design changes, employee contribution strategies.- Responsible for marketing, analyzing, recommending, and implementing health and welfare vendors.- Extensive experience with Acquisition Due Diligence and Integration. Successfully integrated over 15 acquisitions into IMS benefits program. - Implemented CDHP resulting in 20% enrollment.- Implemented employee smoker and spousal surcharges resulting in $80k annual savings.- Manage in-house COBRA, FMLA, HIPAA, STD, FSA programs.- Successfully created company’s first health fair. Annual fairs in place with $60k budget.- Experience in marketing, analyzing, recommending, and implementing bundled retirement plan vendor. Project leader for vendor implementation.- Recommended and implemented 401(k) auto enrollment and investment education.- Oversee annual retirement plan audits and discrimination plan testing.- Responsible for all communications including open enrollment, wellness, retirement, and company intranet web pages.- Review/Update SPDs to ensure ERISA compliance.- Active participation in quarterly Executive Benefits Committee meetings.- Responsible for the completion of the Form 5500s. - Experience with overseeing 1 direct and 2 indirect employees.

Us

- Managed $3 million benefits program for over 850 employees. - Managed retirement programs, including a defined contribution 401(k) Plan valued in excess of $17M, and a defined benefit pension plan. - Responsible for all day-to-day activity for federal regulated programs such as, but not limited to, COBRA, FMLA, HIPAA, Section 125, Flexible Spending Accounts, Worker Compensation. - Served as main contact to assist employees, including senior management, with complex benefit issues and questions. - Successfully transitioned from fully-insured to self-funded medical plans which saved company over $320,000 in premiums within the first 2 years. - Ran successful United Way campaigns that saw a 10% increase in contributions each annual drive. Maintained over 90% participation rate from employees consistently.- Implemented successful annual blood drive and flu shot campaigns.

Serve as point of contact to assist plan participants with complex benefit issues and questions using accurate plan specific expertise including but not limited to: life events, medical and dental insurance, billing issues, carrier issues, plan issues, new employee enrollment, COBRA issues, leave of absence, deaths, hardship withdrawals.