AddressHealth Association Nova Scotia is a not-for-profit, non-government, membership-based association with 60 years' experience in delivering shared services, policy support and expertise our customers can count on. Serving over 130 organizations from across the province of Nova Scotia, our core fee-for-service/cost recovery services are Clinical Engineering Services, Labour Relations and Compensation Analysis, Group Benefits Solutions and Shared Financial Services. The Health Association also provides policy support to its continuing care members and is a joint sponsor of the Nova Scotia Health Employees' Pension Plan.
Systems and Analytics Manager- Group Benefit Solutions
Permanent Full Time
Bedford NS (Hybrid Role)
Group Benefits Solutions (GBS) provides benefits to over 40,000 health care workers and retirees. We are the largest provider of benefits in Nova Scotia's health system, offering a broad range of Employee Benefit Plans, including Group Life, Health, Dental, a self-insured Long Term Disability Plan (LTD), and a menu of optional benefits.
Position Scope
Reporting to the Director of Group Benefits Solutions, the Systems & Analytics Manager leads a team to provide a broad range of business support for GBS member organizations, benefit administrators and other GBS team members and functions. These include benefits billing, premium reconciliation, and administration system support & change requests, and technology solutions. This role works closely with financial resources, system providers, consultants, employers and the Benefits & Quality Assurance Role.
In this position, you will be responsible for:
- Managing the department's business technology and data reporting needs, vendors, and change agenda.
- Leading a team to develop, interpret, implement, and maintain reconciliations and other financial models.
- Analyzing complex financial processes and preparing recommendations for control or action.
- Authorizing statements and disbursement requests for payments to insurance providers.
- Managing the resources and systems to facilitate intake and workflow of digital forms, applications, and other work to be processed by the Service Delivery team.
- Maintaining and improving the software and workflow applications and assets in place to enable these processes.
- Overseeing the design and generation of business reports and dashboards/KPI metrics.
Qualifications & Experience
- Completion of university level education in business or related field, or a combination of relevant education, training and experience.
- 3-5 years leadership experience in a management or team lead capacity or demonstrated progression in roles
- Minimum 10 years knowledge in the administration of employee benefits (Life, Health and Disability) in progressive roles.
- Completion of some industry level courses such as CEBS, IFEBP (FTMS, ATMS) and/or willingness to further industry knowledge.
Qualities & Abilities
- Excellent grasp of data analytics and excel at communicating insights derived from analysis using strong business acumen.
- Strong financial acumen and the ability to analyze plan financial statements, identify trends and to communicate financial information in a clear and concise manner.
- Ability to drive projects from conception to completion.
- Display leadership, sound judgement, and independent decision making.
- Self-starter and able to demonstrate considerable initiative.
- Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management, staff, consultants and member organizations, invoking presentation skills where appropriate.
We offer a competitive salary and competitive benefits including NSHEPP pension.
As an organization that supports a diverse workplace, we welcome people from all ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, age, religion, physical and mental abilities, family status, and political belief and affiliation.
Application deadline is February 12th 2023
Qualified applicants are invited to submit their resume and covering letter in confidence to:
https://jobs.crelate.com/portal/healthassociation/job/4jgcehrq5gghp4txde56o93gdr
By email: [email protected].
Health Association thanks all applicants for their interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.
