Senior Benefits Specialist

Location: Westlake, Texas, United States

Company

hirify.global provides data and software services that connect the vehicle lifecycle and protect digital transactions for customers in more than 90 countries.

What you will do

• Administer US and Canada benefits and leave programs, serving as a primary contact for employees, HR partners, payroll, and vendors.
• Manage FMLA, ADA, state, company, and Canada leave processes, including leave tracking, accommodations, return-to-work coordination, and escalations.
• Prepare and validate payroll inputs for benefits, leave payments, wage replacement, deductions, HSA contributions, and employee status changes.
• Own day-to-day 401(k) administration, including HRIS integrations, eligibility updates, audits, funding files, nondiscrimination testing support, and Form 5500 coordination.
• Drive annual Open Enrollment, employee communications, education sessions, vendor coordination, HRIS testing, enrollment troubleshooting, and payroll deduction audits.
• Support HR-side immigration administration, including H-1B lottery submissions, sponsorship request tracking, PERM support, EAD validation and renewals, and status updates.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 3–5 years of progressive experience in benefits and leave administration.
• Direct experience supporting US benefit programs and working with HRIS and payroll or benefits administration systems.
• Workday and ADP experience required.
• Working knowledge of FMLA, ADA, and state leave programs, plus experience with vendor files, integrations, audits, and recurring administration processes.
• Strong Excel skills, including VLOOKUP, pivot tables, and data validation.
• Strong communication, customer service, judgment, discretion, and ability to manage deadlines and confidential employee information.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting Canada benefits and leave programs.
• Experience with HR-side immigration administration, including H-1B, PERM, EADs, and renewals.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with benefit, leave, retirement, wellness, payroll, HR, legal, recruiting, and external vendors.
• Provide employee education through new-hire orientations, Open Enrollment sessions, targeted communications, and webinars.
• Maintain benefits information in SharePoint and HRIS and contribute to compliant process improvements and automation.
• Handle sensitive medical, leave, payroll, benefits, and immigration information with professionalism and discretion.