Benefits Expert with Russian

Location: Prague, Czech Republic

This contract is for limited period of time of 18 months.

Administer the assigned countries' day-to-day benefits administration activities and processes, focusing on customer support, vendor operations relationships and process improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Administer various benefits programs – retirement plans, insured benefits,

perks, and allowances in line with the SOPs and process maps.

• Meet established service level agreements of timelines and quality of work.

Resolves employee queries by interpreting benefit policies and procedures using the Benefits technology platforms.

• Carry out invoice reconciliation and ensure accurate invoices are paid to the benefits vendors in time by collaborating with the P2P team.
• Prepare periodic reports to local authorities related to benefits plans, especially on pension and disability plans, where required.
• Prepares vendor and payroll reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information from HCM and Benefit systems.
• Work closely with P&O services and benefits vendors on the day-to-day administration of the programs and to address employee queries.
• Monitors benefit utilization by preparing and distributing benefit reports to internal stakeholders.
• Conduct benefits data review, data conversion load and discrepancy resolution.
• Work with a continuous improvement mindset and give ideas to the Benefits Manager/Cluster Benefits lead for process improvement.
• Report operational improvements on the Benefits technology platform to the Benefits Manager/Cluster Benefits lead and provide requirements to the Benefits technology vendor.

Essential Requirements:

• Any bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• Fluent in English both written and spoken
• Professional level of Russian
• Understanding of benefit plans.
• Good experience in local Benefits Administration or related admin operational processes.
• Understanding of logical, rules-based software systems

Benefits & Rewards

Monthly pension contribution matching your individual contribution up to 3% of your gross monthly base salary; Risk Life Insurance (full cost covered by Novartis); 5-week holiday per year; (1 week above the Labour Law requirement) ; 4 paid sick days within one calendar year in case of absence due to sickness without a medical sickness report; Cafeteria employee benefit program – choice of benefits from Benefit Plus Cafeteria in the amount of 17,500 CZK per year; Meal vouchers in amount of 105 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by company); Public Transportation Allowance; MultiSport Card, Employee Share Purchase Plan. Find out more about Novartis Business Services:

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Accessibility and accommodation

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Division

People & Organization

Business Unit

Universal Hierarchy Node

Location

Czech Republic

Site

Prague

Company / Legal Entity

CZ02 (FCRS = CZ002) Novartis s.r.o.

Functional Area

Human Resources

Job Type

Full time

Employment Type

Temporary (Fixed Term)

Shift Work

No

Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.