Senior Benefits Specialist

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Human Resource team at Marsh McLennan. This role will be based in either Singapore or Hong Kong. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

As a Senior Benefits Specialist, you will manage vendors responsible for the day-to-day administration of MMC's benefit plans and programs, ensuring compliance with plan documents and applicable laws across Asia Pacific and India. You will recommend plan design changes based on industry experience, stakeholder feedback, and best practices, and manage the annual contract review and execution process in coordination with local, regional, and global HR, HRS, Payroll, and CIS teams.

We will count on you to:

• Plan major design changes with various teams, vendors, and stakeholders, evaluate downstream impacts on Darwin, Workday, Payroll, and other interfaces, and prepare functional business requirements and specifications for system enhancements.
• Facilitate review of system processing in development and testing environments.
• Support and coordinate benefits administration and assist HR/HRS with employee inquiries.
• Manage and maintain processes related to surveys, company benefits compliance, and internal and external reporting obligations.
• Act as a subject matter expert with vendors, Compliance, Legal, and other stakeholders during contract review processes and ensure benefits content on MMC intranet (Colleague Connect) is accurate and updated in applicable languages.
  
  

What you need to have:

• Minimum 8 years of relevant in-house Benefits Management experience with regional exposure.
• Experience managing Senior stakeholders and External vendors (e.g. Brokers/ Insurers).
• Strong analytical skills, including proficiency in Excel and Power BI.
• Have an eye for numbers and Flexible mindset.
  
  

What makes you stand out:

• Strong communication skills.
• Creative problem-solver and growth mindset.
• Experience with Darwin/Prosper and project management, governance on Benefits Management System enhancements, updates, and UAT.
  
  

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.
  
  

Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marshmclennan.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.

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