Global Benefits Specialist

Reports to: Senior Director, Global Benefits & Wellness

About AlphaSense:

The world’s most sophisticated companies rely on AlphaSense to remove uncertainty from decision-making. With market intelligence and search built on proven AI, AlphaSense delivers insights that matter from content you can trust. Our universe of public and private content includes equity research, company filings, event transcripts, expert calls, news, trade journals, and clients’ own research content. Our platform is trusted by over 4,000 enterprise customers, including a majority of the S&P 500.

Founded in 2011, AlphaSense is headquartered in New York City with over 1,300 people across the globe and offices in the U.S., U.K., Finland, India, and Singapore. For more information, please visit www.alpha-sense.com. 

About the Team:

About the Role:

Reporting to the Senior Director, Global Benefits & Wellness, the Global Benefits Specialist will contribute to the success of our People Operations team by using your benefits expertise to support our employees across our global organization. In this role, you will collaborate with Finance, Legal, Talent Acquisition, and People Operations teams to address both regional and global benefit needs while ensuring compliance with applicable local regulations. You will assist in administering and maintaining high-quality benefit programs that align with the organization’s goals and help attract and retain top talent.

This role will be focused on benefits in India and Singapore, as well as providing backup on benefits in EMEA. However, the scope of countries and supporting responsibilities may shift periodically as we grow and scale. 

What You’ll Do:

• Manage and administer employee benefit programs, including but not limited to insurance plans, time off policies, wellness initiatives, and other non-salary compensation for your primary and backup countries.
• Maintain compliance with local labor laws and regulations.
• Provide guidance to employees on benefits and address inquiries or concerns.
• Collaborate with external vendors to ensure timely and accurate delivery of benefit services
• Assist in global benefits harmonization efforts and the sharing and creation of best practices across regions.
• Support benefits-related updates or enhancements in Workday and other systems.
• Draft, maintain, and optimize process and policy documentation related to benefits.
• Manage benefits invoice reconciliation in collaboration with our Finance team.
• Assist with annual benefit renewal and enrollment processes and the implementation of new programs.

Who You Are:

• You have a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field, preferred.
• You are a benefits professional with 5-8 years of experience in Human Resources with 2-3 years of global benefits-specific experience; experience working for pre-IPO and/or publicly traded companies preferred.
• You’re proficient at using Workday for benefits management strongly preferred.
• You have strong knowledge of local labor laws in India and Singapore; familiarity with EMEA regulations is a plus.
• You are a strong communicator, with the ability to adjust messaging based on audience and employee needs.
• You are proficient at using Google Sheets and Excel to audit and analyze data with full attention to detail.
• You’re comfortable working in a fast-paced, sometimes “messy” environment but also thrive on organizing the “mess” by building reports, templates, process documents, and other resources to support yourself, the team, and employees.

AlphaSense is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals. All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling AlphaSense’s commitment to equal employment opportunity. AlphaSense does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military or veteran status, disability, or any other non-merit factor. This policy applies to every aspect of employment at AlphaSense, including recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, and termination.

In addition, it is the policy of AlphaSense to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances where a particular employee works