Senior HRIS and Benefits Specialist

• Serve as primary system administrator for UKG - configurations, security roles, user access, upgrades
• Audit the current UKG implementation and build a prioritized optimization roadmap with the VP of HR
• Design and deploy automated workflows that reduce manual effort across HR
• Administer all employee benefit plans (health, dental, vision, life) and lead annual Open Enrollment
• Serve as primary liaison to carriers, the 401(k) provider, and third-party administrators.
• Manage EDI feeds between UKG and benefit carriers, ensuring accurate, timely, HIPAA-compliant data exchange
• Ensure compliance with ERISA, COBRA, FMLA, ADA, Section 125, and ACA, including required filings
• Build HR reports, dashboards, and analytics; support EEO-1, ACA, and other regulatory reporting
• Train HR staff and end users on HRIS functionality and best practices

• Minimum 5 years of progressive HRIS experience, including hands-on system administration, configuration, and workflow development
• Demonstrated experience managing EDI integrations between an HRIS and benefit carriers or TPAs
• Experience conducting HRIS audits and implementing system improvements
• Direct experience with UKG Pro or UKG Ready
• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field (equivalent experience considered)
• Strong Excel and data management skills
• Experience implementing or optimizing an HRIS system

Preferred

• Direct experience UKG Ready
• UKG Pro/Ready certification
• SHRM-CP/SCP, PHR/SPHR
• Experience in a nonprofit, healthcare, or human services setting

Pulled from the full job description

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance, If you’re an HR technology professional who wants your work to mean something beyond the system itself, we’d love to hear from you!

Compensation: $93,330 - $119,115.36 annually

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-5:00 pm, hybrid at management’s discretion. No fully remote positions at FF.

For over a century, Fred Finch Youth & Family Services has been changing the trajectory of young lives - providing behavioral health, education, and family support services to some of California’s most vulnerable youth and families. None of that work happens without the people behind the people: an HR team that takes care of the employees who take care of our community.

We’re looking for a Senior HRIS & Benefits Specialist who wants their technical skills to serve something bigger than a system upgrade. You’ll be the architect behind the benefits, data, and workflows that let our direct-care staff focus on what they do best - showing up for kids and families every day.

This isn’t just a system administration role. It’s a chance to build something from the ground up: our UKG implementation still has meaningful configuration and workflow work left from launch, and you’ll be the one who takes it from functional to fully optimized - with real autonomy and real visibility to leadership.