Alliant Energy · 8 hours ago
Manager Benefits
Alliant Energy is dedicated to serving customers and building stronger communities. The Manager of Benefits will lead the design and execution of innovative benefit programs, ensuring compliance with laws and regulations while fostering employee well-being and business success.
EnergyEnergy EfficiencyOil and Gas
Responsibilities
Performs all leadership duties including, but not limited to, hiring and rewarding talent, fostering an inclusive and safe workplace, partnering with employees to set clear goals and expectations, providing timely and specific feedback on performance, developing improvement plans to address performance gaps, addressing conflict with care and respect, identifying opportunities for growth and development, embracing and modeling a mindset of lifelong learning, ensuring employees report to work fit for duty, adhering to our Code of Conduct and modeling Alliant Energy’s Core Values at all times
Designs, implements, and administers benefit programs – e.g., pension plans, life, health and disability insurance, voluntary benefits, post-retirement welfare and well-being that are cost-effective and provide excellent competitive positioning. Monitors trends and developments in the market to ensure plan designs are competitive
Monitors the changing legal landscape and ensures benefit plans are administered consistently and in accordance with plan documents, and applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations
Monitors benefit related costs and develops and implements effective cost-management strategies to mitigate rising costs
Manages vendor relationships to develop strong partnerships and high performance; holds vendors accountable for service failures
Collaborates with the HR team to develop a strong partnership with union leadership and membership to ensure a positive employee experience
Develops strategies for educating the organization on benefit offerings to encourage effective management of employee cost and optimal benefit usage for well-being
Partners collaboratively across the organization to ensure there is an understanding and appreciation for the value of our benefit offerings as well as how the need to and process required to adhere to laws and regulations
Engages in other duties as needed that support Alliant Energy’s Values and helps deliver on our Purpose to serve customers and build stronger communities
Qualification
Required
7 years progressively responsible experience working with benefits and retirement plan administration
3 years progressively more responsible management experience
Previous experience being accountable for the design and management of benefit plans
Support and foster a culture of belonging while demonstrating a strong commitment to equal employment opportunity
Demonstrated ability to develop short- and long-term strategic plans and translate those plans into action
Demonstrated effective leadership skills
Demonstrated financial skills such as budgeting and basic accounting
Demonstrated effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
Demonstrated ability to use computer software programs (e.g., e-mail, word processing, spreadsheet, and project management)
Ability to work effectively in a collaborative and inclusive work environment
Benefits Administration
Benefits Strategy
Benchmarking
Data Analysis
Data Visualization
Employee Benefits Design
Regulatory Compliance
Stakeholder Management
Storytelling
Vendor Management
Leadership
Preferred
Bachelor's Degree Human Resources, Business Administration, Economics, or related area
Benefits
Competitive pay
Comprehensive health and retirement benefits
Tuition reimbursement
Paid time off
Company
Alliant Energy
Alliant Energy operates as a regulated investor-owned public utility holding company.
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.88B2025-12-02Post Ipo Debt· $300M
2025-09-23Post Ipo Debt· $725M
2025-05-12Post Ipo Debt· $600M
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