Senior HR Analyst - Benefits

July 24, 2026

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<div style="text-align: center">Senior Human Resources Analyst - Benefits </div>The Senior HR Analyst - Benefits serves as the City's lead analyst for employee benefits, ADA Title I accommodations, and leave administration. This role provides advanced technical expertise, leads complex benefits and leave initiatives, and partners with the Compensation & Benefits Manager to promote consistent, high-quality service across the team. While this position does not directly supervise staff, it serves as a trusted resource and helps drive continuous improvement in team processes and service delivery.In this role, you will help oversee the administration of the City's self-funded benefits programs, ensuring they remain competitive, compliant, and fiscally responsible. You will collaborate with vendors and internal partners, support contract renewals and procurement activities, monitor program performance and expenditures, and identify opportunities to enhance the employee experience.The ideal candidate is a strategic and customer-focused HR professional who excels at analyzing complex issues, building collaborative relationships, and communicating with confidence. They are adaptable, detail-oriented, and committed to delivering exceptional service while continuously improving programs and processes.<div style="text-align: center"><img src="https://secure.neogov.com/images/AgencyImages/jobposting/2183/jobpostings/image/Gog2.jpg" alt="Landscape view of Garden of the Gods" style="width: 300px" class="fr-fic fr-dii"></div> This position is subject to budget required furloughs to be implemented in the 2026 calendar year.Come explore the possibilities a career with the City of Colorado Springs can offer!We're an accredited pay equity employer!Your starting pay will be within the posted hiring range based on your years of experience and education. See the full potential of growth for this position here: <a href="https://coloradosprings.gov/document/2026-salary-schedule.pdf-0" target="_blank">2026 Salary Schedule</a>As a Sr. HR Analyst-Benefits, you will:<ul style="margin-bottom: 3pt"><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Partner with the Compensation & Benefits Manager to administer the City's employee benefits, wellness, and retiree programs while ensuring compliance with applicable federal and state laws and regulations.</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Serve as the subject matter expert for leave administration, providing guidance on complex cases FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act), HFWA (Healthy Families and Workplaces Act), disability programs, disability retirement, and USERRA (Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act), and other protected leave programs.</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Assist in leading the City’s ADA Title I accommodation program. Facilitate the interactive process, coordinating medical documentation, evaluating reasonable accommodations, consulting with departments and HR partners, and ensuring compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and related employment laws.</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Administer and monitor employee benefit programs, including retirement benefits, while evaluating legislative and regulatory changes and recommending process or policy improvements.</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Ensure compliance with applicable benefits-related laws and regulations, including COBRA, HIPAA, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), etc.</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Lead the planning, coordination, communication, and implementation of the City's annual Open Enrollment program.</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Coordinate with benefit vendors, resolve complex employee and vendor issues, support contract renewals and procurement activities, and collaborate to enhance service delivery.</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Oversee benefits-related financial activities, including invoice reconciliation, vendor payments, budget tracking, cost forecasting for self-funded plans, and renewal support in partnership with Finance.</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Conduct audits, analyze data, and identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, HRIS functionality, data integrity, and reporting.</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Develop and maintain standard operating procedures, training resources, and employee communications while providing exceptional customer service and guidance to employees, managers, and HR staff.</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Support the operational administration and continuous improvement of the City's employee clinic, pharmacy, and other benefits-related initiatives.</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Other duties as assigned.</li></ul><ul style="margin-bottom: 3pt"><li>Learn more about this job by reviewing the class specification on the <a href="https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/cosprings/classspecs/1295044" target="_blank" style="font-weight: bold">City of Colorado Springs Class Specifications page</a>.</li></ul>We are looking for candidates who possess: Knowledge Of:<ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 3pt"><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Employee benefits laws and regulations (e.g. COBRA, HIPAA, PPACA, FMLA, and ADA)</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">ADA policies, laws, and regulations as well as experience with employee reassignments</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Best practices in self-funded benefits design, communication, and administration</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">HRIS and benefits systems (especially PeopleSoft and NeoGov)</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Research and data analysis techniques</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Complex audit processes and program compliance</li></ul>Ability To:<ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 3pt"><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Deliver high-quality customer service to a unique workforce</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Analyze and interpret rules, regulations, and data</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Communicate complex topics to employees and leadership effectively</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Present to small and large groups with confidence</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Maintain accuracy and attention to detail in a fast-paced environment</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Resolve conflict in a respectful and collaborative manner</li></ul><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 3pt"><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in human resources, public administration, business administration, or a related field.</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Five years of full-time professional experience in benefits administration including vendor management or a related field.</li></ul>We value a diverse range of qualifications and experiences. Our organization views each year of further education as equivalent to each year of relevant work experience, and each year of additional relevant work experience as equivalent to each year of required education.The following qualifications are not required, but they are considered desirable. If you possess any of the preferred qualifications, please include specific details in your application. This information may be used to identify a top group of applicants. <ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 3pt"><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Experience administering self-funded benefit plans.</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">HR experience in government/municipality setting.</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Experience overseeing the full ADA Title I interactive process and complex leaves administration.</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Experience collaborating tactfully with health insurance vendors including contract negotiations, and conflict resolution.</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">A strong attention to detail and ability to understand and accurately reference complex contracts.</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Experience analyzing budgets and processing invoices.</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Experience providing advanced guidance and support to team members.</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Experience with PeopleSoft 9.1/9.2 and NeoGov systems.</li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">A strong sense of ownership, problem-solving, and initiative.</li></ul><div style="text-align: center">Please contact City Recruiting at city.recruiting@coloradosprings,gov with any questions about this position. <img src="https://secure.neogov.com/images/AgencyImages/jobposting/2183/jobpostings/image/CS_Logo_OCUSA(4).png" alt="Colorado Springs Logo Olympic City USA" style="width: 300px" class="fr-fic fr-dii"> <img src="https://secure.neogov.com/images/AgencyImages/jobposting/2183/jobpostings/image/20260105135414_Military Friendly 2026 logo.png" alt="2026 Military Friendly Logo" style="width: 267px" class="fr-fic fr-dii"><img src="https://secure.neogov.com/images/AgencyImages/jobposting/2183/jobpostings/image/20260105135749_Military Friendly Spouse Employer 2026 logo.png" alt="Military Friendly Spouse Employer 2026 logo" style="width: 263px" class="fr-fic fr-dii"></div>

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