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Leave and Disability Specialist
Posted: 09/22/2026
Industry: Professional and Administration
Job Number: 19585
Security Clearance: NA / not required
Work Model: Hybrid
Job Description
Job Title: Leave and Disability Specialist
Pay Rate: $32-$40/hr. DOE
Location: MALVERN, PA 19355
Duration: Temp-Perm
Qualifications:
Pay Rate: $32-$40/hr. DOE
Location: MALVERN, PA 19355
Duration: Temp-Perm
Qualifications:
- Benefits administration, HR operations, project management, or a related field required.
- Progressive experience in leave administration, disability administration, benefits operations, payroll administration, HR operations or a related function required.
- Experience supporting leave programs including FMLA, ADA, Employment Insurance (EI), State Paid Family and Medical Leave Programs, and company leave policies required.
- Experience supporting complex benefits programs and enterprise processes within a multi-vendor, cross-functional environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to partner effectively across HR, Payroll, HRIS, vendors, and external partners required.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop documentation required.
- Workday Absence Management experience preferred.
- Strong knowledge of health and welfare benefits administration, enterprise benefits processes, and applicable U.S. and Canadian compliance requirements preferred.
- The Leave Operations Analyst supports the day-to-day administration, governance, and operational delivery of leave of absence, disability, and time-off programs across the United States and Canada.
- This role serves as the primary operational resource for leave processes, audits, payroll reconciliation, HR support, and Workday Absence Management administration.
- The position ensures accurate execution of leave-related processes, adherence to standard operating procedures, data integrity, regulatory compliance, and consistent employee experience while partnering closely with HR, Payroll, Benefits, Total Rewards, third-party administrators, and external vendors.
- This role does not own policy, plan design, vendor strategy, or program governance decisions; however, it is responsible for executing established processes, identifying risks, escalating issues, and supporting continuous operational improvements.
- Serve as the primary operational resource for HR inquiries related to leave of absence, disability, and time-off programs.
- Provide guidance to HR partners, managers, and internal stakeholders on established leave processes, timelines, documentation requirements, and standard operating procedures.
- Support day-to-day administration of U.S. and Canadian leave programs in partnership with third-party administrators (TPAs).
- Monitor leave activity, pending actions, and service delivery metrics to ensure timely completion of administrative processes.
- Assist with leave-related transactions and data maintenance within Workday Absence Management.
- Escalate complex claim issues, accommodation requests, legal questions, employee relations matters, and policy exceptions to senior team members.
- Conduct weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual audits to validate leave administration accuracy and data integrity.
- Audit eligibility, leave transactions, payroll integrations, benefit deductions, and vendor-generated files.
- Support compliance activities related to federal, state, provincial, and local leave requirements.
- Prepare and submit required documentation and reporting associated with state Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) programs and private plan obligations.
- Identify operational risks, discrepancies, and process gaps and coordinate corrective actions with key stakeholders.
- Maintain audit documentation and support internal and external compliance reviews.
- Support ongoing administration, stabilization, and enhancement of the Workday Absence Management module.
- Troubleshoot transactional and process-related issues in partnership with HR, Payroll, and HRIS teams.
- Participate in testing activities, validation exercises, and system change initiatives.
- Maintain standard operating procedures, process documentation, job aids, and training materials.
- Provide operational guidance to HR users based on approved Workday processes and workflows.
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, data quality, and user experience within leave and absence processes.
- Reconcile payroll, leave, disability, and vendor files to ensure accurate processing and payment administration.
- Audit integrations between Workday, Payroll, TPAs, disability carriers, and state agencies.
- Partner with Payroll to validate leave-related earnings, deductions, statutory payments, and benefit impacts.
- Develop and maintain operational reports, dashboards, and audit metrics.
- Support implementation of process improvements that enhance accuracy, efficiency, and employee experience.
- Assist with training, communications, and changing management activities related to leave and absence programs.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives associated with leave administration and Workday Absence Management.
Meet Your Recruiter
Emily Donahue
Regional Recruiting Manager
- Directs the recruitment efforts for both the Quincy, MA and Providence, RI branches.
- Manages a distributed team of recruiting leads, individual contributor recruiters and account managers.
- Responsible for leading the fulfillment and execution of sourcing, recruiting, sales and business development practices across the region.
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