Senior Benefits Analyst

About Aurora Solar

Aurora is on a mission to create a future of solar for all. Our award-winning software puts the power of data and technology into the hands of every solar professional to make solar adoption simple and predictable. Our software has designed millions of solar projects so far, empowering solar companies to sell, design, and install residential and commercial solar arrays accurately, seamlessly, and at scale. 

We are a remote-first collaborative team of sustainable energy enthusiasts who love what we do. We’ve been named one of "The Best Remote Companies To Work for in 2025" by BuiltIn.com and have been recognized for the second time as a Certified Green Business (CGB) with the city of San Francisco. We’re in this together to support the world’s transition to solar.

About the Team

The Total Rewards team consists of three, supporting Benefits and Compensations for Aurora. As part of the broader People Team we work collaboratively with HRBPs, People Operations, Legal and Finance to deliver on Aurora’s Total Rewards Philosophy.

About the Role

In this role, you will play an instrumental role in ensuring that Aurora’s high-quality benefits and leave programs support Aurorans throughout every stage of their careers and lives. As part of the Total Rewards team, your work is essential in ensuring that we build highly-scalable and responsive processes that build a strong culture.

Your Impact

• Successfully implement, design and administer Aurora’s benefits programs including health, wellness, and retirement for employees located in the US and Canada.

• Ensure and support compliance with local, state and national benefits laws and requirements

• Support internal and external audits of benefits programs including required state and national filings

• Work with our brokers to obtain market competitive analysis to recommend enhancements to our benefits program and ensure alignment with our Total Rewards philosophy and strategy

• Present recommendations on benefits programs and updates to senior leadership

• Conduct annual enrollment employee education sessions and define the annual enrollment process/timeline

• Manage enrollment activities for newly eligible employees, ongoing participation and routine enrollment changes and transactions, and termination processing 

• Manage relationships with external vendors to ensure smooth and efficient benefit program delivery

• Collaborate with various departments internally and external vendors to improve employee benefits and enhance programs

• Partner with the payroll team to ensure the accuracy of deductions related to benefits programs and resolve employee inquiries

• Serve as the subject matter expert regarding questions on all leave and time off programs, including FMLA, ADA, State Leaves, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Parental Leave, PTO, and Sick Time Off

• Provide end-to-end case management and consultative support to employees and managers with Absence Management, Workers’ Compensation, and Employee Experience inquiries while ensuring a strong culture of connection and empathy

• Partner with key stakeholders (Legal, HRBP) on sensitive and complicated LOA matters while adhering to strict privacy and confidentiality requirements

• Ensure that each vendor receives all participant data that is required to support plan administration, and timely funding of plan contributions, claims, and insurance premiums

• Partner with People Operations to troubleshoot benefits-related inquiries and to set up annual enrollment processes

What You Bring

• Experience scaling and maintaining benefits programs through platforms such as Rippling and ADP

• Ability to conduct financial analysis on benefits costs and assess the effectiveness of benefits programs using Google survey and spreadsheet tools

• Proven integrity in managing difficult situations and applying company policies and frameworks consistently

• Proven experience working in companies with footprints in multiple states across the U.S. and Canadian provinces

• Ability to explain complex concepts in an accessible way to various stakeholders

• Exposure to benefits in international contexts including Europe and Latin America.

Nice to Haves

• Experience with Rippling HRIS

• Experience with Sequoia, Benepass, ModernHealth, Kaiser, Fidelity, Canada Life

• Experience with Google Suite of business applications (docs, sheets, slides)

• Experience with AI tools

• SHRM or CBP certification

What We Offer

• 🏖️Flexible PTO - Take the time when you need it

• 🍼Parental Leave - 16 weeks with 100% base salary + gradual return to work

• 💰WFH Stipend - An initial $500 (Non-engineers) or $750 (Engineering roles)

• 🏢 Coworking Stipend - $300 / month if you prefer to be at a coworking facility near you

• ☀️Energize Fridays - Company-wide days to log off and recharge

• 📶Connectivity Stipend - Up to $100 / month towards internet or phone

• 🩺Medical, Dental, and Vision - Premiums are 100% covered for Aurorans and 90% for dependents

Please take a look at our U.S. Benefits Booklet for a deeper dive into our offerings

Where Aurorans are: Aurora currently has teams within the US, Canada, Mexico, and Germany with additional locations on the horizon. We’re united in our work to support the world’s transition to solar!

Aurora is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workforce of people who believe in and are passionate about creating a future of solar energy for all. We are an equal opportunity employer, we welcome and consider qualified applicants regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. We encourage you to apply even if you believe that you do not meet all of the above criteria!

Aurora is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible experience for all candidates. If you require a reasonable accommodation that would better enable your success during the application or interview process, please complete this form.

For San Francisco applicants: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment.