Job Abstract

Sempra: Where opportunity powers impact

At Sempra, we tackle the biggest energy challenges that face our industry. Our high-performing team leverages the full capabilities of our organization to serve 40 million consumers across North America. By collaborating and challenging one another across multiple disciplines, we inspire our best work, ideas and innovation. From increasing liquified natural gas (LNG) capacities to reducing carbon emissions to helping people prepare for the realities of climate change, we are committed to building a better energy future for all.

Primary Purpose
Provides management and oversight of Sempra Energy and affiliates benefit plans, programs, and policies. Develops and maintains a portfolio of strategic, competitive, and cost-effective benefits, both domestic and international. Ensures compliance with all applicable statutes, regulations and pronouncements from state and federal governmental entities. Supports major corporate initiatives that include benefits-related impacts such as mergers, acquisitions, sales, labor negotiations, and regulatory proceedings. Provides oversight to benefits-related budgets and cost analysis. Negotiates and manages major third-party contracts related to benefits administration.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Directs the development and implementation of employee benefit plans, programs and processes in support of corporate vision and strategy. Develops benefits and total reward policies and procedures to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and alignment with key stakeholders. Provides corporate oversight and governance to business units and corporate center on related issues.
• Directs administration of benefit plans, programs and policies, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death, employee assistance, retirement savings, pension, and postretirement health and welfare benefits.
• Leads the company’s overall wellness strategy and monitors programs to ensure positive, quantifiable impacts on employee and covered dependent health.
• Prepares materials for periodic meetings of the Pension and Benefits Committee, Benefits Committee and business segment boards of directors. Leads the presentation and discussion of various major benefits-related initiatives.
• Leads change control and employee communication strategy related to employee benefits.
• Monitors the impact of changes, or proposed changes, in state and federal laws and regulations that impact employee benefits and other human resources initiatives.
• Supports all company merger and acquisition activity as it relates to benefits.
• Serves as a primary contact with benefits consultants, actuaries, insurers, and third-party administrators.
• Supports regulatory proceedings, such as general rate cases, that involve benefit matters including the preparation of testimony. May be called on to testify before regulatory bodies.
• Performs other duties as assigned (no more than 5% of duties).

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree in a core business-related discipline such as accounting, finance, economics, human resources, etc., required.
• Master's degree in a core business-related discipline, preferred.

Experience

• 10 years of benefits, finance, legal or related experience, required.
• 5 years of supervisory experience, required.
• Solid foundation in benefits including experience in health, welfare and retirement benefit plan design and administration, required.
• Strong analytical skills including some experience working with actuaries and external legal counsel, required.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to communicate with all levels of management, including senior executives, regarding subjects that can be very complex with significant financial impacts.
• Strong interpersonal skills that facilitate understanding, influence and decision-making.
• Ability to prioritize multiple recurring and nonrecurring projects in a very fast-paced and dynamic business environment.
• Ability to develop effective written communications and presentations for the target audience (e.g., executives, key management employees, employees, regulators, etc.). Ability to summarize complex issues and present recommendations in a clear, concise and organized manner.

Licenses and Certifications

• Professional benefits-related certifications, preferred.

Other Qualifications:

• Must reside in Southern California or be willing to relocate upon hire.
• We offer a hybrid work environment. Although the schedule may vary, typically this will allow you to work from the office three days per week and work remotely on the remaining workdays.