Manager, Global Leaves

This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will remain open until filled or adjusted based on the volume of applicants.

Further your career at Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminum packaging. Achieve extraordinary things when you join our team, and make a difference in your professional development, the community, and around the globe!

Ball is thrilled to receive Newsweek's 2023 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace award! As a sustainable product leader, we have over 16,000 global team members. From endlessly recyclable aluminum cans, and cups, to aerosol bottles, our goal is to contribute to a better community, society, and world.

Primary Purpose of this Position:
This role is responsible for the effective administration, compliance, and execution oversight of global leave programs and policies. The Manager leads a team of specialists and coordinates with internal stakeholders, vendors, and legal/compliance teams to ensure that all program operations are aligned with company policy, regulatory requirements, and employee needs. This role plays a key part in driving continual process improvements, employee experience enhancements, and harmonization of benefits practices across the organization.

What will you be responsible for?

• Overseeing Leave Procedures: Managing day to day tasks, processes and projects, including the development and implementation of Leave management systems and providing a high level of structure and organization within the department.
• Managing Staff: Hiring, training, and managing daily workflows of specialists and completing performance enablement reviews bi-monthly, monitoring goal setting and ongoing progress, coordinating regular team meetings. Ensuring backup coverage when staff leaves of absence or vacations occur. 
• Ensuring Compliance: Ensuring leave practices and policies comply with relevant laws and regulations and audits
• Coordinating with Other Departments: Collaborating with Total Rewards COE, HR, Payroll, Legal, Communications, Audit and Finance teams to ensure coordinated day to day administration execution and support
• Resolving Complex leave and separations Issues: Addressing and resolving eligibility, file feed, errors, vendor claim issues and other  system related errors or discrepancies. Respond to escalations and resolve complex employee issues with professionalism and discretion. Coordination with stakeholders relating to ADA accommodations within the leave lifecycle.
• Monitoring and tracking SLAs with vendors and setting internal standards for leave administration services for employees and HR partners
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks associated with vendor relationships, including financial, operational, and compliance risks; leads from accountabilities and knowledge on prospective or active mergers & acquisitions.
• Communication and Collaboration: Maintain open and frequent communication with vendors to address issues promptly and foster strong relationships
• Compliance Management and Tracking: Ensure vendors and the team comply with SOX and Ball’s internal controls policies. Ensure robust internal controls are followed and evidenced. This includes verifying adherence to financial reporting standards, maintaining accurate records, and following established policies and regulations to mitigate risks and ensure transparency
• Continuous Improvement: Regularly review and improve vendor management processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness and attend vendor meetings on a regular basis. Use data to evaluate program effectiveness and recommend enhancements, as well as drives a strong

What we are looking for: (Position Requirements)

• Advanced knowledge of global leave regulations and US FMLA and ADA regulations and compliance requirements 
• Proficient in leave design and vendor management
• Strong Excel and data analysis skills; working knowledge of HRIS platforms (e.g., SAP)
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously under strict deadlines and work effectively under pressure
• Solves complex problems, works independently, receives minimal guidance​
• May lead projects or project steps within a broader project or may have accountability for on-going activities or objectives​
• Highly proficient analytical, interpersonal, organizational and project management skills
• Handle sensitive and proprietary information with confidentiality
• Lead and manage organizational change, ensuring smooth transitions and minimal disruption.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong coaching, mentoring, and team development abilities
• Experience presenting to senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams
• Experience leading projects, programs, initiatives, or teams across complex environments
• Experience administering leave and separation programs required
• Demonstrated success in process improvement, compliance oversight, and vendor management
• Experience in a multinational or matrixed organization preferred
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Suite
• Analytical & Communication Skills: Excellent analytical capabilities, with strong written and verbal communication skills to engage effectively across cultures and seniority levels
• Language Required:
  • English

Compensation & Benefits:

• Hybrid On-Site Work Environment: Based in Colorado, this position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site for three (3) or more days per work week (with core collaboration days of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday). [Travel and local commute between Ball locations and other possible non-Ball locations may be required.]
• Hiring Salary Range: $96,000 - $137,180 (Salary to be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.)
• This role will be eligible to participate in the annual incentive compensation plan.
• Ball includes a comprehensive benefits structure, Go to our career site and click "Total Rewards" to learn more.

When submitting your application to Ball, we encourage you to emphasize your skills, experience, and qualifications that align with the role. Under Colorado, California, Connecticut, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania law, you have the right to exclude or redact age-related details—such as your date of birth, school attendance dates, or graduation dates—from your resume, cover letter, CV, or other supporting documents (e.g., transcripts, certificates). 

Ball Corporation is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody. All qualified job applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, aboriginality, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran status, age, political affiliation or any other non-merit characteristic. 

When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 16,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminum cans, cups to aerosol bottles that enable our customers to contribute to a better world.

Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging.

Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference.

Please note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems.
No agencies please.

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