Leave of Absence Specialist - GA, On Site

**We are a proud work-from-office company. If you're ready to work on-site in a dynamic, global company, we'd love to hear from you.** **About Us** **Vensure Employer Solutions** is the largest privately held organization in the HR technology and service sector, providing a comprehensive portfolio of solutions, including HR/HCM technology, managed services, and global business process outsourcing (BPO). The company and its service providers collectively serve over 95,000 businesses and process over $135B in annual payroll. As a "One Employer Solution” headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, Vensure helps thousands of businesses streamline and grow their operations with custom strategies that benefit both employers and employees. Find out more by visiting [www.vensure.com](http://www.vensure.com/ "http://www.vensure.com/") . **Position Summary** The **Leave of Absence Specialist** manages employee leave cases requiring coordination across multiple leave programs, including medical, statutory, and state-mandated leaves. This role requires strong expertise in FMLA and state leave compliance, comprehensive case management, employee support, and cross-functional coordination. The Specialist ensures accurate, timely, and compliant handling of complex leave scenarios in accordance with federal and state regulations. **Essential Duties and Responsibilities** - Coordinate end-to-end leave of absence case management for employees across multiple states, ensuring compliance with all applicable federal and state leave laws. - Administer FMLA and state-mandated leave programs, including eligibility determination, certification review, usage tracking, and return-to-work coordination. - Determine leave eligibility and appropriate leave types based on federal, state, and employer policies within required timelines. - Issue and track all required leave communications, including notices, medical certifications, letters throughout the leave lifecycle. - Review medical certifications for completeness and compliance within statutory and employer-defined timeframes. - Maintain accurate and confidential leave records in LOA Module, including received documentation and case notes. - Partner with HR, Benefits, Payroll, and Worker’s Comp teams to align leave status, benefits continuation, work restrictions, and return-to-work requirements. - Provide clear, empathetic guidance to employees and managers regarding leave policies, procedures, and expectations. - Respond to employee, manager, and HR inquiries via phone, email, and in-person interactions with a high level of professionalism and service. - Monitor leave usage to ensure employees do not exceed allotted entitlements. - Conducted follow-up with employees and management regarding documentation, leave status changes, benefits impacts, and return-to-work steps. - Review and escalated leave issues, including potential fraudulent activity or policy misuse. - Meet or exceed departmental productivity standards, KPIs, and SOP requirements in a high-volume environment. - Support continuous process improvement efforts and operational initiatives within the LOA team and external stretch assignments. - Maintain strict confidentiality and ethical handling of sensitive employee information. - Partner with state leave agencies responsible for approving or denying state leave claims to obtain claim status, determinations, and required information for employees and clients when not provided administrative access. - Enter, update, and maintain leave cases, status changes, and detailed case notes in the LOA Module in Client Space and Prism to reflect approvals, extensions, intermittent usage, return to work and other case changes. - Regular, on-site attendance is an essential job function due to the need for secure access to systems, collaboration on sensitive technical matters, participation in operational meetings, and hands-on involvement. **Marginal Functions** - Build, maintain and promote relationships with tea…