COMPENSATION & BENEFITS MANAGER I - 43000809

Requisition No: 873989 

Agency: Financial Services

Working Title: COMPENSATION & BENEFITS MANAGER I - 43000809

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 43000809 

Salary:  $68,289.00 

Posting Closing Date: 04/21/2026 

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****INTERNAL AGENCY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY***** 

DIVISION: RISK MANAGEMENT

BUREAU: STATE EMPLOYEE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION CLAIMS

CITY: TALLAHASSEE

COUNTY: LEON

SPECIAL NOTES:

This is an internal agency employment opportunity for current employees, including OPS, of the Department of Financial Services, the Office of Financial Regulation, and the Office of Insurance Regulation.

Requirement:

• Five (5) years of experience adjusting workers’ compensation claims required.

Preferences:

• Post-secondary degree from an accredited college or university or a professional insurance designation.
• Two (2) years supervising claims adjusters handling workers’ compensation occurring in the State of Florida.
• Two (2) years supervising workers’ compensation claims adjusters.
• Experience adjusting presumption claims.
• Experience adjusting Workers’ Compensation claims that fall under F.S. 112.18, 112.1815, or 112.1816 (Heart Lung Bill/Firefighter Cancer/First Responders PTSD)

Minimum Qualifications for this position include the following REQUIRED ENTRY LEVEL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Comprehensive   knowledge   of the components of a workers’ compensation program, including extensive knowledge of the workers’ compensation claims adjusting process.
• Knowledge of basic management principles and practices.
• Knowledge of the principles and techniques of effective communication.
• Ability to understand and to apply applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures relating to the workers’ compensation program.
• Ability to examine and evaluate data relating to the workers’ compensation program.
• Ability to supervise and to train staff.
• Ability to determine work priorities, assign work, and ensures proper completion of work assignments.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others
• Ability to solve problems arid to make decisions.
• Ability to work independently and to prioritize work.

This position requires a security background check, including fingerprint as a condition of employment.

The salary for this position is $68,289.00.

Employees of the Department of Financial Services are paid on a monthly pay cycle. 

Responses to qualifying questions must be clearly supported by the state application and any omission, falsification, or misrepresentation in the answering of the qualifying questions will be cause for immediate elimination from the selection process. 

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:

This is a highly technical and responsible position involving the direct management and supervision of adjusting staff assigned to handle lost time claims in the Bureau of State Employee Workers’ Compensation Claims within the Division of Risk Management. This position will also adjust claims.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.