As a Workers Compensation Specialist, you will be critical in supporting Goodyear’s workers’ compensation claims process, ensuring compliance, and strengthening relationships with key stakeholders. In this role you will support end-to-end workers' compensation claims management and assist regional workers' compensation managers. You will help drive effective claims management, tracking, return‑to‑work coordination, and third‑party administrator oversight. Your work will directly contribute to a consistent, compliant, and efficient workers’ compensation experience across the organization.

What You’ll Do

• Manage and monitor workers’ compensation and SWC claims, coordinating with leave-of-absence and workers’ comp vendors on return‑to‑work, payment issues, and escalations.
• Support regional Workers’ Compensation Managers to ensure timely submission of SWC and concurrent FMLA claims, including preparing initial FMLA templates.
• Oversee workers’ compensation SOX reconciliation and audit activities and assist with insurance and vendor renewals.
• Partner with Controlling to track claims exceeding self‑insured retention and process reimbursement requests with excess carriers.
• Contribute to accurate and timely filing and reporting for Goodyear’s Self‑Insured and State Programs and analyze monthly data to support departmental and business unit needs.
• Serve as the North America as a contact for the Risktrac system, providing monthly analyses and generating ad‑hoc reports.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in finance, business or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in workers’ compensation claim's role. 

What Will Set You Apart 

• Experience in self-insurance.
• Interpersonal skills that establish and maintain excellent relations and credibility.
• Demonstrates ethical and moral behavior, unquestionable integrity, and character.
• Highly organized and detailed with the ability to manage deadlines and multiple priorities.
• Inquisitive nature with sense of urgency.

Additional Details

• Relocation Available: No.
• Sponsorship Available: No.
• Typical Schedule: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
• Travel Requirement: 20%.

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Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. It employs about 68,000 people and manufactures its products in 51 facilities in 19 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio, and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg, strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to Goodyear.com.

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Goodyear is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law.