Workers Compensation Manager
Compensation: $100-110k + bonus
Location: Atlanta, GA
Company Overview
Our client is a large scale, privately held supply chain and distribution organization supporting a nationally recognized quick service restaurant network. The company operates in a fast paced, high volume environment with a strong focus on service excellence, cost efficiency, and operational integrity. Team culture is collaborative, approachable, and highly visible, offering meaningful interaction with senior leadership and the opportunity to make a measurable impact across the enterprise.
Role Summary
The Workers Compensation Manager serves as the enterprise subject matter expert responsible for overseeing all aspects of workers compensation claims and strategy across corporate and field operations. This role plays a critical part in mitigating risk, managing financial exposure, and ensuring regulatory compliance in a complex, multi state environment.
This position provides leadership to a small internal team while partnering closely with HR leadership, legal, and external partners. The role is both strategic and hands on, requiring deep technical expertise, strong judgment, and the ability to stabilize and strengthen team dynamics.
Key Responsibilities
Own and manage the full lifecycle of all workers compensation claims across multiple states
Proactively manage claims to accelerate closure, reduce costs, and mitigate organizational risk
Serve as the internal subject matter expert for workers compensation, including reserves, settlements, and litigation strategy
Ensure compliance with state workers compensation laws and internal policies
Partner with leave administrators to coordinate workers compensation, FMLA, and ADA integration
Oversee and support two direct reports, providing leadership, coaching, and accountability
Manage relationships with third party administrators and claims carriers
Analyze claims data and trends to inform strategy and continuous improvement
Key Requirements
Seven plus years of experience managing workers compensation programs in house
Direct experience working with Sedgwick as a workers compensation carrier or administrator
Strong multi state workers compensation legal and regulatory knowledge
Experience supporting self insured or self administered programs with high deductible exposure
Demonstrated ownership of claims strategy including reserves, settlements, and litigation decisions
Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables and lookup functions
Strong leadership presence with the ability to manage challenging personalities
Clear communicator with sound judgment and the ability to work cross functionally
Call to Action
Qualified candidates interested in a highly confidential workers compensation leadership opportunity are encouraged to apply promptly. Please submit your resume and contact information to The Intersect Group for confidential consideration.
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