Manager Retirement Administration

• Participate in Plan Design with respect to participants, eligibility, matching vesting, withdrawals, etc, and manage the day-to-day administration and planning activities for the Retirement Savings Plans, including coordinates, compiles and manages all plan census information, including participant enrollment and vesting
• Manage quarterly retirement plan administrative and plan performance reviews with all stakeholder parties
• Fulfill fiduciary governance tasks as Plan Administrator and Secretary of the Retirement Benefits Committee
• Make recommendations to improve competitive position and/or legal compliance
• Manages inbound and outbound files with Third Party administration, reconciles each contribution file from all retirement plans, and conduct quarterly comprehensive audits of all retirement plans
• Develop and implement annual financial wellness and retirement education and engagement calendar of activities
• Ensures accurate eligibility and enrollment of all eligible participants and ensures both the employee and the employer contribution levels are accurate based upon years of service
• Prepares plan documents as needed including notices and amendment, including administration procedures and guidelines
• and manages all participant communications
• Develops audit protocols for all benefit and retirement programs
• Stays current and maintains up-to-date industry knowledge via outside reading as well as attendance at educational seminars and classes
• Responsible for creating/delivering all retirement and financial wellness related programs and communications, education series related to financial wellness or retirement benefits, and leading integrations/acquisitions
• Will be responsible for a variety of other programs and benefit offerings related to financial wellness including an employee discount program at a local and national level, earned wage access program, tuition reimbursement and certifications, back-up childcare offerings, and other potential future programs including an employee recognition and appreciation program

• Bachelors Degree in related field of study from an accredited college or university
• 5 or more years of experience with direct responsibility for the administration of retirement plans
• Experience and understanding of Third-Party Administrator, Plan Sponsor, broker, investment, fiduciary and participant roles and responsibilities in qualified plans
• Experience and understanding of eligibility, enrollment, contribution, match, forfeitures, testing, correction and plan documents
• Demonstrated expertise with standard concepts, practices, and procedures related to defined contribution plan administration, management and governance
• Strong excel skills to write and create reports, analyze reports, manipulate data, prepare contribution files, audit to ensure accuracy of contribution files
• Strong financial acumen, aptitude for data and numbers, and extremely organized and detail oriented
• Excellent computer skills, expert level user with Microsoft Office
• Proficient user of retirement program software and other types of benefit management systems, and various types of data base management systems
• Excellent written and verbal skills, strong analytical and interpretive skills
• Outstanding interpersonal skills with an ability to work within a team environment and receive high customer satisfaction ratings
• Ability to handle work-related stress and thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously

Preferred advanced knowledge of Employee Retirement Income and Security Act, Department of Labor and Internal Revenue Service regulatory issues