Job Summary
Manage a select group of qualified and nonqualified retirement plans, which may include all aspects of plan design, overseeing day to day administration, trust accounting, participant notices, plan documents, compliance testing, and leading a team of analysts. Continuously gain knowledge of the retirement plan industry through ongoing education.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
growth and expansion of consulting skills and experiences
Knowledge of
Excellent problem solving including an ability to independently research and determine strategies to solve client needs
Experience fostering client relationships
Operating standard office equipment and using required software applications, including Microsoft Office and established databases
Knowledge of the Omni recordkeeping system
Basic scripting
Experience with rate group testing, earned income calculations, and other advanced types of compliance testing
Experience with retirement plan conversions, acquisitions, and divestitures
Skill in
Providing excellent customer service
Critical thinking
Communicating effectively, both orally and in writing
Ability to
Perform complex compliance testing, discuss plan design, prepare annual reports, and complete DOL and IRS forms
Prioritize, work independently and drive tasks to completion
Lead project teams and function with multiple tasks and deadlines concurrently
Handle multiple ongoing projects
Conduct meetings with client senior leadership
Education/Previous Experience
Bachelor%26rsquos degree, preferably in Mathematics or Business Administration and
5 %26ndash 7 years of experience in the retirement field including consulting with clients
Licenses/Certifications
QKA or QPA designation preferred
Travel Required
Minimal
Compensation
$80,000 - $110,000
Competitive benefits package
For more information about Raymond James %26amp Associates (RJA) and Northwest Plan Services (NWPS), please visit: https://www.nwpsbenefits.com/
About NWPS:
Acquired by Raymond James on December 24, 2020, NWPS Holdings, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries doing business as NWPS and Northwest Plan Services provide retirement plan administration services, recordkeeping, consulting, actuarial, compliance and participant services. Based in Seattle, Washington, NWPS provides high-quality service to benefit plan sponsors, participants and advisors and is committed to serving its clients. NWPS has over 1,100 clients nation-wide with over 417,000 plan participants and over $44 billion of assets under administration.
About Raymond James:
Founded in 1962 and a public company since 1983, Raymond James Financial, Inc. is a Florida-based diversified holding company providing financial services to individuals, corporations and municipalities through its subsidiary companies engaged primarily in investment and financial planning, in addition to capital markets and asset management. The firm's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (RJF).
Through its three broker/dealer subsidiaries, Raymond James Financial has approximately 8,800 financial advisors throughout the United States, Canada and overseas. Total client assets are $1.57 trillion.
Raymond James has been recognized nationally for its community support and corporate philanthropy. The company has been ranked as one of the best in the country in customer service, as a great place to work and as a national leader in support of the arts.
At Raymond James our associates use five guiding behaviors (Develop, Collaborate, Decide, Deliver, Improve) to deliver on the firm%26#39s core values of client-first, integrity, independence and a conservative, long-term view.
We expect our associates at all levels to:
Grow professionally and inspire others to do the same
Work with and through others to achieve desired outcomes
Make prompt, pragmatic choices and act with the client in mind
Take ownership and hold themselves and others accountable for delivering results that matter
Contribute to the continuous evolution of the firm