Retirement Plan Advisor

Retirement Plan Advisor

Rochester, Buffalo, or Syracuse, NY

JK Executive Strategies is proud to partner with a national financial services company in search of a Retirement Plan Advisor to join its growing Rochester, NY team!

Our client is committed to impacting their client’s financial health while never compromising their values. The Retirement Plan Adviser will lead the client relationship, providing proactive client service in all phases of client relationship management. The Retirement Plan Adviser’s primary focus is to support the Plan Sponsor / Retirement Plan Committee by providing fiduciary and plan design guidance while supporting resolution to complex and challenging technical issues. The Retirement Plan Adviser also supports improving such plan metrics as employee participation, deferral rates, and investment diversification in support of positive participant outcomes.

If you are someone that strives to make a difference in your clients’ financial future and enjoy working in a dynamic, fast-paced, goal-oriented environment, with opportunity for advancement, then this is the opportunity for you!

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain positive relationships with plan sponsors and / or participants and maintain caseload of small to mid-size clients.
• Play lead role during plan review meetings, typically presenting the following : Plan Summary, Legislative Updates, Fiduciary Training, Plan expense analysis, Fund and Investment Overview, Communication and Education history and opportunities.
• Promote, educate, facilitate, and implement plan design and investment program changes to accommodate client’s goals and objectives.
• Support client fiduciary matters including coordinating annual compliance notifications with external service partners, such as 408b2 / 404a5 notices, safe-harbor, QDIA notices, etc. and maintaining copies in a web-based portal.
• Facilitate the plan setup conversion / on boarding process and ongoing administration of the Plan; Partner with external service partners on the setup of new and converted plans and fund exchanges. Activities include sample plan documents, kick-off meetings, documentation, timelines, etc.
• Oversee the ongoing administration, reporting, processing and / or problem resolution for our clients; effectively leverage knowledge and resources of organization and external service partners’ infrastructure to complete tasks and resolve issues.
• Provide advice and serve as a professional resource to internal staff and external clients by communicating pension related technical knowledge efficiently and effectively through correspondence, presentations and or consultation with clients.
• Prepare communication to external service partners regarding plan set up, reporting, annual review, etc.; response to questions / requests, and obtain information necessary to accomplish primary objectives.
• Provide exceptional client service, consulting on client inquiries, researching and resolving issues, and providing technical expertise on plan and regulatory issues.
• Develop employee education and communications programs and implement across all plans.
• Conduct large and small group employee presentations and individual participant one on one meetings.
• Troubleshoot plan and participant issues.
• Triage / delegate issues with corresponding documentation appropriately when unable to resolve independently. Close the loop with others when delegating the responsibility for resolution to external providers or internal resources.
• Obtain signed copies of all plan-related legal documents and distribute as appropriate.
• Seek to improve the organization’s profitability by managing client relationships.
• Review compliance testing and 5500 preparations as needed.
• Identify opportunities to refer business to the Firm’s Wealth Management Adviser team when appropriate.
• Assist with other tasks and projects as assigned.

Requirements

Salary Range

JK Executive Strategies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of JK Executive Strategies to provide equal opportunity in employment and conditions of employment to all individuals regardless of age, race, color, religious beliefs, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, veteran or military status, disability, pregnancy-related condition, predisposing genetic characteristics, genetic information, marital status, familial status, prior arrest, domestic violence victim status, non-job related convictions, participation in lawful activities outside of our workplace, or any other status protected by law.

Salary : $100,000 - $120,000