Pension Retirement Plan Specialist

**This position is located in Cypress, CA

Southern California United Food & Commercial Workers Unions & Food Employers Joint Benefit Funds Administration, LLC (The Funds) were created more than 40 years ago as a result of collective bargaining between the Southern California Retail Food Employers and the Southern California UFCW Union Locals. The Funds serve in excess of 100,000 participants! There are two Funds, the Pension Fund and the Benefit Fund--through which member retirement and health and welfare benefits are provided.

The Funds Office is currently searching for a supportive Pension Retirement Plan Specialist, to join our growing Pension Department. In this member facing role, you will be responsible for customer service and administrative duties that support the defined benefit pension plan. The Pension Analyst will process pension requests that comply with the plan's written provisions, administrative policies including perform benefit calculations and create participant statements. This position is subject to Collective Bargaining.

General Responsibilities:

1. Professionally and effectively communicate with plan participants, Local Union representatives and employer representatives, in person, on the telephone, email, or US mail

2. Meet with visitors and provide customer service by answering questions and responding to inquiries

3. Provide accurate and timely pension benefit calculations for plan participants. Accurately process and review benefit pension calculations and ensure accuracy of system-generated calculations.

4. Review and verify benefit calculations prepared by other analysts

5. Ensure check runs are accurately balanced

6. Provide pension-related forms, brochures and other materials to plan participants, beneficiaries and Local Union representatives

7. Maintain current department knowledge of plan documents, summaries of plan provisions and other plan materials.

8. Maintain internal production expectations, including: quality of processed pension plan applications, quantity of pension applications

9. Meet or exceed established department production standards on a weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis

10. Accurately update internal systems with new retirement information including updates to existing retirement records, participant data and pension data

11. Recommend process improvements for internal workflow, system processes and updates to benefit plans

12. Successfully complete work assignments within quality, quantity and timeframe expectations and department standards

13. Coordinate training with department employees when possible

14. Regular and consistent attendance

Qualifications:

· High School diploma or GED required

· Bachelor’s degree Business Administration, Mathematics or related field or a combination of education and experience

· Able to utilize MS Office (Excel, Word and Outlook) required

· Stellar customer service skills with the ability to build rapport with members

· Able to manage multiple projects with various deadlines strongly desired

· Communicate professionally with beneficiaries, families and internal teams and follow up for satisfactory resolution

The Funds is an equal employment opportunity employer and no candidate for employment will be rejected on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, or sex. Candidates with physical impairments or limitations will be considered to the extent it can be reasonably demonstrated that the duties and responsibilities can be effectively performed without endangering the individual, colleagues or surroundings.

The Funds offers exceptional benefit packages that includes a 401(K) plan, pension plan, vacation, holiday, education reimbursement and much more!