Senior Associate, Retirement Plan Administration

Senior Associate, Retirement Plan Administration

Vestwell is the financial technology company powering the new savings economy. The New York City-based fintech platform redefines how people save for the critical aspects of life across retirement, education, and healthcare savings needs. Today, Vestwell enables over 350,000 businesses and nearly 1.5 million active savers, with over $30 billion in assets saved across all 50 United States.

Vestwell offers a range of products, including workplace-delivered retirement plans, employer-offered student loan repayment benefits, and various savings accounts for education, emergencies, and individuals with disabilities.

The Retirement Plan Administration (RPA) team is responsible for the compliance testing, government reporting, plan terminations, and retirement plan compliance for Vestwell's bundled clients. Part of the team focuses on administration for our large plans and the other part works on small plans. We are looking for someone to join our large plan / audit team.

This team is the go-to subject matter experts on qualified retirement plan rules and operations - often operating as an internal consulting group, defining and guiding retirement plan specific strategic, operational and product improvements across the company. The team ensures cross-functional alignment in iterating and executing the annual retirement plan administration process, overseeing the retirement plan compliance of Vestwell's clients and driving product improvements.

The RPA team is seeking an experienced retirement plan administrator to join our audit team. This team handles the administration of our large plans. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in DC plan administration and has worked with sponsors on IQPA audits. The candidate should be a motivated individual who is able to manage their own block of responsibilities, confidently answer retirement plan questions externally and collaborate with the team to improve workstreams.

What will you be doing?

• Preparation of Form 5500 and related schedules
• Assist the Plan Sponsor with IQPA audits
• Year-end testing for large DC plans
• Answer questions from the client service team on retirement plan subjects
• Provide consulting services to sponsor, advisors and IQPA auditors as needed

Requirements

The expected salary range for this position is $80k-$90k. Please note that salary bands are based on NY and other similar metro areas and may differ based on where the role is ultimately hired.

Our benefits

We're a growth stage startup with lots of exciting milestones ahead. We value health and wellness at Vestwell and in addition to a dedicated Employee Wellbeing Committee, we offer competitive health coverage and generous vacation offering. We have adopted a hybrid office policy, but all employees are welcome at our bright, comfortable office with many workspace options in midtown Manhattan so everyone has a setting that is the most productive for them. We provide our team with all the equipment they need (plus a few perks!) to work effectively remotely. Oh, and naturally we have a great 401(k) plan!

Our process

It starts the same for every candidate : getting to know the team members through 1 - 2 conversations about Vestwell, your experience, and your interests. Next steps can vary by role, but the usual next steps are a skill or experience screen (e.g. a coding interview for an Engineer, a portfolio review for a Designer, deeper experience call for other roles) which leads to a virtual or in-person interview panel after that if the screens go well. Before making an offer, our interview process concludes with a references check stage for your recruiter to meet with a current or former supervisor and peer. We prioritize transparency and lack of surprise throughout the process.