Michael Guess Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco, Ca

Under general supervision, performs professional benefits work for the San Francisco City and County Employees' Retirement System and performs related duties as required. Computes and verifies the computation of employees' retirement and death benefits. Assists in establishing procedures relative to payment of retirement benefits. Monitors and conducts the research and analysis of retirement records to determine benefits payable. 1. Calculates service credits for service, vesting and disability retirements. Computes retirement benefit payable to a retiree and determines the retirement benefit adjustments under appropriate survivor benefit plans. Verifies calculations of death benefits.2. Compiles data for revising retirement contribution rates. Assists in establishing procedures to conform with changes in legislation governing retirement and death benefit payments.3. May direct the activities of subordinate staff engaged in compiling service credit data from payroll and personnel records.4. Provides information to Retirement System members and retirees on various retirement benefit matters, including maintenance of records of beneficiaries, benefit taxation requirements, and tax withholding procedures. Initiates inquiries to ascertain status of local retirees.5. Counsels active and retired members on retirement benefits in person, in writing or over the telephone. Enrolls new employees in system membership and explains benefit entitlements and options. Interviews and counsels active members who are retiring and completes the retirement application package.

Under direction, performs complex and difficult professional benefits work for the City's Health, Dental, Disability and Dependent Care Assistance programs or the City's Retirement Program; supervises professional and technical benefits staff engaged in benefit calculations, enrollments, claims and payments in the Retirement System or Health Service System; plans, implements and supervises special projects in an assigned benefit program.1. Supervise a staff of benefits technicians, clerks and professional benefits analysts engaged in health, dental and disability insurance activities or pension program activities, such as calculating benefits, membership counseling services, membership enrollment and termination, and medical claim processing.2. May plan, implement and supervise special projects within an assigned unit.3. Reviews and investigates more complex and difficult cases of an assigned program area.4. Trains and orients new employees in work procedures, public relations, and departmental procedures and policies.5. Assists staff in answering questions or making eligibility determinations on the more difficult and controversial retirement benefits or health claims.6. Reviews and implements operational procedures; reviews and implements legislative changes relative to the benefit program; apply existing City Charter and Administrative Code provisions related to the assigned benefit program.7. Compiles and evaluates statistical and other data to prepare various reports.8. Contacts City departments, employees, employee representatives, other government agencies and various private entities to furnish and/or obtain information on specialized employee benefit matters.

San Francisco Bay Area

Under general supervision, performs professional benefits work for the San Francisco City and County Employees' Retirement System and performs related duties as required. Computes and verifies the computation of employees' retirement and death benefits. Assists in establishing procedures relative to payment of retirement benefits. Monitors and conducts the research and analysis of retirement records to determine benefits payable.1. Calculates service credits for service, vesting and disability retirements. Computes retirement benefit payable to a retiree and determines the retirement benefit adjustments under appropriate survivor benefit plans. Verifies calculations of death benefits.2. Compiles data for revising retirement contribution rates. Assists in establishing procedures to conform with changes in legislation governing retirement and death benefit payments.3. May direct the activities of subordinate staff engaged in compiling service credit data from payroll and personnel records.4. Provides information to Retirement System members and retirees on various retirement benefit matters, including maintenance of records of beneficiaries, benefit taxation requirements, and tax withholding procedures. Initiates inquiries to ascertain status of local retirees.5. Counsels active and retired members on retirement benefits in person, in writing or over the telephone. Enrolls new employees in system membership and explains benefit entitlements and options. Interviews and counsels active members who are retiring and completes the retirement application package.

San Francisco Bay Area

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