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Fishers, In, Us

Fishers, Indiana, United States

Fishers, Indiana, United States

• Client contact for 120-140 clients. Plan size ranging from Solo(k) to large plans. Consult with clients to ensure optimal plan design for company goals, employee needs, and retirement plan budget. Plan types include 401(k), Safe Harbor Match, Safe Harbor Non-Elective, QACA and cross tested profit sharing allocations.• Lead annual client plan reviews to explain compliance testing, allocations, and the impact of any desired changes.• Assist clients from ongoing administration to completion of year end data collection. Serve as plan client and financial advisor contact to coordinate between various Nova departments. Also answered auditor questions and assisted with Form 5500 filing. Used PensionPro to ensure filing deadlines are met for assigned clients.

Fishers, In (Home Office)

• Client contact for 180-200 clients. Plan size ranging from single to multiple employer plan with more than 140 plans involved. Including cross tested profit sharing, 401(k), and cash balance.• Used PensionPro to ensure filing deadlines are met for assigned clients.• Serve on Kaizen Team, helping cultivate solutions to reduce pain points for staff and clients and driving efficiency.

Bloomington And Carmel, Indiana Area

Directing plan design consultation process, onboarding new business, leading special plan correction projects, advising on technical qualified plan corrections, building client and financial advisor relationships, compliance, plan reviews, assessing annual reports, government reporting, and plan administration for extensive client base. Participated in the Edward Jones TPA Alliance Program process. Key achievements include:• Led internal team and external expert resources through two significant EPCRS correction projects, delivering billings in excess of $50,000;• Created and presented innovative proposals for potential clients and financial advisors, resulting in 10 new clients who generated over $25,000 in annualized revenue;• Served on the Southern Indiana Brand and Carmel/Southern Indiana Management Teams, making strategic connections with peers to accelerate Blue Benefits Consulting’s brand and advantageous market position;• Annual plan review with clients to explain operations, allocations, and the impact of any desired changes.• Created service agreements and plan documents designed to fit the client’s needs and desires.• Co-authored three articles for the Journal of Pension Benefits, focused on Hardship Distributions, Collecting Annual Census and Our Firm’s Hardship Distribution Process based on recent law changes.

Fishers, In

Provided a one day turn-around answering customer technical questions regarding 401(k) (including Safe Harbor and Roth), Employee Stock Ownership Plans and other qualified retirement plans. Topics included: Administration: allocations (integrated, cross-tested), distributions (early, hardship and corrective), eligibility, forfeitures, HCE and Key Employee Determination, loans, plan document issues, plan expenses, plan termination, QDRO’s, short plan years, and vesting.Testing: coverage, discrimination, and top heavy Correction Programs: DFVCP and EPCRS• Served as a member of the Retirement Plan Industry team responsible for product development. Suggestion to integrate the FT William Form 5500 software with the 5500 Preparer’s Manual was implemented resulting in greater customer satisfaction.• Submitted content based on customer questions and in some cases new regulations to the Technical Answer Group website to make our product more accurate and efficient for us and our customers.

Indianapolis, In

Consulted with 65-95 clients and coordinated qualified plan administration using Omni administration and Relius plan document software. • Conducted Census Workshops in Fort Wayne and Carmel in January 2006 and in Boston January 2007 and 2008 where customers were taught how to upload their census information for processing. • Facilitator and member of Plan Services Consultant Roundtable, served on Census, Safe Harbor, and Forms Committees. This roundtable included employees from all of the service areas of defined contribution retirement plans and allowed us to be more efficient internally and for our customers. • Applied otherwise excludable testing to my plans for ADP / ACP Testing which was implemented department wide allowing the company to keep millions of dollars of assets under management.

Charlottesville, Va

Administered Balance Forward Defined Contribution Plans using Relius Software• Researched and chose Pension Online Illustration software for use in creating illustrations. Using the illustration software convinced several clients to convert to alternative allocation formulas that were more appropriate for them and also used the illustration software to bring in new business.

Charlottesville, Va

Administered 30-40 Defined Contribution Plans ranging in size 20-2,500 participants, mostly Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) using DC Val / Wystar software• Developed checklist and trained administrators on use of census scrubbing software allowing us to be more efficient and provide excellent customer service and accurate data to our clients.• Selected as Training Class Coordinator and teacher for Plan Administrators• Increased annual billings each year to $300,000

Greensboro, Nc

Administered 55 plans (80 allocations) ranging in size from 2-850 participants using Datair Software• Established and taught Training Classes

Greensboro, Nc

Mathematics Rookie of the Year 1992-1993 Greensboro Public School System

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mathematics Teacher Education

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