Christopher J. Wharton Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Partner with Investment Professionals, Plan Sponsors, Third Party Administrators and Recordkeepers to facilitate regulatory guidance, issue resolution, distribution processing, enrollment materials and ad hoc reporting upon request. • Collaborate with Third Party Administrators with annual compliance testing by providing annual recordkeeping reporting which includes participant aggregate rollup reports, Schedule A, Schedule C and loan reports along with reminding our mutual Plan Sponsors to provide annual salary and census information. • Accurately answer participant inquiries about loans, loan refinancing, hardship distributions requirements, in-service distribution, and available options when separating from service. • Consult and provide guidance on new business acquisitions through plan design, generation of legal contracts, plan interface, preparation and distribution of disclosure notices, processing of received plan deconversion reports, plan sponsor onboarding and scheduling, and conducting virtual participant enrollment meetings. • Proactively work to retain existing business by advocating on behalf of the Investment Professional and Plan Sponsor to the Recordkeeper for plan pricing reductions or through benchmarking reporting for product conversions.

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Wholesaling Group Retirement Plans; 401(k) and 403(b) to Investment Professionals within the small to medium size business market with a target goal of $120 million in new assets for 2016. • Routinely followed up with Investment Professionals on outstanding proposals, supply additional information as requested, and deliver a value add to our conversation in the form of regulatory changes, new product updates or plan design illustrations.• Performed Point of Sale meetings via conference call or GoToMeeting, with the Investment Professional and Plan Sponsor to discuss the Nationwide story, cost structure, services, and plan design illustrations.• Actively worked to build strong and meaningful relationships with Investment Professionals, Third Party Administrators, and Plan Sponsors through being a partner and resource in the business.• Analyzed other vendor proposals, existing plan 408(b)2 or 404(a)5 disclosure reports, and proposed investments, and any regulatory information that is supplied by the Investment Professional to benchmark the existing plan cost and investments against a Nationwide solution.

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Provided sales and service support to Investment Professionals, Broker Dealers, Money Managers, and Third Party Administrators related to case oriented questions and sales opportunities.• Uncovered proposal leads utilizing the ‘Sales Process’ to evaluate the Investment Professional’s experience within group retirement industry and the level of knowledge of our product offerings.• Educated Investment Professionals on the available retirement products offered.• Prepared and presented proposals to the Investment Professional and the Third Party Administrator for use with the prospective client.• Equipped Investment Professionals with sales and marketing materials or ad hoc reports for review during plan sponsor meetings.

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Provided customer service by suggestive selling of merchandise based on the customer’s needs. • Cross-sold profitable house brand products over leading name brand products. • Assisted manager in the areas of processing new weekly inventory to the sales floor, and routinely checked inventory.

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Researched statewide candidates through managing internal databases and websites.• Performed on demand research and analysis reports on current issues and opposition candidates.• Assisted with the planning, compilation and distribution of 2008 training candidate manuals for weekend educational seminars.

Bachelor’S Degree, Business Administration, And Marketing

Business Administration