Assistant Retirement Benefits Examiner

City of New York • New York, NY

6d • $48,097 - $55,312 • Onsite

About The Position

The New York City Employees’ Retirement System (NYCERS) is recruiting for one (1) Full-Time Assistant Retirement Benefits Examiner in the Eligibility & Vesting unit within the Retirement & Pension Benefits Division. Their duties include the following

Requirements

• An associate degree or completion of 60 credits from an accredited college, including or supplemented by 9 credits in mathematics, statistics, accounting, and/or actuarial science; or
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and two years of satisfactory full-time experience performing mathematical, statistical, actuarial or accounting computations in one or more of the following: a) a retirement or employee benefits plan; b) customer service in a financial institution; and/or c) in a position requiring the application of laws, rules and regulations and the use of statistical, actuarial or similar tables; or
• A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience equivalent to “1" or “2" above. College education may be substituted for experience in “2" above on the basis that 30 semester credits from an accredited college may be substituted for each year of required experience. However, all candidates must posses a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and either 9 semester credits in mathematics, statistics, accounting and/or actuarial science from an accredited college or one year of experience as described in “2" above.

Responsibilities

• Work, review and calculate years of service.
• Check account balances and required contributions.
• Review retirement applications forms and/or any related materials for completeness and accuracy.
• Update member’s retirement information on data and into the appropriated PROD system.
• Communicate and obtain information from/to pensioners, other city and state agencies, NYCERS’ work units, and/or other retirement systems.
• Perform a variety of administrative tasks.
• Review and maintain work items including transferring, pending, taking ownership and closing items in NYCEPAS system.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree