Pension Benefit Consultant

Fidelity • Merrimack, NH

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Pension Benefit Consultant is the lead Defined Benefit specialist responsible for understanding and documenting our client’s DB Plan benefit calculation provisions and working with the internal Fidelity project team, including developers, data analysts, and project management, to test and deliver requirements and calculation engine to our ongoing operations team. This position works directly with clients. The Pension Benefit Consultant’s expertise and work directly leads to correct and timely pension calculations being available for millions of DB Plan participants. The Pension Benefit Consultant uses their deep DB expertise to build a link between the client and internal Fidelity resources over which they carry DB knowledge. The PBC is the go-to resource among the project team for all DB-specific matters. The PBC builds confidence with clients that Fidelity will operate their DB Plans accurately.

Requirements

• Extensive expertise with Defined Benefit Pension Plans, ideally 10+ years, having worked with a wide variety of DB Plans and features
• Work within a project matrix, able to handle time effectively
• Working understanding of pension laws and regulations
• Ability to document the benefits of a DB plan in extensive, complete detail
• Experience actively gathering information from clients and third parties, framing questions, covering all possible scenarios under the DB Plans
• Ability to create and review test cases to highlight whether the computer is performing DB calculations accurately in all conceivable situations
• Experience consulting with clients about DB Plan issues, design features, inputs and outcomes
• Experience problem solving, and finding solutions all parties can move forwards with
• Project leadership skills, ability to communicate progress/obstacles, move forwards on time and on budget
• Experience working directly with, or personally programming, DB calculation or valuation systems, and related spreadsheets
• Ability to work effectively on your own, and at the same time as part of a large internal and external team, often from a remote work situation
• Ability to detect and surface problems and obstacles and lead the team to resolution

Nice To Haves

• Actuarial designations (EA, ASA) a plus but not required

Responsibilities

• Demonstrating your DB expertise to help others at Fidelity do their jobs across the large project team
• Owning the discovery and learning of the mechanics of how the client’s DB Plans operate directly with clients and their representatives
• Reading client plan documents, sample calculations, SPDs, valuation file specifications
• Leading client review meetings and conference calls and issue resolution
• Showing the client you have gained full knowledge of their DB Plans and building their confidence in Fidelity
• Crafting a comprehensive test plan to ensure DB participant calculations are accurate
• Working with developers to debug and certify the DB participant benefit calculations in their entirety
• Working with data analysts to validate the client participant data is correct and complete, and to identify any gaps
• Training the ongoing operations team in all DB calculation aspects, so they can carry the client going forwards

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees