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Veolia North America · 2 days ago
Retirement & Financial Benefits Program Manager
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
8+ years exp
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Responsibilities
Manage, develop, and deliver employee qualified and nonqualified retirement programs and other financial benefits and education.
Lead project management for planning of acquired companies &/or M&A, oversee the project and implementation of competitive harmonized retirement benefits.
Partner with ERISA counsel and vendors to ensure compliance requirements meet or exceed for all retirement plans including providing guidance regarding new or existing DOL and IRS regulations relating to plan audits, financial reporting, government form filings (e.g., Form 5500), funding notices (SAR/AFN) and reporting, SPD/plan amendments etc.
Maintain awareness of current retirement benefits programs, market trends, legislative, tax, and social changes. Assess impact to the Company’s programs and design, advise senior leadership on recommended improvements and necessary updates, and manage implementation of changes as needed.
Lead the communication/marketing of benefits programs to ensure that the financial investment is optimized through employee understanding, attraction and retention.
Develop fiscal year budget for all program costs. Accountable for tracking plan costs on monthly, quarterly and/or annual basis.
Serve as liaison and manage relationships with investment advisors with regard to investment management, quarterly fiduciary meetings, etc.
Coordinate fiduciary meetings, non-discrimination testing, audits and/or any other matters related to retirement & financial benefit plans to ensure compliant plan management.
Design, develop, monitor, and analyze benchmarking data and other metrics relevant to retirement and financial benefits.
Partner with People (HR) Services & HRIS to provide guidance and support timely day to day matters &/or corrections.
Evaluate, recommend and select retirement and/or financial benefit providers. Make recommendations and act as a key facilitator for decisions in negotiations with benefit providers, auditors and consultants for services.
Provide leadership for projects and initiatives with cross functional areas, such as internal shared services, other members of the benefits’ team, and/or outside vendors.
Collaborate with HR partners to ensure a good understanding of programs and policies and to ensure coordination across groups.
Serve as an internal consultant and expert on benefit practices and processes.
Ensure programs and processes are documented, appropriately administered and that the highest standards of service and compliance are regularly met.
Serve in a consultative role for Canadian benefits team.
Qualification
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Required
BA or BS in a related area or equivalent experience required; graduate degree preferred.
8+ plus years of experience with a strong background in design, development, and delivery of retirement benefit programs for large companies. Combination corporate & consulting experience preferred. Combined with 2+ years of M&A activities.
Experience merging & managing complex qualified and non-qualified defined benefits (DB) and defined contribution (DC) plans for acquired companies is required. Experience working with multiple unions/plan designs preferred.
Demonstrated experience with HRIS & pension administration software experience required.
Experience in working in an environment with HR Shared Services or outsourced HR Operations.
Experience in administration of both pension & 401k Defined Benefits (DB) & Defined Contribution (DC) retirement plans.
Comprehensive knowledge of retirement benefit plan principles and practices, as well as state and federal government regulations, compliance & operations.
Strong analytical skills and understanding of retirement actuarial concepts and problem-solving skills, to assess, identify problems and escalate when necessary.
A track record of building strong relationships and people partnership skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills to participants, vendor partners and broad level of internal stakeholders.
High level of attention to detail.
Proven ability to develop and monitor processes to ensure plan management is of the highest quality.
Proven project management skills.
Excellent capability to utilize Google Suite products such as Google Doc, Google Sheets & Google Slides.
Strong ability to present information in an objective and logical manner for effective decision making as well as strong negotiation and influencing ability.
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented, "hands-on" environment.
Ability to maintain confidential information.
Preferred
Specialty retirement, compensation and/or benefits certification preferred.
Knowledge of Canadian benefit plans an asset.
Benefits
Paid time off policies
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Employer sponsored 401(k) plan
Company
Veolia North America
Veolia North America designs, develops, and provides water, waste, and energy management solutions. It is a sub-organization of Veolia Environmental Solutions.
5,001-10,000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2023 (6)
2022 (10)
2021 (11)
2020 (20)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Bob Cappadona
President and CEO at Veolia North America
Christina DeLago
Chief of Staff - CEO
Recent News
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2023-10-12
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