Associate Retirement Benefits Examiner, Level 1

Company Description

Job Description

The New York City Employees’ Retirement System (NYCERS) is recruiting for one (1) Full-Time Associate Retirement Benefits Examiner, Level 1 in the Benefits Certification/ Edit & Annuity unit within the Retirement & Pension Benefits Division. Their duties include the following:
Key Responsibilities
- Process edit and annuity calculations to generate option letter.
- Review Directives, forms, applications and/or other related materials for completeness and accuracy within the unit's established goals.
- Update pensioner’s data into the appropriate computer system.
- Train new staff by orienting them to work activities and providing them with advice and guidance in accomplishing assigned work activities.
- Provide information to members, pensioners, beneficiaries, other NYCERS' work units, and/or other agencies within the Unit's established goals.
- Check and/or perform a variety of administrative tasks such as generating adhoc letters, creating work items and attaching documents into NYCEPAS system, for use within the unit's established goals.
- Respond to Client Service requests and inquiries.
- Contribute ideas including active participation in the LRP project discussions and provide constructive feedback, as necessary.

ASSOCIATE RETIREMENT BENEFITS - 40493

Qualifications

1. An associate degree or completion of 60 semester credits from an accredited college or university, including or supplemented by 9 semester credits in mathematics, statistics, accounting and/or actuarial science 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) for customer service in a financial institution; and/or c) in a position requiring the application of law, rules and regulations and the use of statistical, actuarial or similar tables; or

2. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and four years of the experience described in "1" above. Each 15 semester credits from an accredited college including at least 3 credits in the areas described in "1" above may be substituted for each 6 months of experience to a maximum of 2 years experience. All candidates must have a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and at least 2 years of experience as described in "1" above.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.