Consultant, Benefits Planning - DB Pension and Retiree Medical

If you’re passionate about becoming a Nationwide associate and believe you have the potential to be something great, let’s talk. At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated defined benefit pension enthusiast to join our team. The role requires an organized and detail-oriented professional with exceptional analytical skills and a proactive mindset. The candidate should possess extensive knowledge of pension benefits and governmental/legislative regulations (ERISA, DOL, and IRS Regulations) and demonstrate the ability to multi-task and prioritize effectively. Experience with defined benefit pension administration is strongly preferred, including in depth experience with pension benefit calculations. A pension actuarial background is also preferred.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Assist Retirement Director: Provide support to the Retirement Director in various complex tasks and projects as needed, contributing to the overall success of the retirement team.
• Monitor Pension Operations: Ensure the operational accuracy and compliance of Nationwide’s qualified and non-qualified defined benefit pension plans and retiree medical programs. Oversee and monitor operational policies, procedures and standards to maintain high-quality administration.
• Analyze Data: Perform and validate complex defined benefit pension calculations using Microsoft Excel, ensuring accuracy and compliance with plan provisions.  Utilize knowledge of various employee pension programs and operational knowledge of actuarial principles.
• Plan Document Review: Collaborate closely with legal partners to update/review plan documents, summary plan descriptions and amendments, ensuring all documentation is current and compliant.
• Presentation Development: Assist the Retirement Director with the preparation of presentations for settlor/fiduciary meetings.   
• Address Inquiries: Work collaboratively with internal teams and vendors to resolve pension and retirement-related inquiries, providing clear and accurate information.

This Columbus based hybrid role is compensation grade G3.

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Job Description Summary

Our work supports healthier, more secure and productive lives, allowing associates and retirees focus on their work or on enjoying their retirement. As is true throughout Nationwide, outstanding customer service is our standard. If you value being able to help people when they most need it, by providing and communicating a competitive benefits program for a diverse, engaged workforce, we want to know more about you!

As a Consultant, you'll lead the design, development and implementation of benefit plans, policies and programs, both qualified and non-qualified. In addition, you'll handle significant project implementations related to comprehensive benefit plan and delivery changes. You'll have day-to-day responsibility for the oversight of and working relationship with multiple vendor partnerships. In addition, there will be opportunities to provide strategic consultation to management about changes or innovative ways to address benefits and human resource issues.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities: 

• Researches, benchmarks, analyzes, and develops modifications to benefit programs to meet identified objectives and needs for the organization, to maintain benefit plan competitiveness and to align with legislative requirements. Areas of research include: accident and health insurance, retirement and pension plans, income continuance, holidays and vacation, tax-qualified, non-qualified/executive, welfare, payroll-based, and others programs as legislated or developed. 

• Participates in the management of all vendors and suppliers of benefit related services, including negotiating contracts, performance measuring and monitoring and implementing administrative processes. 

• Oversight of a team of vendor managers handling day-to-day relationships with benefit plan vendors, process improvements and resolution