PRIMARY FUNCTION: The Manager, Retirement Programs is responsible for the administration and compliance of all Jefferson defined contribution and defined benefit retirement plans. This position is also responsible for oversight of related retirement plan vendor activity, supervision and directing staff work, and communications with plan participants.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Responsible for the administration of the Defined Contribution and Defined Benefit Pension Plans. Ensures that the data is appropriately maintained for accuracy and compliance. Responsible for the timely submission of funds to investment firms and/or plan trustees. Ensures appropriate reporting and disclosure requirements under ERISA are followed.
• Ensures PeopleSoft programming and automated reporting is modified on a timely basis to accommodate plan design changes, additions and inclusions of new entities.
• Oversees biweekly payroll reconcilement to ensure funds are remitted to Defined Contribution Record keeper in accurate and timely manner.
• Serves as liaison to Defined Benefit Plan Administrator and Defined Contribution Plan Record keeper to ensure that plan administration is proceeding appropriately; conducts quarterly stewardship meetings to ensure same.
• Organizes and reviews information for all Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Retirement plan audits, IRS filings and PBGC premium payments.
• Serves as liaison to vendors and consultants supporting the administration of the Defined Contribution and Defined Benefit Pension Plans and ensures timely and accurate payment of invoices and fees.
• Interacts with plan participants, co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the core values of the Jefferson.

bull; SPHR Preferred

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6 years retirement plan administration (defined contribution and defined benefit) experience required

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Experience with Excel, Word required. PeopleSoft experience highly preferred.

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Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.

Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.

Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnetreg;-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.

Jeffersonrsquo;s mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
• OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
• OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold amp; Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

As an employer, Jeffersonmaintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.