• Associate Retirement Benefits Examiner, Level 1

    City of New York (New York, NY)


    Job Description

    The New York City Employees’ Retirement System is recruiting for one (1) Full-time Associate Retirement Benefits Examiner, Level 1 in the Survivor Benefits Unit within the Retirement and Pension Benefits Division. The selected candidate will be responsible for the following:

     

    - Check forms/applications, and/or other related materials for completeness and accuracy.

     

    - Review calculations for various types of cases, such as Active/Pension Lump sum, Single Life and Optional Benefits.

     

    - Check, update and retrieve pensioners/members/beneficiary data and information from/into a variety of resources and computer systems (i.e. PROD, NBNF, SLFM and NYCEPAS).

     

    - Review and/or perform a variety of administrative tasks such as payment verification, payroll certifications, typing letters, preparing documents for imaging, exporting scanned documents, creating a file for each case, and preparing various listings.

     

    - Communicate, obtain, and provide information from members, agencies, beneficiaries, other NYCERS’ work units, and/or other retirement systems.

     

    - Determine pensioners/members beneficiaries and benefits to be paid.

     

    - Review and maintain cases including sort, transfer, pend and close items of the NYCEPAS tracking system daily.

     

    - As directed, train new staff by orienting them to work activities and providing them with advice and guidance in accomplishing assigned work activities.

     

    - Respond to call center requests, or direct inquiries to other staff for their response.

    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.

     

    Salary Min: $ 55,102.00

     

    Salary Max: $ 63,367.00