• Associate Retirement Benefits Examiner, L1

    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 Retirement Calculations Unit within the Retirement and Pension Benefits Division. The selected candidate will be responsible for the following:

     

    - Calculate years of service, compensation base, required contributions, review account balances and determine member’s eligibility for retirement

     

    - Review forms, applications and/or any related materials for completeness and accuracy

     

    - Enter, obtain, and/or update beneficiaries or pensioner data and information into the appropriated PROD system

     

    - Communicate and obtain information from/to pensioners, other city and state agencies, NYCERS’ work units, and/or other retirement systems

     

    - Perform a variety of administrative tasks

     

    - Review and maintain work items including sort, transfer, pend and close items in the worker and checker queues of NYCEPAS system

    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