Sr. Analyst - Client Services - Retirement Plan Admin

Are you passionate about being part of a team that delivers extraordinary care to help individuals and businesses prepare for and protect their retirement? If so, then Nationwide Financial could be the place for you! 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.

Join our team as a Senior Analyst, Client Services, and play a pivotal role in helping people retire successfully. You'll leverage your financial expertise and relationship management skills to support the administration of retirement plans, ensuring the financial well-being of plan participants. With a strong culture of teamwork and continuous improvement, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact while growing your career in a dynamic and supportive environment.

Required Skills:

Financial Expertise: Deep understanding of financial products and services related to retirement plans.

Relationship Management: Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with plan sponsors, actuaries, TPAs, PPAs, and other stakeholders.

Customer Service: Exceptional skills in anticipating and solving challenges, providing outstanding support to clients.

Communication: Proficient in communicating with various stakeholders regarding plan administration and issue resolution.

Technical Proficiency: Skilled in managing participant vesting files, loan reconciliations, payroll, statement management, and other technical aspects of plan administration.

Problem-Solving: Ability to identify and resolve technical issues, influence and advise stakeholders on process and service options.

Organizational Skills: Efficient in managing incoming calls, emails, and mass communications, ensuring smooth operations and client satisfaction.

Training and Support: Capable of onboarding new plans, providing functional training, and assisting front-line staff with Nationwide websites and applications.

This role does not qualify for employer-sponsored work authorization. Nationwide does not participate in the Stem OPT Extension program.

Role will be filled in Columbus Ohio and current remote associates will also be considered.

(Internal Use Only: Compensation Band - E2)

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Job Description SummaryOur work helps people retire more successfully, with products and services that support financial well-being of retirement plans and their participants. With strong teamwork and an outstanding culture, we combine technical expertise with relationship management to create better futures for these plans. If you are ready to put your knowledge of financial products and services to use, can anticipate and solve challenges and provide outstanding customer service, we want to know more about you!

As a Senior Analyst, you'll maintain relationship by working with producers, plan sponsors, actuaries, third-party administrators (TPAs) and PPAs with the ongoing administration of plans, providing assistance to clients with governmental audits, preparing and conducting meetings, providing expertise and support to sales personnel, developing and making presentations to prospective customers. You will act as a liaison between Nationwide Financial and our small to mid-size PPAs, TPAs and plans sponsors.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

Drives and implements continuous improvement to elevate customer service.

Communicates with plan sponsors and their representatives, IP, TPA and PPA regarding the administration of qualified retirement plans.

Serves as point-of-contact for plan sponsors, IPs, TPAs and PPAs. Develops and manages relationships with internal/external clients and business partners. Identifies business needs, service requirements, key issues, alternative solutions and resources for the clients and business.

Creates and uploads participant vesting files.

Serves as a gatekeeper for customer emails and routing to appropriate location.

Processes loan reconciliations/loan management system conversions.

Manages incoming phone calls and email queues from front line administrator staff, plan sponsors and investment professionals.

Supports payroll, statement management and updates, billing and invoices, audit questions, distributions and refunds, tax reporting, default suspense set-up and maintenance, auto enrollments, Roth, Roth conversions, online enrollments, 5500 and Schedule C reporting, automatic rollovers, trust reporting, suspense, data file creation and automatic asset rebalancing.

Researches, coordinates and communicates issue resolution with plan sponsors, administrators and investment professionals.

Supports and assists administrator front line staff on Nationwide websites and applications. Onboards new plans; trains and assists with functional training.

Identifies and resolves technical issues.

Influences and advises plan sponsors, administrators and investment professionals on process and service options.

Organizes and sends mass communications to administrators and plan sponsors (TPA).

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to Manager and does not have direct reports.

Typical Skills and Experiences:

Education: High school graduate or GED. Undergraduate studies desirable.

Experience: Two to three years of service industry experience, Nationwide Financial (wholesale distribution model) experience preferred.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Learning basic knowledge of retirement plans; begins pursuing and completes ASPPA RPF 1/2 courses. Basic digital literacy; aptitude to learn new systems; ability to manage high volumes of work; solid customer service skills; interpersonal skills; teamwork approach. Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing. Ability to establish priorities. Ability to analyze and recommend solutions to business issues.

Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and HR Business Partner.

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates the Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions:

Overtime Eligibility: Exempt (Not eligible)

Working Conditions: Normal office environment.

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.

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