ANTOINE A. WORLD
Brooklyn, NY 11210
718-***-**** (H)
718-***-**** (M)
*********@*****.***
Summary of Qualifications:
Accomplished Retirement pension / benefits Examiner and administrator
impacting departmental performance through methodical and strategic
orchestration of all benefits programs, including Defined Benefit and
Defined Contribution Pension Plans, Address all concerns of retirees
regarding pension and benefits, Analytical expertise in researching and
differentiating the critical components used in calculating pension
benefits to members on an individual basis as each case involves various
factors that may increase or reduce the members monthly payment, such as
final average salary, lost time, years of service, etc.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Associate Retirement Benefits Examiner NYC Board of Education
Retirement
System
8/08 - 11/10
Accomplishments:
. Rendered service to the Board of Education's Retirement System by
successfully analyzing and approving benefit calculations for
participants in defined pension plans.
. Coordinated with plan trustees to meticulously inspect benefit
disbursements for lump sum payments and monthly annuities.
. Guaranteed accuracy of information by providing actuary and auditors with
benefit data for audit.
. Established timely response to retirees and staff by conducting research
on all benefit inquiries.
. Secured the trust of retirees by expertly handling all qualified pension
specification in accordance with legal guidelines
. Contributed significantly to benefit entitlement by investigating and
preparing all requests to purchase additional vested/non-vested service
from other retirement systems including the military.
. Facilitated annual plan valuation by compiling retiree and terminated
vested data for prompt submission to the plan actuary.
. Enlightened participants of defined benefit pension plans by explaining
distribution of payments in detail after accurately calculating pension
benefits.
. Optimized data processing by collaborating with the plan actuary to
devise an automated pension system.
. Developed and maintained excel spread sheets to record all refunds to due
retirees
resulting from variations in their pension process.
Benefits Analyst
2/07 - 6/08 Jackobin Consulting Co. New York, NY
Accomplishments:
. Responsible for providing and coordinating all census data for benefit
plan audits.
. Organize non-discrimination testing for 402k.
. Responsible for developing and consulting with Vice President regarding
benefits budget that includes employee and employer contributions.
. Responsible for consulting all employees regarding health benefits, FMLA,
COBRA, ADA, Section 125 and 401(k) benefits.
. Responsible for administration process of benefits including welfare,
health, 401(k), disability, life and long term care insurance.
. Consult with broker on review proposals and cost containment.
. Responsible for maintaining compliance with ADA, FMLA and COBRA related
issues.
Technical Support Analyst
3/97 - 12/06 Information Builders, Inc. New York, NY
Accomplishments:
. Provided physical and logical database design.
. Technical support, installation and maintenance of database products to
ensure functionality according to specification.
. Provided on-site technical presentation regarding product and industry
technology.
. Offered pre and post sales support to customer and sales force on-site
and via phone.
. Developed and maintained relationships with customers and technology
decision-makers.
. Coordinated and conducted on-site technical product education and
demonstrations for Core FOCUS and Developers Studio products.
. Conducted database training and provided documentation for support
personnel and customers throughout sales and training cycle.
4/84 - 3/97 NYC Board of Education/Computer Information
Services
Programmer Analyst I
Accomplishments:
. Installed and performed duties as a Project Leader for the teacher's
payroll system.
. Periodically supplied upper management with current status of all jobs.
. Developed COBOL production based programs as part of a major enhancement
to the teacher's payroll system. Coded, modified and debugged programs
accessing VSAM files to produce production batch reports.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Software:
Microsoft Office: Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, COBOL, DB2, CICS,
Web Focus, Developer Studio
Operating Systems:
Windows 7, XP, NT, MVS/TSO, VM/CMS, OPEN/VMS
EDUCATION
May 1983 Bachelor of Arts in Economics at Potsdam State University.
REFERENCES Available upon request.