Job DescriptionThe New York City Fire Pension Fund seeks a full-time Assistant Benefits Retirement Examiner/Finalization Processor in the Finalization Unit, reporting directly to the Unit Supervisor or his/her designee. Under direct supervision, performs beginning level technical work in the field of retirement benefits processing and examining; performs one or more of the following tasks:
Assist in reviewing member records to ensure that information and data are accurate. Resolve issues when discrepancies are discovered.
Assist in communicating with members and other City and state agencies to obtain required information.
Assist with the calculation of the costs of purchasing credit for military service or credit for other eligible uniformed and non-uniformed service.
Assist with data verification and manual calculations of overtime earned prior to military leave and imputed overtime during military leave under the Goodman settlement.
Perform other related tasks as assigned by the Unit Supervisor.
Reviews records to ensure accuracy of the member’s information.
Qualifications
An associate degree or completion of 60 credits from an accredited college, including or supplemented by 9 credits in mathematics, statistics, accounting, and/or actuarial science; or
A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent 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) customer service in a financial
institution; and/or c) in a position requiring the application of laws, rules and regulations and the use of statistical, actuarial or similar tables; or
A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience equivalent to “1" or “2" above. College education may be substituted for experience in “2" above on the basis that 30 semester credits from an accredited college may be substituted for each year of required experience. However, all candidates must posses a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and either 9 semester credits
in mathematics, statistics, accounting and/or actuarial science from an accredited college or one year of experience as described in “2" above.Additional InformationThe 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.