Retirement Plan Design Specialist - PA2026PlanDesign_Q2_R001

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description

Job Title: Retirement Plan Design Specialist

Locations: Braintree, MA, | Kansas City, MO | Dublin, OH-~ Hybrid

About the Role

The Retirement Plan Design Team provides document and regulatory services for Retirement Solutions. The Retirement Plan Design Specialists focus on providing consultative services for qualified retirement plans, including but not limited to pre-sale support, post-sale support, document design, amendments, restatements, and regulatory changes. The Retirement Plan Design Specialists utilize their ERISA knowledge and experience to design plans and educate plan sponsors to help meet company’s goals and objectives. The Retirement Plan Design Specialists work closely with associates in Account Management, Implementation, Conversions, and Reporting and Testing.

Why Join SS&C

SS&C combines proprietary technology with deep industry expertise to support complex financial and health care operations. Our teams design, implement, and operate solutions that help clients manage data, automate processes, and scale their businesses with confidence.

You will work with industry experts, modern platforms, and evolving technologies, gaining exposure to real-world operational challenges and large-scale enterprise environments.

How You Will Make an Impact 

• Creates plan documents and conducts a complete, section-by-section review of prospective plan documents, including, but not limited to, adoption agreements and plan amendments to ensure compatibility with standard preapproved documents and client offerings
• Identify potential operational, administrative, and systems issues, validate available capabilities, or identify areas where support may be restricted
• Collaborates with plan sponsors and institutional clients to provide new or existing clients with interpretations of plan provisions
• Ensures the accurate preparation and completion of plan documents as directed by plan sponsors
• Offer pre-sale and post-sale support to sales representatives, internal business partners, and institutional clients.
• Assess the suitability of prospective plans and ensure they meet all ERISA qualification requirements.

Required Experience

• Minimally Master or Bachelor's degree with 2 -5 years of retirement plan related work experience. Experience in plan design or plan administration preferred.
• Detailed plan design and documentation knowledge, including familiarity with preapproved plan documents
• Familiarity with all retirement plan types, including profit sharing, 401(k) money purchase, 401(a) 403(B), 457(b) and 457(f)
• ERISA proficient
• Effective communication skills: verbal, written and active listening

What Sets You Apart(preferred qualifications)

• ASPPA (CPC, QPA, QKC, or QKA), CEBS, TGPC, or other professional designation preferred.
• Detailed knowledge of the retirement industry and product trends.
• Ideal candidate will have experience with FIS Relius, ASC DGEM, or FT Williams systems.
• Able to work in the local office 6 days per month.

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Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

SS&C Technologies offers a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future. Our benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage; a 401(k) plan with company match; paid time off, holidays, and parental leave; and professional development reimbursement opportunity.Actual base salary will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to relevant skills, prior experience, education, demonstrated performance, and geographic location.Massachusetts: The expected base salary for the position is between $90,000 USD to $98,000 USD.

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.