State of Connecticut Executive Branch

In the Teachers’ Retirement Board or Office of the State Comptroller this class is accountable for acting as a working lead and/or performing the most complex tasks in the administration of various retirement and benefit plans and programs.

Works under the limited supervision of a Retirement and Benefit Systems Coordinator or other employee of higher grade.

• Distributes, prioritizes, oversees and reviews work of staff;
• Provides staff training and assistance;
• Conducts or assists in conducting performance evaluations;
• Recommends policies and standards;
• Performs the most complex duties and reviews in examination of employee and employer records and calculation of benefits;
• Assists in development of retirement and benefit procedures, and document references;
• Assists in development, definition, analysis and documentation of requirements and procedures for automated solutions to administrative needs;
• Researches and assesses impact of proposed or enacted legislation, collective bargaining agreements and court documents pertaining to various retirement and benefit plans and programs;
• Acts as a liaison with other operating units, governmental entities and outside officials regarding unit policies and procedures;
• Prepares and analyzes complex financial statements and oversees maintenance of accounting and data base records;
• Prepares retirement and benefit bulletins, statistical reports and other publications;
• May testify or represent office at court, legislative or collective bargaining proceedings;
• Performs related duties as required.

• Considerable knowledge of retirement and/or pension fund principles and practices with special reference to retirement and benefits administration;
• Knowledge of
  • personnel and payroll practices and procedures;
  • examining and researching principles and practices;
• Considerable
  • interpersonal skills;
  • oral and written communication skills;
• Considerable ability to
  • prepare, analyze and evaluate employee benefit statements, other employee records and reports, and benefit claims and cost data;
  • interpret and apply statutes, contracts and regulations;
• Ability to utilize computer software;
• Supervisory ability.

One (1) year of the General Experience must have been at the professional working level in the fields of accounts examining, human resources, payroll or related administrative functions.

NOTE: For state employees this experience is interpreted at the level of a Retirement and Benefits Officer, Accounts Examiner, Accountant, Payroll Officer 2, Retirement Research Counselor, Retirement Counselor, Payroll System Supervisor or Fiscal/Administrative Officer.

• College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor’s degree.
  
• A Master’s degree in business administration, accounting or a closely related field may be substituted for one (1) year of the General Experience.

This replaces the existing specification for the class of Associate Retirement and Benefits Officer in Salary Group AR 26 approved effective March 07, 2014. (Revised to modify Purpose of Class, modernize format and add an Acknowledgement section) Item No. 23-109