Recruitment #230531-3644CL-001
Location |
Hartford, CT
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Date Opened | 6/2/2023 3:00:00 PM |
Salary | $55,156.00 - $71,879.00/year (New state employees start at minimum of the pay plan) |
Job Type | Open to the Public |
Close Date | 6/16/2023 11:59:00 PM |
The State of Connecticut, Office of the State Comptroller (OSC), is an agency whose mission is to provide accounting and financial services, to administer employee and retiree benefits, to develop accounting policy and exercise accounting oversight, and to prepare financial reports for the state, federal and municipal governments and the public.
We are recruiting a full-time Retirement Examiner to be part of the team in the Customer Service Center in the Retirement Services Division. The selected candidate will handle inquiries via telephone calls, emails, letters, and in-person visits regarding retirement. The main function is to research and resolve issues as they may relate to payroll, healthcare, deferred compensation, benefits, calculations and more.
POSITION HIGHLIGHTS:
We are located in the State Office Building at 165 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut. This state-of-the-art building offers free garage parking, an on-site cafeteria, and ergonomic workspaces. The OSC offers an excellent salary and a competitive benefits plan that includes healthcare coverage, a retirement plan, telework opportunities, as well as paid time off.
In the Office of the State Comptroller, this class is accountable for providing technical assistance by responding to a wide variety of highly complex inquiries for all divisions and independently performing a full range of tasks in the examination and preparation of pension computations.
Responds to inquiries in a variety of ways such as, but not limited to, telephone, electronic communication, written communication, and in-person regarding retiree payroll functions; researches and resolves retiree benefit enrollment issues; examines incoming materials for accuracy to ensure completeness and compliance with State of Connecticut statutes and regulations; prepares and sends correspondence regarding retiree benefits; examines retirement applications and supplementary documentation for accuracy and completeness, benefit computations, adjustments and settlements for compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements; applies auditing principles, complex formulas and statistical and/or actuarial tables when preparing pension estimates in response to requests by pending retirees and for inclusion in retirement system; audits computer generated benefit computations to verify individual data and totals; manually calculates benefit computations in cases of part time service, outside service, disability leave or early retirement; completes code sheets for information to be entered into computerized retirement system; audits computer generated statistical reports for accuracy against original records; computes settlements paid to beneficiaries of deceased retirees; computes retroactive payments and adjustments due to changes in legislation and/or court decisions; responds verbally and in writing to employee and agency inquiries regarding retirement data; may reconstruct individual retiree employment and salary history in order to detect and adjust for errors in payment; performs related duties as required.
Knowledge of financial record keeping principles, practices and procedures; knowledge of payroll principles, practices and procedures; considerable skill in performing arithmetical computations; interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills; ability to analyze financial and service data of retirement accounts; ability to utilize statistical and actuarial tables in computing retirement benefits; ability to read, understand and apply laws, contracts and regulations; ability to operate office equipment including personal computers or other electronic equipment.
Four (4) years of experience in highly complex clerical work involving bookkeeping, accounts payable, accounts examining, finance or retirement services.
Note: For State employees, this is interpreted at the level of Office Assistant.
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 two (2) years.
INCOMPLETE APPLICATION PACKAGES AND THOSE RECEIVED AFTER THE CLOSING DATE INDICATED ABOVE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. An Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer. The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities. If you are requesting special accommodations under the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) please contact Bonnie Schlechtweg at 860.702.3323 or Bonnie.Schlechtweg@ct.gov.