Trained in the legal field as an Employee Benefits Paralegal/Pension Benefit Consultant with a passion for ERISA, pension plans, pension benefits and other retirement plans. Motivated to help clients with each stage of benefit planning and meet them where they are in the process. Experience with setting up a qualified plan, ongoing compliance and ending the journey of the pension plan that is ready for termination and distribution. Energized when interacting with clients and others about new legal changes, better ways to organize and problem solve. Experienced with both the set up and maintaining of orderly files for several pension plan clients on extranet databases to solve client problems with locating documents for benefit calculations and claims for benefits. Seek reasonable solutions with a strong commitment to producing exceptional customer service. Ability to organize and multi-task in a fast-paced work environment. Prepared hundreds of accurate and timely participant communications, letters, statements, and legal notices. Experience in preparing for trustee meetings and pension plan committee meetings, and periodic attendance to meetings. Insight for utilizing the IRS and DOL compliance programs (VCP and DFVCO requests). Familiar with retirement applications, benefit calculations, pension payout, compliance tests including IRC 401(a) general nondiscrimination, ADP/ACP, 410(b) coverage, 416 top heavy tests and 409(p) tests. Flexibility to work additional hours during peak activity months to meet deadlines. Excellent communication skills, written, verbal and in-person.