PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MEDSYNERGIES, INC., Irving, TX (April 2011 to January 2012)
MedSynergies provides revenue cycle management, practice management, consulting services, business process analysis and software integration solutions to health care organizations and physicians and has over 1,500 employees.
Senior Benefits Analyst
• Administered 401(k) plans and ensured amendments were adopted in
accordance with ERISA regulations.
• Drafted effective Participant communications.
• Facilitated seamless 401(k) vendor transition involving 1,600 participants.
• Researched and resolved employee benefits issues related to retirement Plans.
• Partnered with external auditors to identify and resolve compliance issues.
• Managed movement of 246 plan loans during payroll vendor conversion.
• Mentored new employees.
ESSILOR of AMERICA, INC., Dallas, TX (August 2009 to April 2011)
Essilor is the leading manufacturer and wholesale distributor of optical lenses in the United States. They produce the industry's most technologically advanced lenses - Varilux, Crizal, DEFINITY, Airwear, Thin&Lite, and Transitions.
Senior Benefits Analyst
• Drafted employee benefit guides and enrollment materials for open
enrollment.
• Researched and resolved employee benefits issues related to medical,
dental, life, FSA, FMLA, COBRA, STD, LTD, wellness program and
401(k) plans.
• Performed legal due diligence benefit reviews on health and welfare and
qualified retirement plan documents prior to acquisitions.
• Prepared detailed analysis and comparison of health and welfare and
qualified retirement plan benefit costs in mergers and acquisitions.
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS, Westlake, TX
(December 1999 to February 2009)
Fidelity Investments is one of the world's largest providers of financial services. The firm is the No. 1 provider of workplace retirement savings plans including defined contribution and defined benefit plans.
Senior Contracts Analyst, Contracts Development and Negotiations, PWI Risk & Compliance (July 2008 to February 2009)
• Drafted customized retirement plan Trust Agreements, Service Agreements
and Amendments which increased new business acquisitions and existing client
retention numbers.
• Negotiated terms of contracts with clients, attorneys and consultants resulting in
100% document execution rate.
• Shared extensive Employee Benefits expertise and computer systems
knowledge with team members thereby reducing new employee training time.
ERISA Compliance Specialist, Prototype Services
(May 2002 to July 2008)
• Performed detailed compliance reviews of hundreds of qualified retirement plan
documents for prospective clients enabling Fidelity to make informed business
acceptance decisions and preventing large monetary losses. Reviews
encompassed plan design, protected benefits and confirmation of all ERISA
required amendments such as GUST, CRA, and EGTRRA, etc.
• Provided compliance support to Implementation expediting the conversion
process by reducing plan blackout timeframe enabling participants to commence
transactions.
• Authorized Signatory for Plan Trustee Fidelity Management Trust Company
(FMTC).
• Conducted conference calls with clients resulting in resolution of plan issues and
plan retention.
• Created and facilitated training presentations for Project Managers and Sales
Associates resulting in increased client service quality.
Implementation Project Manager (December 1999 to May 2002)
Managed the conversion process of Qualified Plans moving into Intermediary Market Services (IMS). Direct client contact including travel to plan sponsor location for larger plans.
• Implemented many qualified plans within tight time parameters enabling them to
function efficiently and accurately so participants could place trades and obtain
plan loans.
• Mentored and trained new employees resulting in effective plan management
and high rate of productivity.
• Networked cross functionally to create newly designed, more effective
document procedures and rolled out training to entire Implementation
department. This resulted in a promotion.
• Received numerous perfect surveys from clients praising my work which
exceeded department metrics and measures. Client comments viewable at:
http://www.rosewaltz.com.
NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA NORTH, N.A., St Cloud, MN (February 1996 to February 1999)
Now known as Wells Fargo, a diversified financial services company providing banking, insurance, investments, mortgage and consumer finance through more than 11,000 stores, the internet and other distribution channels across North America and internationally.
Assistant Vice President and Senior Employee Benefit Officer
Handled all facets of relationship management, compliance, business development and employee education.
• Turned a unit that was consistently losing money and failing audits into a profit
center which passed all audits. This involved raising all employer plan fees
while retaining the accounts.
• Successfully balanced responsibilities of new business development,
consistently exceeding sales goals and administration and retention of 40
qualified plans.
• Managed 2 staff members.
• Created and delivered effective marketing presentations for potential clients,
integrating expertise in PowerPoint with effective presentation skills which
resulted in the addition of 5 new plans each year.
• Successfully encouraged numerous terminating plan participants to roll millions
of dollars into IRAs with our brokerage partners.
• Prepared and amended plan documents using Pension Publications of Denver
(PPD) prototypes resulting in 100% document execution rate.
• Cross sold flexible spending plans to 401(k) clients, effectively raising actual
deferral percentage of non highly compensated employees (NHCE) and
enabling the highly compensated employees (HCE) to defer at higher levels.
• Conducted successful employee education meetings that resulted in higher
deferral rates.
• Measurably increased level of employee participation in clients' 401(k) plans. In
one specific plan that did not have a company match, increased actual deferral
percentage from 2.9% to 5.18%, while reducing the number of eligible
participants who were not deferring. This enabled HCE’s to defer at higher
levels.
FIRST UNITED NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST CO., Great Bend, KS (October 1992 to October 1995)
This $200 million in asset facility had eight locations in central Kansas.
Trust Officer
Responsible for Sales and Service of Employee Benefits Products in addition to selling Securities.
• Provided service expertise to clients on variety of qualified plans, SEP’s and
IRA products.
• Prepared Applications for Determination Letters and received IRS approval on
all of them.
• Successfully marketed fixed and variable annuity products, which resulted in
winning a sales contest sponsored by Preferred Financial and Aegon.
• Presented seminars and informational programs on retirement planning to various
community groups and customers.
• Obtained Series 7, Series 63 and Life Insurance Agent’s licenses with high
scores.
OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Practiced law in Kansas and supervised 5 Administrative Assistants.