Retirement Plans Operations, Specialist

Pay range: USD $55,000.00 - $63,000.00 / Year

Your opportunity

The goal of Plan Administration & Implementation is to meet the needs of Retirement Plan Services by providing the best client service possible as it relates to the recordkeeping aspects of Defined Contribution Retirement Plans. Specifically, a Specialist within PAI is responsible for accurately executing high volumes of incoming documents, researching activity, managing relationships with internal business partners, and ensuring absolute compliance with all regulatory requirements of ERISA Law.

This is an in-office position with the expectation to work 4 days a week (Monday-Thursday) in office and work from home 1 day per week.

The Specialist is expected to manage volumes of incoming checks and documents, validation of documents, and completion of other requests received from our internal partners. Position responsibilities include queue oversight, researching, and responding to internal partner requests, maintaining quality control and procedures, creating process improvements, and performing audit fulfillment to meet key deliverables while exceeding client and participant expectations. Flexibility and extreme attention to detail, initiative in researching tasks, entrepreneurial spirit, and the ability to meet multiple competing deadlines is vital to success in this position. Crucial to success is the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, daily-deadline-driven environment coordinating activities of team members and processing transactions to achieve success with minimal errors. The successful candidate must have superior analytical skills, good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Excel, Access and Word, as well as the ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively with various departments to ensure that daily client deliverables are met.

The most qualified candidate will perform activities like these, with the support of management. The oversight of the team also includes ensuring that service level guarantees are consistently met, internal partners are satisfied with the execution and timeliness of requests, and external clients' requests are treated with the utmost care and urgency. Work on projects and initiatives as delegated by management and duties as defined by business need.

What you have

To ensure that we fulfill our promise of 'challenging the status quo,' this role has specific qualifications that successful candidates should have.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Excel and Word

Preferred Qualifications:

• Exceptional organizational, analytical skills, and extremely detail oriented
• Ability to show initiative while meeting multiple competing deadlines and be able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment with an entrepreneurial spirit
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively and professionally with various departments
• Creative thought process focusing on continuous process improvement
• Ability to interpret client and participant needs

In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.

What's in it for you

At Schwab, we're committed to empowering our employees' personal and professional success. Our purpose-driven, supportive culture, and focus on your development means you'll get the tools you need to make a positive difference in the finance industry. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.

We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you - both today and in the future:

• 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
• Paid parental leave and family building benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Health, dental, and vision insurance

Client-provided location(s): Fairlawn, OH

Job ID: CharlesSchwab-2025-114854

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-09-03T19:18:12