Lifeworks

U.S. Pension Payroll Paymaster and Compliance Director

WestwoodFull timeDirector$120,000 - $135,000 / yearPosted about 15 hours ago
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TELUS Health is empowering every person to live their healthiest life. Guided by our vision, we are leveraging the power of our leading edge technology and focusing on the uniqueness of each individual to create the future of health. As a global-leading health and well-being provider – encompassing physical, mental and financial health – TELUS Health is improving health outcomes for consumers, patients, healthcare professionals, employers and employees.

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TELUS Health Retirement and Benefit Solutions (RBS) administer pension and benefits plans for a wide range of client organizations across Canada and the United States. There are approximately nine million members in the plans we manage. We have been developing and providing fully automated administration services for nearly 30 years since our Ariel administration platform was first introduced to the market. Our primary mission is to support our clients in every aspect of the design and delivery of the compensation, benefits, pension, and health management programs they maintain.

We serve a wide range of clients, including corporations, businesses, government organizations, and multi-employer entities. Our Global Operations and Delivery teams are dedicated to leveraging broad expertise and Operations discipline to deliver administration services that meet or exceed client expectations, while optimizing resources and minimizing risk.

We are seeking an experienced Health and Welfare benefits compliance specialist to join our U.S. Benefits Administration Compliance team. The Regulatory Compliance Specialist plays a critical role in ensuring that TELUS Health's administration of client’s health and welfare plans, voluntary benefits, and retiree medical programs remain fully compliant with federal and state regulatory requirements.

We are seeking an experienced Pension Paymaster to join our Third-party Administrator (TPA) team. In this role, you will manage end-to-end pension payroll administration across multiple client defined benefit (DB) plans, ensuring accurate, timely, and fully compliant benefit disbursements.

You will serve as a trusted partner to plan sponsors while maintaining rigorous internal controls and audit readiness in a fiduciary-sensitive environment.

Key Responsibilities

Multi-Client Pension Payroll Administration

Administer and process pension payroll for multiple DB plans with varying provisions and payment schedules

Execute recurring and non-recurring payments, including monthly annuities, lump sums, death benefits, and retroactive adjustments

Validate benefit calculations and payment outputs in accordance with plan documents and client-specific requirements

Coordinate funding and disbursement timing with trustees, custodians, and client finance teams

Manage payroll calendars, cutoffs, and service-level agreements (SLAs) across all assigned clients

Client Service & Relationship Management

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