Analyst III, Pension

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Our purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business, and as an employee team.

At Liberty, we hire passionate people who care about doing the right thing for our customers. We are entrepreneurial, creative, and outcome-focused. Here, your natural talent and achievements will flourish in an inclusive environment of teamwork, trust and continuous learning. We are always pursuing excellence to exceed our ambitions goals, rewarding both the goal outcome and how we achieve it.

Purpose

This role is responsible to lead/organize/coordinate the programs, processes, systems, internal and external relationships required to support the Company Retirement and Saving Programs (401K, Cash Balance, FAP, DPSP and SERP). Assists the Sr Manager, Benefits & Pension and Sr Director, Total Rewards with assessing existing programs, aligning, developing and implementing new programs, processes and systems as required and ensuring compliance. Completes all reconciliations and audits associated with these programs.

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Accountabilities

Responsible to ensure the programs, respective policies, plan documents, contracts, communication, processes and systems are continuously updated to ensure legislative compliance
Responsible to ensure the accurate, efficient and execution of the Retirement and Saving Administration to meet service standard excellence. Develop, improve and maintain the processes, systems and service agreements to support the agreed service standards, contractual changes, plan amendments, for any new and existing programs
Lead all related audits, ensure accurate and timely legislative filling and reporting. Responsible for reconciliation of all data between organizational and vendor systems to ensure accuracy and compliance. Participation in the Employee Benefit Adminstration Committee meetings and the organization and follow through of any required committee actions.
Assist with the development, maintenance and execution of an organization wide communication/information strategy(s), tools and campaigns to help employees understand their retirement and saving programs and support the Total Reward philosophy. Assist with competitive benchmarking exercises, development of new programs, recommendations, integration and alignment of existing programs
Provide vendor management to all external vendors; monitor, resolve issues and proactively establish procedures and maintain effective relationships. Provide and transfer subject matter knowledge to enable cross population and support a team environment. Assist with employee queries.
Assist as needed with Acquisition activities
Assist as needed with any rate case requests

Education and Experience

University - Bachelor degree or equivalent experience
7 - 10 years’ experience: Retirement and Saving Programs Vendor Management or Retirement/Saving
Administration experience and understanding of retirement and saving products, administration best practice, market and program implementation
Understanding of relevant legislation
Strong relationship management, project management, and change management skills
Good communication skills, written and presentation
Experience with Ceridian People Power and payroll systems

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. is a growing renewable energy and utility company with over $15 billion of assets across North America and internationally.

For more than 30 years, Algonquin has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to delivering clean energy and water solutions. Our rapid growth has led both our regulated utility services and renewable energy business groups into different geographies and commodities, but our purpose remains unchanged – Sustaining Energy and Water for Life.

Through our operating business (Liberty), we provide regulated electricity, water, and natural gas utility services to over 1 million customer connections, primarily in North America. And, our growing portfolio of clean, renewable wind, solar, hydro and thermal power generation facilities represent over 3 GW of renewable generation capacity in operation and under construction.

With our robust, diversified, and growing presence in communities across North America and internationally, we are continually demonstrating our “Think Global, Act Local” business model.

What we offer

Company funded Pension program

401k with Company match

Full insurance benefits (health/dental/vision/life)

Collaborative environment with a genuine flexible working policy

Share purchase/match plan

Defined Contribution savings plan

Top Talent Program

Volunteer paid days off

Employee Assistance Program

Achievement fund

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role and are not certain you meet the all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to apply to further investigate the opportunity.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value each person’s unique background, diversity, experiences, perspectives and talents. Full participation of all employees in a safe, healthy and respectful environment is key to individual and company success. We are committed to fully utilizing the abilities of all of our employees and expect each of our employees to honor this commitment in their daily responsibilities.