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122500
RETIREMENT BENEFITS ANALYST 1
AS612     $35,069 - $68,806
Creation Date: 06/29/1987
Change Date: 01/01/2025

FUNCTION OF WORK:
To determine eligibility for benefits and calculate benefits due retirement system members in accordance with state and federal laws and regulations.
LEVEL OF WORK:
Entry
SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Close from a Retirement Benefits Supervisor or higher-level personnel.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
None.
JOB DISTINCTIONS:
Differs from Retirement Benefits Analyst 2 by the absence of experienced-level retirement benefits analysis work.
CORE COMPETENCIES:
IDENTIFIED BY STATE CIVIL SERVICE, CORE COMPETENCIES ARE THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND BEHAVIORS BASED ON THE WORK TASKS OUTLINED IN THE EXAMPLES OF WORK. MORE INFORMATION ON THE SCS COMPETENCY MODEL CAN BE FOUND HERE.

Communicating Effectively

Displaying Expertise

Making Accurate Judgments

EXAMPLES OF WORK:
EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

Counsels, as a trainee, individual members to explain regular, deferred and disability retirement eligibility and computation of survivor benefits, distribution methods, interest assumptions and effects of beneficiary designations in accordance with Louisiana Revised Statutes, board policies, administrative decisions and federal tax laws.

Audits, under supervision, member records to determine continued eligibility for the Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP) as well as for survivor, disability and minor child benefits.

Calculates, as a trainee, retirement benefits and estimates, including advances on final benefit payments, deposits to and disbursements from member DROP accounts and any adjustments to benefit payments due to changes in outside earnings or age.

Verifies acceptability of a variety of legal documents, including but not limited to, birth certificates, marriage licenses, legal affidavits, divorce decrees, community property settlements, and specific consent decrees.

Examines medical reports received on disability retirees to determine if they should be sent to the State Medical Disability Board.

Advise retirees on advantages of and procedures for converting from disability retirement to regular retirement or to active service.

Confers with school boards, colleges and universities, vocational and technical institutes, state agencies, other retirement systems and individual members on a variety of retirement-related issues.

Prepares correspondence explaining the provisions of the Retirement System law, rules and regulations and the method of computation to determine eligibility and retirement allowances.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Three years of experience in employee benefits; OR

Six years of full-time experience in any field; OR

A bachelor's degree.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:
Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.