Benefits Specialist

About Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP

For over a century, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP (Davis Graham) has ranked among the region's most prominent law firms, consistently offering quality legal services to emerging and established businesses of the Rocky Mountain West. While the firm's Denver location and intermediate size allow a close personal relationship with local and regional clients, our technology and broad experience allow us to partner effectively with businesses and their investors throughout the world.

Davis Graham serves clients nationally and internationally, with a strong focus on corporate finance and governance, mergers and acquisitions, natural resources, environmental law, real estate, intellectual property, and complex litigation. Our lawyers have experience working with companies in the energy, mining, technology, hospitality, private equity, manufacturing, asset management, and aviation industries.

This position utilizes a high level of expertise to draft, prepare, and complete plan documents and amendments related to retirement and benefit plans for clients. The position is responsible for reviewing and analyzing client plans, researching issues, and assisting with plan maintenance.

• Draft and prepare Summary Plan Descriptions; state legislation; health and welfare plans; IRS submissions for qualified plans; administrative forms; retirement plan amendments and restatements and proposals in response to request for proposals.
• Research basic tax and ERISA issues.
• Review, analyze, and determine whether to qualify domestic relations orders.
• Perform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

• Intermediate-level Excel and Word skills and knowledge of PowerPoint.
• Be detail-oriented, have thorough research capabilities to produce a quality work product in an efficient timeframe, and have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Be client driven - provide outstanding client service and follow-through on responsibilities to clients.
• Communicate effectively, create open channels of communication, keep others well-informed, express ideas clearly and concisely and listen carefully to input and feedback.
• Act with integrity, demonstrate responsible and honest behavior in all roles, tasks, and responsibilities.
• Be enthusiastic, maintain a high level of commitment and energy.
• Complete all tasks effectively despite a large workload, competing demands, and a fast-paced environment.
• Promote teamwork, maintain positive working relationships with co-workers, and effectively handle interpersonal conflict situations.

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This position requires the employee to work in a professional office environment with some ability to work from home. Because the employee will handle sensitive firm and client information, the employee must work from a home office and not a public location during any remote periods. The employee will routinely use standard office equipment.

Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This is a full-time, benefits-eligible position. Hours are generally Monday through Friday, 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM, with some flexibility in the normal start and end times; and the ability to work additional hours during the week and weekend hours. This position has a billing expectation of 800 hours per year.

The EB Specialist must have a bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 3-4 years’ experience in employee benefits and executive compensation. A Master of Taxation, Certified Public Accountant (“CPA”) certificate, or Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (“CEBS”) designation may be substituted for experience.

Master of Taxation, CPA certification, or CEBS designation.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties,…