Pension Analyst- Finance Department

The City of Port St. Lucie is an equal opportunity employer.

Please note that this is an external job posting intended for non-city employees. If you are a current city employee applying through this posting, your application will not be reviewed with other internal candidates. In order to be considered with internal candidates, please apply on the internal posting by clicking HERE.

The starting annual salary for this position is $83,241.60 - $95,721.60 depending on qualifications.

Responsible for assisting with the administration of the City’s Police Pension/Florida Statute Chapter 185 Plan. Responsible for providing analytical research and related assistance for police pension plan issues, projects, and activities, as directed. Maintains current knowledge and understanding of all regulatory frameworks for the police pension plan. Work is performed under the general supervision of the Pension Plan Manager. A high degree of initiative, professionalism, independent judgement, and accuracy is required within the framework of established procedures.

Facilitates the development of public trust and confidence in the City.

This position is considered an Essential Position for the purpose of Emergency Management. Emergency duties will be assigned as needed. This position requires 24 hours a day, 7 days per week availability during City of Port St Lucie emergencies, as determined by City Administrators, Emergency Manager or City Officials.

The following duties are illustrative for this position. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification. Other duties may be required and assigned.

• Keeps the mission, vision and values of the City of Port St. Lucie at the forefront of decision making and action; builds strategic and collaborative relationships and interacts with others in a way that builds confidence and trust; provides excellent customer service by taking action to accomplish objectives, maintaining high levels of work and productivity by generating innovative solutions to work situations.
• Performs all duties related to the administration of the City’s Police pension plan.
• Assists with ensuring the police pension plan complies with City ordinances and ensures compliance with State of Florida and local laws and direct inquiries.
• Assists with coordinating attendance at board meetings with all applicable parties.
• Attends all board meetings in the absence of the Pension Plan Manager or as required.
• Acts as liaison between all police pension plan consultants and City departments related to the City’s police pension plan.
• Assists with the financial and statistical reporting for the police pension plan.
• Assists with the research and preparation of documents and reports for yearly police pension plan audit.
• Serves as a liaison with the State of Florida and the Division of Retirement in the absence of the Pension Plan Manager.
• Responds to and assists all plan participants, trustees, money managers, custodian, and consultants on matters related to the police pension plan.
• Obtains all new participant data, enters, and processes new hires as needed.
• Obtains all necessary information and processes police pension applications for participants.
• Prepares and conducts new hire orientation sessions relating to the police pension plan.
• Oversees the updates to the Police Pension Office page on the City’s website.
• Assists with calculating and processing termination payments and required rollover documents.
• Reviews financial data provided to inform and assist participants on pension-related matters.
• Assists with processing pension benefit payments monthly and maintains a record of all payments for reconciliation for year‑end reporting.
• Processes monthly retiree and disability payments; monitors and verifies accuracy of the disbursements.
• Maintains all files pertaining to the police pension plan of all participants and forwards documentation to appropriate parties.
• Coordinates meetings between police pension plan participants and plan providers.
• Assists with agenda preparation for Police Pension Board of Trustees meetings and…