U.S. Pension Payroll Paymaster and Compliance Director

Health And Welfare Benefits Compliance Specialist

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.

Join our team and accomplish together. 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.

Key Responsibilities

• 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

• Serve as a primary contact for plan sponsors on pension payroll matters
• Communicate proactively regarding payroll cycles, issues, and regulatory updates
• Support client audits, reporting requests, and operational reviews
• Partner effectively with client stakeholders, actuaries, and internal administration teams

• Ensure full compliance with ERISA, IRS regulations, and plan provisions across all assigned clients
• Oversee accurate Form 1099-R processing, tax reporting, and withholding (federal and multi-state)
• Administer Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) and other regulatory-driven payments
• Support Form 5500 preparation and annual pension audit processes

• Execute and maintain SOC 1 control activities related to pension payroll processing
• Support internal and external audits, including control testing and comprehensive documentation
• Perform detailed reconciliations between participant data, payroll outputs, and trust/custodial accounts
• Identify, escalate, and remediate processing errors, over payments, and control gaps
• Ensure strict adherence to TPA policies, procedures, and client-specific control requirements

• Manage complex transactions, including QDROs, beneficiary payments, and death processing
• Research and resolve discrepancies across systems, plan provisions, and historical data
• Coordinate corrections and reprocessing in compliance with IRS and plan guidelines

• Utilize pension administration and payroll systems to support multi-client processing
• Document and enhance standard operating procedures (SOPs) and controls
• Identify opportunities for automation, scalability, and process efficiency in a high-volume environment

Required Qualifications

• 5–10+ years of experience in pension administration, payroll, or…