Compliance Consultant (Employee Benefits)

Location: Hybrid, based in Houston, Dallas, Albany, New York, Little Falls, or Milwaukee, United States; weekly in-person work at a hirify.global office is required, with flexible arrangements considered.

Salary: $134,232–$254,776 per year.

Company

hirify.global provides actuarial, consulting, employee benefits, investment, healthcare, insurance, risk management, regulatory compliance, data analytics, and business transformation services to clients worldwide.

What you will do

• Provide strategic regulatory and compliance advice to a diverse portfolio of corporate, public sector, and multiemployer clients.
• Design, draft, review, and maintain qualified defined benefit and nonqualified employee benefit plan documents, including pre-approved, individually designed, and prototype plans.
• Draft Summary Plan Descriptions and other compliant participant and employee disclosures.
• Design and manage deferred compensation plans for corporate and tax-exempt entities in compliance with IRC Sections 409A and 457.
• Advise on health and welfare compliance, including wrap plans and health SPDs, and support correction of compliance failures through IRS EPCRS and DOL VFCP/DFVCP programs.
• Conduct legal and regulatory research, respond to complex benefits-related questions, and oversee the Employee Benefits Compliance team and Research group.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in business, law, or a related field.
• 10 or more years of experience in employee benefit plans.
• Deep expertise in employee benefits law, including ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code, and Treasury regulations governing qualified plans.
• Proven experience advising on employee benefits law in a law firm, consulting firm, or corporate legal department.
• Experience with public speaking and communicating complex concepts through client-facing advisory work.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, judgment, work ethic, and ability to work independently.
• Strong organization skills, attention to detail, commitment to quality, and ability to manage complex projects, multiple priorities, and deadlines.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work environment with weekly office attendance and flexible arrangements considered.
• Access to skills training, career development, learning, mentoring, and employee resource groups.
• Medical, dental, vision, employee assistance, life insurance, AD&D, and fully paid short- and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) matching and profit-sharing contributions, flexible spending accounts, and a discretionary bonus program.
• Paid time off, at least 10 paid holidays annually, family-building benefits, and up to 11 weeks of paid parental leave for eligible employees.