Loans & Distributions Manager

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The Finway GroupRetirement plan services
This is a fully remote position open to candidates located anywhere within the United States., Central and Eastern time zonesFull-TimeManager
Salary65,000 - 85,000 USD per year
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Job Details

Experience
Minimum of 5 years of experience processing retirement plan loans and distributions, including at least 2 years in a supervisory or team leadership role.
Required Skills
Microsoft Excel

Requirements

  • Have at least 5 years of experience processing retirement plan loans and distributions.
  • Have at least 2 years of supervisory or team leadership experience.
  • Understand qualified retirement plan documents and applicable IRS and Department of Labor regulations governing loans, distributions, and tax withholding.
  • Have experience leading teams in high-volume processing environments with service-level expectations and turnaround metrics.
  • Have experience developing efficient workflows, documented procedures, and quality-control processes.
  • Demonstrate analytical and problem-solving skills and sound judgment with complex or escalated issues.
  • Have strong organizational and time-management skills and the ability to prioritize competing deadlines while maintaining accuracy.
  • Demonstrate the ability to coach, mentor, and develop team members.
  • Have written and verbal communication skills and a commitment to customer service.
  • Be proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and Outlook.
  • Be able to collaborate across departments while maintaining professionalism, confidentiality, and accountability.
  • Experience with Empower, Voya, John Hancock, Principal, and Transamerica is a plus; familiarity with PensionPro, FT William, and ERISApedia is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, coach, and develop the Loans and Distributions team, including hiring, onboarding, training, and performance management.
  • Oversee participant loan and distribution processing, assigning and balancing workloads to meet 24–48-hour processing targets.
  • Monitor team productivity, accuracy, turnaround times, and performance, and report updates to leadership.
  • Review and approve complex or high-risk transactions, including hardship withdrawals, QDROs, RMDs, and terminated-plan distributions.
  • Resolve escalated issues involving recordkeepers, clients, and plan participants.
  • Build and maintain working relationships with recordkeepers.
  • Develop and maintain procedures, checklists, and internal controls, and identify workflow and automation improvements.
  • Oversee information accuracy in PensionPro, FT William, recordkeeper platforms, and ERISApedia.
  • Track regulatory and legislative developments affecting retirement plan loans and distributions and update procedures as needed.
  • Collaborate with Relationship Managers, Plan Administrators, and leadership, and provide hands-on processing and call support during increased volume.
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