The Role
Do you enjoy researching issues and problem solving?
Are you a self-starter who excels when working independently?
Would you like the chance to make a difference for people who are going through a difficult time in their lives?
If your answers to the above questions are yes, read on!
The Integrated Beneficiary Qualification Specialist plays a meaningful role when a participant passes away. We ensure that the beneficiaries of our plan participants receive accurate and timely enrollment into their health benefits and payment of pension, 401k, and life insurance benefits.
The Expertise and Skills You HaveExperience processing survivor benefits, qualifying beneficiaries or working with distributable benefits preferred
High volume operational processing experience is a plus
Experience with FPRS, DBCS, HOBS, and XTRAC are preferred
You are motivated and committed to excellence; your positive demeanor and "can do" work ethic gets results
You have extensive knowledge of plan resources leading to success in achieving accuracy goals
You work as a great teammate in meeting individual timeliness requirements
You can adapt to a constantly evolving environment
You exhibit strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Your high level of integrity and discretion will ensure the confidentiality of client data
You have shown initiative in solving problems and implementing solutions
You have proven your ability to work independently
You are effective at written communication
You have strong PC Software skills (i.e. Excel, Outlook and Word)
Reviewing submitted documentation for accuracy to process death benefits
Researching benefits due and creating condolence letters
Adhering to the process steps and interpreting plan rules while ensuring compliance with plan documents
Validating beneficiaries to ensure legitimacy; establishing identity and obtaining information to satisfy authentication requirements for segregation and distribution of account assets
Processing standard transactions with minimal direction while meeting operational quality, accuracy and timeliness targets
Participating in key business initiatives, supporting team goals and driving business objectives
Coordinating ongoing procedural documentation changes and updates
Attending team meetings and regularly scheduled one-on-one discussions; participating in manager-approved workshops and seminars; completing required training
The Team
The Integrated Beneficiary Qualification (IBQ) team is responsible for qualifying beneficiaries and determining whether a distributable benefit remains when notified of the death of a recordkeeping client’s current or former employee. The IBQ Specialist utilizes a variety of Fidelity systems (FPRS, DBCS, HOBS, XTRAC, OmniPay, etc.) to ensure that survivor benefits are processed accurately and within expected turnaround times. They interact with diverse groups within Fidelity, work independently with a minimum of supervision, and use outstanding organization and prioritization skills to ensure that cases assigned to them are processed efficiently and accurately.
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