Senior Retirement Benefits Leader (Remote)

Newell Brands; Helena (MT); Remote; USD 84,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

Newell Brands is seeking a Lead, Retirement Benefits to steer the company’s retirement programs and financial wellbeing strategy. The role partners with Total Rewards and cross-functional teams to ensure compliant, efficient plan administration, governance, and effective employee education.

The position requires strong expertise in defined contribution plans, ERISA, and fiduciary governance, with advanced Excel and experience with HRIS and pension dashboards.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in retirement benefits, employee benefits, retirement plan administration, or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of defined contribution plans and ERISA, IRS, fiduciary, governance and compliance requirements.
• Experience leading retirement plan operations, governance, compliance, vendor management, audits, internal controls, and issue resolution.
• Experience developing employee financial wellbeing or retirement readiness strategies with integrated communications.
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with HRIS, payroll interfaces, retirement platforms, BI, or dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Execute strategic direction and priorities for the defined contribution plan, balancing employee needs with fiduciary responsibilities and governance.
• Lead end-to-end retirement plan administration and governance with objectives, standards, and risk controls.
• Own relationships with recordkeepers, trustees, actuaries, consultants, and partners; manage SLAs and vendor actions.
• Manage annual compliance, fiduciary, and governance activities including nondiscrimination testing and filings.
• Develop and execute a comprehensive financial wellbeing strategy integrating retirement savings, budgeting, debt management, and education.
• Lead design, implementation, and management of financial wellbeing programs and vendor solutions; ensure accessibility and cost-effectiveness.
• Define and monitor success measures; use insights to drive priorities and investments.
• Serve as the SME for communications and education; guide campaigns and vendor partnerships.
• Own quarterly retirement dashboard and scorecard; present trends and actions to leadership.
• Analyze plan, participant, payroll, and vendor data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Oversee reconciliations, controls, plan records, and audit-ready documentation; drive preventive improvements.
• Monitor legislative and market developments and lead implementation of required changes.

Skills

Retirement benefits

Vendor management

Governance

Data analysis

Excel

Tools

HRIS

Payroll interfaces

Retirement recordkeeping platforms

Business intelligence

Dashboard tools

Job description

Newell Brands is seeking a Lead, Retirement Benefits to steer the company’s retirement programs and financial wellbeing strategy. The role partners with Total Rewards and cross-functional teams to ensure compliant, efficient plan administration, governance, and effective employee education.

The position requires strong expertise in defined contribution plans, ERISA, and fiduciary governance, with advanced Excel and experience with HRIS and pension dashboards.