Our administrators manage your plan day to day, pay period to pay period, quarter to quarter and year to year.
Daily and Pay Period Administration
- Field participant inquiries daily concerning website access, distribution and loan processing and general retirement plan questions
- Process investment transfers in accordance with participant directions
- Each pay period we review census information with previously admitted information
- Each pay period we update census information which in turn updates vesting, employment status, participation status and account balance activity
- Each pay period we reconcile the cash in the holding account of the plan
- Invest participant and employer contributions according to participants' elections
- Review and apply loan payments, if applicable
- We calculate employer matching and nonelective contributions, if applicable
Quarterly Administration
- Review year-to-date census information to determine vesting, employment and participation status
- Review balances and vested balances
- Reconcile and balance assets in the plan to participant account balances
- Starting with the second quarter we run preliminary compliance testing, if applicable
- Produce and send quarter-to-date valuation with quarterly participant statements
Annual Administration
- Same as quarterly administration with the additions below:
- Reconcile year-to-date census records with cumulative pay period data
- Calculate and test employer allocations, if applicable
- Complete testing of 401(k) and matching contributions, if applicable
- Complete IRS form 5500 for filing
- Coordinate with auditors for large plan filers
- Update plan with all IRS required plan amendments
- Make necessary corrections for failed compliance tests
- File Forms 1099-R from distributions processed during the year