Retirement Plans Senior Specialist
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for prose.
We need to parse the posting.
Title: Retirement Plans Senior Specialist (but we do not repeat title as heading). So we start with maybe a short paragraph for meta? The instruction: "Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." So we can include a short paragraph with location maybe? But location is part of Basic Qualifications? Actually location appears later: "Location: The ideal candidate will be located in the Houston, TX or greater Washington D.C.-Baltimore area." That's location info; we could include in a short
maybe under a generic meta? But we are not required to have a meta section; we can just include location in a paragraph before sections.
We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to include:
- Intro about KBR (company description) maybe not needed? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." The intro about KBR is substantive but maybe not required for job posting? It's part of the posting. We should include it as prose maybe under a section? There's no heading for company overview. Could include as a
before sections.
- "We Are the People Team" paragraph.
- "About The Role" paragraph.
- Responsibilities list (bulleted). We'll need to convert each sentence starting with a verb into list items.
- Basic Qualifications: Education & Experience, Functional Expertise. Could be split into Requirements, Qualifications, Skills sections. The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to map content to these headings.
We have:
About the role: we have a paragraph under "About The Role". Good.
Responsibilities: we have "Key Responsibilities" list.
Requirements: maybe "Basic Qualifications" includes Education & Experience (requirements). Could be Requirements.
Qualifications: maybe "Functional Expertise" could be Qualifications? Or we could treat Functional Expertise as Qualifications.
Skills: maybe we can extract skills from Functional Expertise: strong attention to detail, analytical, problem-solving, communication, stakeholder collaboration, HRIS experience, Excel proficiency.
Benefits: we have a Benefits paragraph: "KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include a 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development."
Pay: we have "Additional Compensation: KBR may offer bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation..." That's pay info. So we can include Pay section.
Schedule: we have location and flexible working arrangements: "While KBR strives to maintain a global, flexible, diverse, and sustainable work environment for our people, we currently offer flexible working arrangements, including hybrid, remote working, and virtual delivery..." That's schedule info. So we can include Schedule section.
We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO, etc. Remove that.
We must not include duplicated lines.
We need to output only HTML fragment.
Let's craft.
Start with maybe a short paragraph for location? Could incorporate location into Schedule section.
Better: Have a brief intro paragraph before sections: maybe combine the initial KBR description and "We Are the People Team". But we need to preserve all substantive info. So we can include them as
elements before headings.
Let's list all substantive paragraphs:
1. "When you become part of our KBR team, your opportunities are endless. Through internal collaboration, and with our partners and customers, we’re defining tomorrow’s challenges, then providing the innovative solutions to overcome those challenges, always maintaining our commitment to Zero Harm and our Sustainability Platform. In September 2025, we announced that we are spinning our Mission Technology Solutions business into a separate public company. This role would ultimately be part of that new company. Our Mission Technology Solutions business partners with governments and defense, intelligence, space, aviation, and critical infrastructure customers to deliver high-end engineering, science, technology, and mission support solutions. From national security and readiness to advanced research, cyber, logistics, and life-cycle sustainment, our teams help customers solve complex challenges in some of the world’s most demanding environments. Whether supporting operations on the ground, at sea, in the air, or in space, our clients trust us to deliver mission-critical capabilities every day. Working with us means being rewarded for your contributions. In addition to competitive benefits and professional development, our people are empowered to use all their potential, creating meaningful change for themselves and our clients. We attract the best minds in the world because our expertise thrives on creativity, resourcefulness and collaboration. That is how we supply our clients with cutting-edge solutions. As the needs of the world change, we’re ready to respond and guide the way forward with strategic, sustainable, and technological advancements grounded in more than a century of practical application and execution."
2. "We Are the People Team We are strategic partners to the business, shaping the talent, culture, and capabilities that enable sustainable growth and high performance. We operate across global markets, partnering with leaders and teams to design practical, scalable solutions that enhance how work gets done and how people thrive. Through strong business insight, data-driven decision making, and a commitment to continuous improvement, we build talent programs that drive impact at every stage of the organization’s evolution."
3. "About The Role Reporting to the US Benefits Manager, the Senior Specialist, Retirement Plans supports the administration and delivery of retirement plans, primarily within the U.S., while aligned with broader global benefits frameworks. This role ensures retirement plans are administered accurately, efficiently, and in compliance with applicable regulations while contributing to a positive employee experience. You will partner with HR, Payroll, Finance, vendors, and other stakeholders to support retirement plans, including defined contribution and defined benefit plans where applicable. You will play a key role in day-to-day operations, issue resolution, and compliance activities, while contributing to process improvements and ongoing program support."
4. Responsibilities list (bullet points). We'll convert each sentence starting with a verb into
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List items:
- Administer U.S. retirement programs, including defined contribution and defined benefit plans, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with applicable regulations, while coordinating with global benefits practices where appropriate.
- Manage relationships with external vendors, recordkeepers, and administrators to support plan operations, resolve issues, and ensure high-quality service delivery.
- Oversee day-to-day plan activities, including enrollments, contributions, distributions, and plan changes.
- Resolve employee inquiries and issues related to retirement plans, including eligibility, transactions, and vendor coordination.
- Partner with HR, Payroll, Finance, and HRIS to ensure accurate data flow, contributions processing, and reconciliation of retirement plan activity.
- Ensure compliance with ERISA and applicable regulations by overseeing regulatory filings (e.g., Form 5500), maintaining documentation, and ensuring audit readiness.
- Lead and coordinate annual compliance activities, including plan audits, compliance testing, and contribution reviews, ensuring timely and accurate completion.
- Assist with retirement plan communications, including employee education materials and support for awareness campaigns.
- Analyze data and reporting to identify discrepancies, trends, and provide actionable recommendations for improvement.
- Support system updates, data integrity, and integration efforts across HRIS and vendor platforms.
- Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and service delivery.
5. Basic Qualifications: Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field required.
- 5+ years of experience in retirement plans, benefits, or a related Total Rewards function.
- Experience supporting retirement programs in a complex or multinational organization preferred.
6. Functional Expertise:
- Working knowledge of retirement plans, including defined contribution (e.g., 401(k)) and defined benefit plans.
- Understanding of applicable regulations (e.g., ERISA, IRS, and related compliance requirements), with exposure to global retirement programs preferred.
- Experience working with retirement plan vendors, recordkeepers, or third-party administrators.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage data accurately and handle sensitive information.
- Solid analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and resolve discrepancies.
- Effective communication and stakeholder collaboration skills in a matrixed environment.
- Experience working with HRIS and benefits administration systems (e.g., Workday, SAP) preferred.
- Proficiency in Excel and general reporting tools to support data analysis and reconciliation activities.
We could split these into Requirements (Education & Experience) and Qualifications (Functional Expertise) and Skills (maybe some of the functional expertise). But we have headings: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We need to decide mapping.
We could put Education & Experience under Requirements. Functional Expertise could be split into Qualifications (knowledge, regulations, vendor experience) and Skills (attention to detail, analytical, communication, HRIS, Excel). But we must not invent headings without real content. We have content for each.
Thus:
- Requirements: Education & Experience bullet list.
- Qualifications: Working knowledge of retirement plans, understanding of regulations, experience with vendors.
- Skills: Strong attention to detail, analytical/problem-solving, communication/stakeholder collaboration, HRIS experience, Excel proficiency.
But we need to ensure we don't lose any content. Let's allocate.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field required.
- 5+ years of experience in retirement plans, benefits, or a related Total Rewards function.
- Experience supporting retirement programs in a complex or multinational organization preferred.
Qualifications:
- Working knowledge of retirement plans, including defined contribution (e.g., 401(k)) and defined benefit plans.
- Understanding of applicable regulations (e.g., ERISA, IRS, and related compliance requirements), with exposure to global retirement programs preferred.
- Experience working with retirement plan vendors, recordkeepers, or third-party administrators.
Skills:
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage data accurately and handle sensitive information.
- Solid analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and resolve discrepancies.
- Effective communication and stakeholder collaboration skills in a matrixed environment.
- Experience working with HRIS and benefits administration systems (e.g., Workday, SAP) preferred.
- Proficiency in Excel and general reporting tools to support data analysis and reconciliation activities.
Now Benefits:
- 401K plan with company match
- Medical, dental, vision
- Life insurance, AD&D
- Flexible spending account
- Disability
- Paid time off
- Flexible work schedule
- Career advancement through professional training and development
But the original says "KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include a 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development." So we can list as above.
Pay:
We have "Additional Compensation: KBR may offer bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels, per internal policy or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be in the form of sign on bonus, relocation benefits, short term incentives, long term incentives, or discretionary payments for exceptional performance."
We can make a summarizing: KBR may offer bonuses
for prose. We need to parse the posting. Title: Retirement Plans Senior Specialist (but we do not repeat title as heading). So we start with maybe a short paragraph for meta? The instruction: "Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." So we can include a short paragraph with location maybe? But location is part of Basic Qualifications? Actually location appears later: "Location: The ideal candidate will be located in the Houston, TX or greater Washington D.C.-Baltimore area." That's location info; we could include in a short
maybe under a generic meta? But we are not required to have a meta section; we can just include location in a paragraph before sections. We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to include: - Intro about KBR (company description) maybe not needed? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." The intro about KBR is substantive but maybe not required for job posting? It's part of the posting. We should include it as prose maybe under a section? There's no heading for company overview. Could include as a
before sections. - "We Are the People Team" paragraph. - "About The Role" paragraph. - Responsibilities list (bulleted). We'll need to convert each sentence starting with a verb into list items. - Basic Qualifications: Education & Experience, Functional Expertise. Could be split into Requirements, Qualifications, Skills sections. The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to map content to these headings. We have: About the role: we have a paragraph under "About The Role". Good. Responsibilities: we have "Key Responsibilities" list. Requirements: maybe "Basic Qualifications" includes Education & Experience (requirements). Could be Requirements. Qualifications: maybe "Functional Expertise" could be Qualifications? Or we could treat Functional Expertise as Qualifications. Skills: maybe we can extract skills from Functional Expertise: strong attention to detail, analytical, problem-solving, communication, stakeholder collaboration, HRIS experience, Excel proficiency. Benefits: we have a Benefits paragraph: "KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include a 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development." Pay: we have "Additional Compensation: KBR may offer bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation..." That's pay info. So we can include Pay section. Schedule: we have location and flexible working arrangements: "While KBR strives to maintain a global, flexible, diverse, and sustainable work environment for our people, we currently offer flexible working arrangements, including hybrid, remote working, and virtual delivery..." That's schedule info. So we can include Schedule section. We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We must not include boilerplate like EEO, etc. Remove that. We must not include duplicated lines. We need to output only HTML fragment. Let's craft. Start with maybe a short paragraph for location? Could incorporate location into Schedule section. Better: Have a brief intro paragraph before sections: maybe combine the initial KBR description and "We Are the People Team". But we need to preserve all substantive info. So we can include them as
elements before headings. Let's list all substantive paragraphs: 1. "When you become part of our KBR team, your opportunities are endless. Through internal collaboration, and with our partners and customers, we’re defining tomorrow’s challenges, then providing the innovative solutions to overcome those challenges, always maintaining our commitment to Zero Harm and our Sustainability Platform. In September 2025, we announced that we are spinning our Mission Technology Solutions business into a separate public company. This role would ultimately be part of that new company. Our Mission Technology Solutions business partners with governments and defense, intelligence, space, aviation, and critical infrastructure customers to deliver high-end engineering, science, technology, and mission support solutions. From national security and readiness to advanced research, cyber, logistics, and life-cycle sustainment, our teams help customers solve complex challenges in some of the world’s most demanding environments. Whether supporting operations on the ground, at sea, in the air, or in space, our clients trust us to deliver mission-critical capabilities every day. Working with us means being rewarded for your contributions. In addition to competitive benefits and professional development, our people are empowered to use all their potential, creating meaningful change for themselves and our clients. We attract the best minds in the world because our expertise thrives on creativity, resourcefulness and collaboration. That is how we supply our clients with cutting-edge solutions. As the needs of the world change, we’re ready to respond and guide the way forward with strategic, sustainable, and technological advancements grounded in more than a century of practical application and execution." 2. "We Are the People Team We are strategic partners to the business, shaping the talent, culture, and capabilities that enable sustainable growth and high performance. We operate across global markets, partnering with leaders and teams to design practical, scalable solutions that enhance how work gets done and how people thrive. Through strong business insight, data-driven decision making, and a commitment to continuous improvement, we build talent programs that drive impact at every stage of the organization’s evolution." 3. "About The Role Reporting to the US Benefits Manager, the Senior Specialist, Retirement Plans supports the administration and delivery of retirement plans, primarily within the U.S., while aligned with broader global benefits frameworks. This role ensures retirement plans are administered accurately, efficiently, and in compliance with applicable regulations while contributing to a positive employee experience. You will partner with HR, Payroll, Finance, vendors, and other stakeholders to support retirement plans, including defined contribution and defined benefit plans where applicable. You will play a key role in day-to-day operations, issue resolution, and compliance activities, while contributing to process improvements and ongoing program support." 4. Responsibilities list (bullet points). We'll convert each sentence starting with a verb into
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field required.
- 5+ years of experience in retirement plans, benefits, or a related Total Rewards function.
- Experience supporting retirement programs in a complex or multinational organization preferred.
- Working knowledge of retirement plans, including defined contribution (e.g., 401(k)) and defined benefit plans.
- Understanding of applicable regulations (e.g., ERISA, IRS, and related compliance requirements), with exposure to global retirement programs preferred.
- Experience working with retirement plan vendors, recordkeepers, or third-party administrators.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage data accurately and handle sensitive information.
- Solid analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and resolve discrepancies.
- Effective communication and stakeholder collaboration skills in a matrixed environment.
- Experience working with HRIS and benefits administration systems (e.g., Workday, SAP) preferred.
- Proficiency in Excel and general reporting tools to support data analysis and reconciliation activities.
- 401K plan with company match
- Medical, dental, vision
- Life insurance, AD&D
- Flexible spending account
- Disability
- Paid time off
- Flexible work schedule
- Career advancement through professional training and development
summarizing: KBR may offer bonuses