Defined Contributions Customer Solutions Specialist; Licensed

Our story

At Alight, we believe a company’s success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to “Be Alight.”

• Champion People – be empathetic and help create a place where everyone belongs.
• Grow with purpose – Be inspired by our higher calling of improving lives.
• Be Alight – act with integrity, be real and empower others.

It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Alight helps clients gain a benefits advantage while building a healthy and financially secure workforce by unifying the benefits ecosystem across health, wealth, wellbeing, absence management and navigation.

With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.

Join our team if you Champion People, want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity and if you embody the meaning of Be Alight.

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This role requires that qualified candidates must reside in the United States or Puerto Rico. Only applicants from these locations will be considered.

As part of an industry-leading team, you will help drive results for Alight Clients by delivering innovative and effective solutions as part of our Wealth Customer Care group within Alight.

This role involves handling inbound calls and providing financial education on complex retirement-related questions, investment, and payment options for plan participants. It focuses on both qualified and non-qualified retirement plan benefits. Ideal candidates should have a financial background, enjoy educating and supporting others, and possess strong listening, communication, and problem-solving skills. Knowledge of Defined Contribution and/or Defined Benefit plans is essential.

• Handling inbound calls and providing financial education.
• Answering complex questions, investment and payment options available to plan participants.
• Offering guidance on appropriate tools and services.
• Providing information and guidance around the effects of plan distributions, loans, investment choices and other specific plan rules.
• Working independently to troubleshoot and research issues, and develop solutions.
• Processing transactional support to plan participants.
• Focusing guidance on qualified and non-qualified retirement plan benefits.

• Possess FINRA Series 6 or 7. Series 63/65/66 a plus.
• Demonstrate Defined Contribution or Qualified Plan experience. Experience in customer Service, and/or financial services.
• Possess analytical skills for problem solving and ability to troubleshoot basic technical problems.
• Be detail oriented with a high degree of accuracy and personal accountability.
• Able to work in high pressure environment with seasonality high volume.
• Utilize conceptual thinking to identify patterns, apply concepts and clarify complex information.
• Demonstrate sustained confidence and resilience during difficult interactions.
• Possess ability to ask relevant probing questions to better assess customer needs. Also, use data to persuade and influence customers to objectively guide them.
• Demonstrate active listening to customers to understand both articulated and unarticulated needs.

Proof will be required to verify US citizenship status at time of hire because this role supports services provided to the federal government and/or a federal government contractor.

So that you can be your best at work and home, we consider flexible working arrangements wherever possible. Alight has been a leader in the flexible workspace and “Top 100 Company for Remote Jobs” 5 years in a row.

We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind, body, wallet and life because it’s important our benefits care for the whole person. Options include a variety of health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity, paternity & adoption leave, continuing education and training as well as a…