Holly Morris
Easton
Summary
Dynamic professional with extensive experience in retirement planning for businesses with fewer than 500 participants. Proven expertise in compliance best practices, including the preparation, implementation, and review of essential documents and plan design. Skilled in analyzing and resolving complex compliance issues to ensure optimal plan performance and regulatory adherence. Committed to delivering tailored solutions that enhance organizational retirement strategies and support long-term financial security.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Telecommuting Senior Plan Administrator
Preferred Pension Planning Corporation
06.2023 - Current
- Responsible for a caseload of approximately 82 Defined Contribution administrative clients.
- Handle all aspects of the administrative process including, testing, contribution reconciliation, Trust Accounting, contribution projections and calculations. Also approved participant distributions and withdrawals.
- Many are controlled-group companies with multiple 401(k) plans requiring combined testing.
Telecommuting Senior Plan Administrator
First American Bank
12.2022 - 06.2023
- Responsible for a caseload of approximately 35 Defined Contribution administrative clients.
- Handle all aspects of the administrative process including, testing, contribution reconciliation, Trust Accounting, contribution projections and calculations. Also approved participant distributions and withdrawals.
Telecommuting Plan Consultant
Loren D. Stark Company
09.2019 - 12.2022
- Responsible for a caseload of approximately 150 Defined Contribution administrative clients.
- Handle all aspects of the administrative process including, testing, contribution reconciliation, contribution projections and calculations.
- Manage all interactions with other departments including trust accounting, Form 5500 preparation distributions, loans, plan amendments, Notices, etc.
- Communicate to client all aspects of the administration process.
Telecommuting Retirement Plan Consultant
Ascensus, LLC (Formerly Retirement Plans Administrative Services, Ltd.)
11.2016 - 09.2019
- Maintained caseload of administrative clients starting at about 45-50 clients.
- Reconciled Plan Trust and prepare Asset & Liability financial statement.
- Settled plan census to Client’s W-3 or payroll reports ensuring compensation is correct and all deferrals reconciled.
- Calculated plan contributions, including employer, match, safe harbor, new comparability.
- Prepared all government forms for filing including support to large clients with CPA audits.
- Technical support for government audit or filing under voluntary correction programs.
- Processed all distributions, hardships, loans, in-service and required minimum distributions.
- Provided weekly status reports to management.
Telecommuting Senior Administrator
MGA Consultants, Inc and United Retirement Plans, Consultants
06.2016 - 11.2016
- Maintained caseload of administrative clients starting at about 100 clients to grow to about 200 clients.
- Provided assistance to sales support covering plan design and compliance.
- Worked with different departments to manage workflow for clientele to meet reporting deadlines.
- Reviewed and approved all work product and have valuations sent to client.
- Communicated to client all aspects of the administration process.
- In Association with United Retirement Plans
Compliance Manager
THE PENSION SERVICE, LLC
04.2003 - 05.2016
- Provided sales & sales support, plan design, and compliance expertise to all four offices over 1,200 Clients overseeing more than $1 billion in assets.
- Attended client meetings to review plan issues and respond to wide-ranging inquiries, re-enrollment meetings, plan redesign, technical support.
- Prepared plan documents and installations, conducted Defined Contribution calculations (i.e., New Comparability, Age Weighted, etc.), and act as point-person to resolve existing and potential compliance issues for administrators.
- Prepared and assist clients for IRS/DOL audits/inquiries.
- Maintained a small caseload of administrative clients. Also had special cases to close out plans or get a plan back into compliance.
- (A Nationwide Pinnacle Third Party Administrator)
Manager—National Support Center, U.S. Group Pensions
John Hancock
03.2001 - 04.2003
- Launched new department that improves support relationships with broker community marketing Manulife’s group pension products and services.
- Acted as division’s senior resource and liaison to corporate distribution team/marketing associates to ensure product and service compliance to clients throughout all aspects of marketing, sales, and account management process.
- Hired, trained, managed, and reviewed performance of inbound sales coordinators and outbound business development specialists.
- Created and generated monthly inbound/outbound call reports for corporate and field management.
- (Previously Manulife, a subsidiary of Manufacturer’s Life Insurance Company)
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration, Finance & Real Estate
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Northridge, CA05.1983
Skills
- Extensive leadership experience building relationships with brokers, clients, team members, and others in consultative, compliance-focused capacities
- Financial industry expertise includes diverse aspects of 401(k) and other types pension plans and various funding products such as group variable annuities, individual annuities, mutual funds, brokerage accounts, qualified traditional/variable life insurance and other products
- Proven success assisting with new sales and client retention via expertise in marketing and resolution of a wide range of qualified plan support issues, eg, new plan design, existing plan redesign, product issues, plan administration, and changes in IRS/DOL regulations
- Prepared and managed document creation for new and takeover plans, amendments, and various notices
Certification
- ENROLLED RETIREMENT PLAN AGENT (ERPA) Completed Exams, August 2009, awarded September, 2009
- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PENSION PROFESSIONALS AND ACTUARIES (ASPPA) Qualified Pension Administrator (QPA) to be awarded this October, 2009
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PENSION ADMINISTRATORS (NIPA) Accredited Pension Administrator (APA) Designation (Lapsed)
- BENTLEY COLLEGE, Center for Executive and Professional Education Certificate in Pension and Employee Benefits
- WEST LOS ANGELES SCHOOL OF LAW Corporate Paralegal Certificate
Timeline
Telecommuting Senior Plan Administrator
Preferred Pension Planning Corporation
06.2023 - Current
Telecommuting Senior Plan Administrator
First American Bank
12.2022 - 06.2023
Telecommuting Plan Consultant
Loren D. Stark Company
09.2019 - 12.2022
Telecommuting Retirement Plan Consultant
Ascensus, LLC (Formerly Retirement Plans Administrative Services, Ltd.)
11.2016 - 09.2019
Telecommuting Senior Administrator
MGA Consultants, Inc and United Retirement Plans, Consultants
06.2016 - 11.2016
Compliance Manager
THE PENSION SERVICE, LLC
04.2003 - 05.2016
Manager—National Support Center, U.S. Group Pensions
John Hancock
03.2001 - 04.2003
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration, Finance & Real Estate
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Software
Microsoft Office, Corbel/Relius Document and Administration Systems, ASC Administration Systems, Pension Online Plan Design Systems, Datair Administration & Pension Reporter Systems, FTWilliams 5500 System, Larkspur, Pension Planet Internet-based marketing systems. Various data & file management/workflow systems like Synergy.