Alex Garrity

Experience

1. Senior Director

   WTW

   Apr 2021 — Present · Denver, CO, US

   Director, Retirement - Defined Contribution Strategist.Defined Contribution ExpertRetirement, Employee Benefits, Compliance, and Health and Welfare Consulting: Strategy Development and Execution. Advanced excel skills and visual basic programming, liability projections, disclosure accounting, mergers and acquisitions, bulk lump sum windows, annuity purchase and curtailment measurements, benefit calculations, early retirement windows, system implementations, operational and compliance reviews, medical plan design and pricing, vendor negotiations, stop-loss, retiree medical plan design and pricing. Project manager and day-to-day client contact.Work experience as follows:Ongoing actuarial valuation and processing including-Pension and retiree medical plan valuation and funding strategies-Defined Contribution Consulting- Operational & Compliance Reviews- Process Reviews-Defined Contribution Recordkeeper evaluations-Assumption setting and projections-Nondiscrimination testing and government forms-Experience studies-Active Medical/Rx rate setting and contributions-Active Medical/Rx budgeting-Excise \"Cadillac\" Tax ModelingBenefits Program Design and employee impact analysis-Risk and cost reduction strategies for defined benefit plans-Active medical plan design-Mergers, Acquisitions, and Affiliation benefit program strategies-Hybrid plan design-Defined Contribution plan design and budgeting-Employee communications and impact statements-Voluntary early retirement window offerings, union negotiations, and layoffsBenefit Program Administration-Benefit Calculations-ACA compliance consulting-Compliance monitoring and audits-Database management See less

Education

• Penn State University

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Actuarial Science

  2007 — 2011