Scott Hodges, CFP®, CBP

Experience

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  Travelers Insurance

  Sept 1984 - Oct 1988

  Senior Employment Recruiter
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  MassMutual Financial Group

  Oct 1988 - Nov 2022

  Retirement Benefits Consultant (Retired)

  Broad background in all areas of Human Resources including Benefits (Health & Welfare, Retirement), Executive Benefits, Executive Compensation (including Board of Directors exhibits), Recruiting, Payroll, HRIS. Project management, vendor relationships, Senior Management presentations.Thorough knowledge of qualified and nonqualified benefits including 401(k), defined benefit pension/cash balance, health and welfare, deferred compensation, as well as employment agreements, change of control agreements and executive compensation programs; Oversee administration of all Home Office qualified and nonqualified benefit plans including individual participant record keeping, payroll processing, and benefit taxation. Recommend and implement appropriate plan design changes for corporate benefit plans working closely with internal and external legal counsel; lead subject matter expert for qualified and nonqualified plan design and Section 409A compliance. Continually commended by senior executives for providing outstanding counsel at all stages of their careers (new hire, promotion, retirement benefit and compensation projections, termination/retirement counseling).Managed project team responsible for transition to new third party administrator; seamless conversion accomplished in less than six months resulting in greater efficiencies and improved work flow. Trained and developed staff. Cultivated and maintained vendor relationships (third party administrators, financial planning services) including review, negotiation and recommendation of final contract details, creation of service guarantees, Request for Proposal (RFP) process, payroll and system enhancements.Administer executive incentive compensation programs including annual short-term, long-term cash and phantom stock options; Formulate and monitor annual nonqualified benefit plan budget, prepare monthly financial reports and plan liabilities, tax projections and incentive compensation accruals; Show less

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  Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc.

  Jan 2015 - Apr 2015

  Tax Preparer