Employee Benefit Plan Services

PRIMARY CONTACT:
Patricia Giudici, CPA

The Schnieder Downs Audit and Assurance Services for Employee Benefit Plans Services group performs:

Audit Services

• 401(k), 403(b), and profit sharing plans, including 11-K
• Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)
• Defined benefit and cash balance plans
• Health and welfare plans

Consulting, Fiduciary, and Administrative Solutions*

• Plan governance assessment, implementation and maintenance
• Fiduciary and participant education
• Investment menu analysis, including target date fund suitability
• Fee benchmarking, including requests for proposals (RFPs)
• Customized plan design analysis and implementation
• Open architecture retirement plan platform
• Individual Retirement Account (IRAs) solutions
• Third-party administrative services, including:

• Compliance and nondiscrimination testing
• Form 5500 preparation
• Recordkeeping for daily-valued individual account plans
• Plan document preparation
• Distribution processing
• Participant reporting and notification
• Plan corrections under EPCRS (IRS), DFVCP (EBSA), and VFCP (DOL)
• Assistance with IRS and DOL examinations
• Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) consulting and administration, including feasibility analysis, repurchase obligation, and 409(p) testing (where applicable)
• Nonqualified plan design and implementation

Audit and Assurance Services for Employee Benefit Plans Resources

• Schneider Downs Audit and Assurance Services for Employee Benefit Plans
• Schneider Downs FAQ - Employee Benefit Plan Audit Requirement
• Schneider Downs ERISA Employee Benefit Plan Services Brochure
• Schneider Downs ERISA 'Our Thoughts On' Articles
• Employee Benefit Plan Resources

About Schneider Downs ERISA

The Schneider Downs ERISA audit practice consists of a service model that is not limited to attest services, but includes providing support and oversight to clients, year-round access to experts, annual education seminars for clients that includes both regulatory and accounting updates, and more.  For more information, visit 8dq.djmario-on-tour.com/audit-assurance-services-employee-benefit-plans or contact us at [email protected].

*Consulting and Fiduciary Services are provided by SDAdvantage Retirement Solutions, LP (SDARS) and Schneider Downs Wealth Management Advisors, LP (SDWMA).

SDARS performs third-party administrative services for retirement plans.  These services typically include design and plan documentation, compliance testing and reporting, recordkeeping, contribution processing, and distribution services.

SDWMA is a Registered Investment Advisor providing investment management services to plan sponsors, including discretionary and non-discretionary investment advice regarding a plan’s investment options, the ongoing monitoring of those options and participant education.