Woodward's Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Commitment

At Woodward, no matter where you are from, your physical appearance, or how you identify, you deserve the opportunity to reach your greatest potential.We are on a journey to achieve this as an organization and want to work closely with our members to set the right path.

We humbly acknowledge this will be an imperfect journey.Yet, we are steadfastly committed to embracing the power of diverse people, perspectives and experiences for our current members, attracting the best talent across our communities, and creating an inclusive and rewarding workplace for all.

Woodward supports our members' wellbeing and regularly benchmarks with other companies in our industry to offer an extensive Total Reward package for this position.Salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

• Estimated annual base pay:$99,200 (minimum) - $124,000(midpoint) - $148,800

• All members included in annual cash bonus opportunity

• 401(k) match (4.5%)

• Annual Woodward stock contribution (5%)

• Tuition reimbursement and Training/Professional Development opportunities for all members

• 12 paid holidays, including floating holidays

• Industry leading medical, dental, and vision Insuranceupon date of hire

• Vacation / Sick Time / Vacation Buy-up / Short Term Disability / Bereavement leave

• Paid parental leave

• Adoption Assistance

• Employee Assistance Program, including mental health benefits

• Member Life & AD&D / Long Term Disability / Member Optional Life

• Member referral bonus

• Spouse / Child Optional Life / Optional AD&D / Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending

• Voluntary benefits, including:

• Home / Auto Insurance discounts

• Whole Life Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance / Legal Assistance / Military Leave

Are you ready to make your mark?If you're a Benefits Manager, (Retirement) we have an exciting opportunity for you.This position reports to the Director, Global Benefits and willmanage the retirement benefit programs.The position will manage, oversee, and participate in running, reviewing, and reconciling files for retirement program contributions and testing.Manage and oversee retirement plan processes and tracking of invoices for benefit vendors.Monitor and evaluate benefit vendor data feeds, headcount, and cost reporting.Participate in and lead various compliance activities including reporting, audits, corrections, and non-discrimination testing.Perform professional level operations,technical and analytical work related to Woodward'sretirement benefit programs.Mentor benefit analysts.

What You Will Be Doing

• Collaborate with leadership, lead, and support the annual benefit programs processes.This may include retirement plan contributions and eligibility, retirement plan testing, plan reporting, andretirement plan enrollments.

• Analyze, model, audit, and make recommendations on retirement plan cost reports, head count reports, contribution reports, communications, and compliance required activities. Oversee, audit and may conduct various ongoing vendor data feeds/exchanges.Resolve discrepancies and errors.

• Create and report monthly and quarterly retirement plan reporting (e.g., actual costs compared to profit plan, accruals, eligibility changes, etc.)

• Ensure compliance with ERISA, DOL, IRC, Plan Documents, etc. and perform activities including the analysis on various benefit programs based on issues identified.

• Manage and collaborate closely with benefit vendor partners to assure optimum performance and serve as the process owner for vendor questions regarding eligibility, status codes and other member data issues.

• Manage and oversee retirement plan SPDs, Plan Documents, Amendments, Benefits Handbook, and Member Guidebook for updates and consistency.