ERISA Audits
Paving the Way for Effective Employee Benefit Programs
Your employees are one of your most important assets, and retirement and pension plans are among your employees’ biggest concerns. The regulatory and financial complexities of this important aspect of any organization can be overwhelming and extremely costly.
We understand that the employee benefits industry requires specialized expertise beyond that of the corporate auditor.
Snyder Cohn Advantages
- Snyder Cohn is a member of the AICPA’s Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center.
- We have a dedicated ERISA audit practice whose team members have overseen hundreds of plan audits, including 401(k), profit sharing, pension, ESOP, health and welfare and 403(b) plans.
- Our partners and senior staff are actively involved in each ERISA audit engagements. You will see the same people on your audit year after year. Your plan will not be a training ground for new or untrained staff.
- We have a significant depth and breadth of knowledge related to ERISA audits. Our dedicated plan audit team members are highly trained in the latest audit and ERISA regulations. We attend both of the major AICPA Employee Benefit Plan conferences that are presented each year.
- You get fast, reliable answers. We maintain contacts at the DOL and can resolve reporting issues directly with the decision makers. We also have additional professional resources within our Retirement Plan Administration Division, including Qualified Pension Administrators (QPA) and Certified Pension Consultants (CPC), when unique needs and questions arise.
- Because we have staff dedicated to benefit plan audits, your work is their most important priority. Professionally completing the audit of your plan is very important to us.
- Because we are proactive in managing our ERISA audits, we make sure that we work efficiently, that our audit procedures are thorough, and that your deadlines are met.
- We work with a wide variety of plan administrators and fund managers. We speak their language and can communicate directly with them when questions arise.