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Steven J. Levine, LLC |
Phone:
(914) 232-5451 |
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A Benefit Capital Company |
Fax:
(914) 232-9014 |
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FCA . EA . MAAA . MSPA |
email:
sjlevine@bestweb.net |
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Consulting Actuary |
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Steve Levine has over 30
years of experience in actuarial and retirement plan consulting. He provides strategic business
consulting involving actuarial and employee benefit design services. He has extensive experience in
providing litigation and audit support in the employee benefits area as well as expert witness
testimony in arbitration and court proceedings. He specializes in merger and acquisition planning
as well as creative employee benefit and human resource solutions to growing and downsizing companies.
He has been an advisor, consultant and principal in hundreds of change of control transactions.
Steve currently works with
major corporations and investment bankers to address human resource and employee benefit issues. Some
of his career highlights include: developed computer models to analyze investment product risk and
profitability; performed initial ERISA actuarial valuations as of 1976 and all subsequent years;
drafted plan documents for ERISA compliance and subsequent legislation; functioned as the primary
benefit consultant for large controlled groups of corporations; provided plan design and ongoing
services for a broad array of employee benefit programs; functioned as a benefit consultant and
advisor to many prominent ERISA attorneys; provided expert witness testimony in arbitration and
court proceedings; provided actuarial support and due diligence in corporate mergers and acquisitions;
negotiated with IRS/PBGC and DOL in settling actuarial and plan audit cases; acted as a liaison between
consultants, attorneys, actuaries and recordkeepers for clients; developed procedures and controls and
obtained a SAS 70 Level II certification for a recordkeeping operation; provided plan design and consulting
for post -retirement medical programs for compliance with FASB SFAS 106; created and implemented client-based
systems for data maintenance and benefit computations; performed trading and shareholder service functions for
mutual fund processing in defined contribution plans; and structured strategic alliances with trust companies,
mutual funds and broker dealers.
Steve began his career in
1977 with MetLife and worked for several national consulting groups through 1984. In 1984 he founded
an independent actuarial consulting and recordkeeping company which he grew to 70 employees and over
$7 million in annual revenue. He sold the company to Bank of New York.
Steve is a graduate of
Binghamton University, Harpur College with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and is an
Enrolled Actuary. He was a William Lowell Putnam Competition participant. He is a Fellow of the
Conference of Consulting Actuaries and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries, American
Society for Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA), and International Actuarial Association.
He is a former member of the Society of Professional Administrators and Recordkeepers (SPARK). He
served as the Government Affairs Committee Chairperson for ASPPA and has also served on the EA-1
and EA-2 exam committees. He speaks frequently on employee benefit plan issues in mergers and
acquisitions for the Enrolled Actuaries meetings and ASPPA. He has also been a guest lecturer
at the New York University Law School LLM program and has authored the featured articles for
the Spring 1998 and Spring 2006 Journal of Pension Benefits.
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