Golden Bison Search Partners

Recruiting for TPA and retirement plan administration firms.


Run by a former 401(k) and cash balance plan administrator. If you work in the industry, or hire for it, I would like to hear from you.

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Recruiting from someone who has done the work


Before starting Golden Bison, I was a plan administrator on 401(k), profit sharing and cash balance plans, and the final reviewer on plan documents.

So I can talk with candidates about the work itself, not just the titles on their résumé, and tell a hiring firm what someone actually knows: testing, Form 5500s, plan documents, cash balance, distributions.

Roles I recruit for

  • 401(k) and profit sharing plan administrators
  • Cash balance plan administrators
  • Plan document specialists
  • Compliance and testing analysts
  • Distribution specialists

For firms hiring


Most recruiters work across many industries. I work in one.

  1. Tell me about the role and the team. What the person will actually do, and on which kinds of plans.
  2. I find and screen candidates, with the questions only someone who has done the job would think to ask.
  3. You meet the people who fit.
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For retirement plan professionals


Thinking about a move, or just curious what is out there? Talk to someone who knows the job.

  • Confidential. Nothing goes to an employer without your okay.
  • Specific. I can tell you what a role involves day to day, because I have done this work.
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