Centennial College Launches Unique Total Benefits Management Program

Capitalizing on Toronto’s acceptability as an important banking centre with added than 800 accumulated arch offices, Centennial College is ablution a different alum affidavit affairs in Total Benefits Management this fall.

The affairs incorporates courses from the industry-developed Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) curriculum, which is co-sponsored by Dalhousie University and the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. Graduates of the eight-month affairs will accept a solid foundation in allowances administration, including authentic addition (DC) and authentic allowances (DB) retirement plans, accumulation activity and bloom allowances in a absolute advantage context.

The affairs is ideal for foreign-trained professionals who are analytic to access their ability of the absolute account area of the banking casework industry, and adolescent aptitude analytic for upwardly adaptable career opportunities in accumulation allowances and accumulation retirement. The class is supplemented with graduate-level apprenticeship in amount business abilities such as activity administration and accounting, as able-bodied as activated absolute allowances applicant interface training in a advanced acquirements lab environment.

“The new Certificate in Total Benefits Management bridges Centennial’s charge to apprenticeship with the able accreditation and amalgamation offered by the CEBS program, giving graduates the accreditation bare to set themselves afar from their aeon and advanced in their careers,” says David Johnson, Dean of Centennial’s School of Business.

“It’s a acceptable fit for CEBS because of our absorption in adopting career acquaintance and able amalgamation in accumulation allowances and accumulation retirement – advantageous and agitative career paths that are generally disregarded in acceptable bookish models,” says Ann O’Neil, Academic Director of CEBS in Canada.

Graduates acquire a Centennial College alum certificate, which allows them to address the civic able examinations for the Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS), Group Benefits Associate (GBA) and Retirement Plans Associate (RPA) designations accepted by Dalhousie University and the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. Students of the affairs are acceptable for Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) funding.

Find added affairs data about Toronto amount or acquaintance Program Coordinator James R. McVittie at jmcvittie@centennialcollege.ca or alarm 416-289-5000, ext. 2639; or Dalhousie University at cancebs@dal.ca or 902-422-7211.