Benefit Plan Administration

Benefit Plan Administration of Wisconsin, Inc. Has been a dedicated back office outsourcing partner for multiemployer trust funds across Wisconsin since 1981. With 102 employees and offices in Milwaukee, Madison, DeForest, and Waukesha, the firm takes on the full administrative weight of health, pension, 401(k), vacation, and training fund programs, giving trustees a single, experienced team rather than a patchwork of vendors. The scope of work spans the entire plan lifecycle. For health plans, BPA manages enrollment, eligibility, and compliance. For pension and 401(k) funds, the team handles contribution tracking, benefit calculations, regulatory filings, and participant communications. Vacation and training fund administration rounds out the core offering. A separate internal division, the Combined Crafts Statewide Audit Program, fields four dedicated auditors who review contractor compliance with ERISA funding requirements on a two-to-three year rotation cycle across 12 trade clients, bringing over 75 years of combined auditing experience to that work alone. More than 95% of BPA's clients are multiemployer trust funds in the building trades, including masons, sheet metal workers, laborers, plumbers and steamfitters, ironworkers, heat and frost insulators, and carpenters. The firm also serves funds in the food industry. These are not straightforward accounts. Trustees, their attorneys, and CPAs regularly bring complex regulatory and financial issues to BPA for analysis, research, and formal recommendations, and the firm has a documented record of working through those situations effectively. What distinguishes BPA from larger outsourcing firms is who actually does the work. The principals of the firm are directly involved in client service, and the same people analyzing government regulations and tracking plan trends are the ones working with trustees day to day. Professional consultants average 15 years of experience in multiemployer construction trade or food industry funds, and firm principals each carry more than 25 years in this specific area. Some client relationships extend beyond 35 years. For multiemployer trust funds looking for a proven back office partner with serious ERISA depth, BPA offers both the institutional knowledge and the staff capacity to handle what most providers find complicated. Reach the team at 414-577-3700 to discuss your fund's administration needs.