Senior Pensions Administrator

Barnett Waddingham

  • Guildford, Surrey
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 18 days ago
Job Description:We are recruiting for a Senior Pension Administrator for our Guildford Office.The Pension Administration Business Area provides a broad range of services to trustees of UK occupational pension schemes such as DB, DC, CARE and cash balance. These services include:-
  • Benefit administration
  • Pensioner payroll
  • Administration consulting services
  • Scheme governance and trustee secretarial
  • Bespoke one off projects
  • Cash handling and preparing draft accounts
  • PPF assessment administration services
  • Data audits and data cleansing
  • Specialist roles
Responsibilities
  • Managing a portfolio of clients as well as managing projects to ensure all deadlines and budgets are met.
  • Checking manual and computer generated benefit calculations for accuracy and checking updates to the member database.
  • Undertaking a proactive client facing role which will involve attending client meetings and communicating with clients, their members and advisors.
  • Assisting with promoting our admin services and systems to existing and potential new clients.
  • Checking cash handling functions, liaising with the bank and investment managers as appropriate.
  • Checking client pensioner payrolls, including calculation of net pay and arranging payments.
  • Liaising with authorities including DWP, HMRC, The Pensions Regulator and the Information Commissioner.
  • Deputising for the Team Leader as agreed and delegating where appropriate.
A strong background in DB pension administration is essential with experience of a full range of pension events is essential.Qualifications
  • Ideally you'll have a relevant degree, Certificate in Pension Calculations or progress with other PMI examinations.
  • A strong background in DB pension administration is essential
Here is a summary of our benefits:
  • Competitive discretionary annual bonus
  • Life assurance (4x up to 10x)
  • Group income protection up to 65% of salary
  • Private medical cover
  • 25 days holiday per year and up to 30 days with holiday trading
  • Generous pension scheme (we contribute 8%)
  • Sports Allowance - we pay up to 50% of your gym/sports membership (up to £50 pm)
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Complimentary fresh fruit, hot and cold drinks in all our offices
  • Paid volunteering day per year as a commitment to our Corporate Social Investment
  • Support your favourite charity with the "Give as You Earn" option
  • Match-funding for individuals raising money for a recognised charity
  • Corporate social investment programme
  • Funded training and professional development
  • Lots of clubs, sporting and social events across our offices
  • DEI Networks include Early careers, Gender equality, Inter-faith, LGBT+, Multicultural and Wellness+
  • Tech / mobile advantage scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Healthcare cash plan
  • Health assessments
  • Dental cover
  • Critical illness cover
  • Ability to add family members to benefits
  • Discounted gym membership
  • Travel insurance options
  • Will writing
  • Access to GP service
  • Access to Eldercare concierge service
  • Travel loan
  • Broad range of cash back offers and discounts at hundreds of retailers including supermarkets, fitness centres, travel and leisure companies
AccessibilityIf you have a disability, learning difficulty, medical condition, or individual need, which you believe may affect your performance during our selection process, we'll be happy to make adjustments to our processes to enable you a fair opportunity to showcase your skills.Please visit should you benefit from advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability. Should you require information in a different format, have other accessibility or reasonable adjustment requirements or if you find any problems not listed on this page, please contact or call us on 0333 11 11 222.Postal applications should be sent to: Resourcing & Talent Acquisition, Barnett Waddingham, St James's House, St James Square, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3PRNot quite the right opportunity for you this time?Follow Barnett Waddingham on LinkedIn in order to receive updates and posts about future opportunities, webinars and industry event invites, industry news and insights, exposure to new connections, BW services and new content.

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