Pensions Specialist
- Warwickshire
- £40,000-50,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Managing and directing central mailbox pensions enquiries.
- Co-ordinate production and publish Trustee Board packs; support drafting of Trustee minutes and ensure actions are followed up on.
- Support ad-hoc Trustee and Corporate pensions projects.
- Operational governance including updating risk register, annual business plan, conflicts policy, member-nominated trustee elections.
- Support with the implementation of the trustee's investment strategy and ESG principles supporting management of relationships with the Trustee's key investment managers.
- Monitor performance against objectives, for key trustee and corporate suppliers.
- Support, project manage and provide information as part of corporate year end accounting processes.
- Support with pensions elements of regulatory submissions to Ofgem
- Provide timely, customer focused service to members (DB & DC). Collation and preparation of risk renewal data (life assurance and group income protection).
- Death in service claims.
- Raising engagement and employee knowledge regarding company pension schemes, including attendance at roadshows and people clinics, maintaining online portals and websites and preparing targeted communications.
- Work with the third-party administrator to prepare packs for Trustee discretion decisions and provide response to members where appropriate. Manage the ill-health process and coordinate with the occupational health consultant and Trustee.
- Manage procurement processes raising Purchase Orders, managing payment of invoices, updating budget spend for Trustee and Corporate work.
- Organise and co-ordinate calendars for internal colleagues, trustee directors and external suppliers.
- You have proven experience in pensions governance or administration.
- A Pensions Management Institute (PMI) Pathways qualification (or working towards one) would be highly regarded, though not essential. We can support you financially with this if you're looking to start a pension qualification or have an annual subscription to pay.
- You've got a good understanding of Defined Benefit (DB) and Defined Contribution (DC) pensions; knowledge of ill-health retirement and dispute resolution policies, and an understanding of auto-enrolment and re-enrolment requirements.