Pension Administration Team Leader
Salary £60,000 DOE
Manchester/Belfast
Hybrid
IDEX Consulting is working with one of the UK's leading pension consulting firms in the search for a Team Leader in their DB pensions administration team.
Looking for candidates who are ambitious and enjoy working with people as well as enjoying solving complex problems and thrive in a challenging environment.
This firm has invested in excellent staff retention rate, clear progression plans and opportunities in different teams, they are focused on culture and making sure everyone is supported with a solid career plan. They are an invested Pension practice in the market and offer a market leading financial & benefits package.
Role responsibilities:
* Experience in managing a team and workloads
* Act as point of contact for scheme members, scheme managers/trustees and other third parties
* Provide mentoring and peer review of less experienced administrators
* Involvement to build a portfolio of clients to which you will manage all the transactions needed for their pension schemes, ensuring they are completed to the highest standards, within the service levels
* Key contact to pension members and your clients
* Answering queries over the phone and via written communication and attending Trustee meetings
* Managing ad-hoc and annual pension projects
* Excellent communication skills both written and oral with the ability to articulate and communicate current and relevant issues to scheme members; pension trustees; and other relevant third parties
* Working pro-actively and using own initiative to complete tasks
* The ability to perform in a fast-moving environment providing excellent service to clients and third parties with a desire to succeed at accomplishing challenging objectives
Desirable:
* Broad pension's technical knowledge, with at least seven years' experience working in a Defined Benefit pension administration environment
* Detailed understanding of defined benefit pensions schemes and UK pensions legislation, regulation and codes of practice
* Systems e.g. Microsoft Office/ Windows applications
* Knowledge of and experience with GMP Reconciliation / Equalisation calculations
* Practical knowledge of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF)
If you are interested then please reach out to Rehana Sadiq at rehana.sadiq@idexconsulting.com