Pension Specialist

We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Pension Specialist to join our team on a temporary contract basis for an anticipated 9-12 month period.

This role is ideal for a pensions professional with strong technical knowledge of Defined Benefit (DB) pension schemes, excellent analytical skills, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a governance-focused environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and support Defined Benefit pension scheme activities
• Perform manual calculations for member benefits including:
  • Retirements
  • Death benefits
  • Transfers
• Maintain accurate records and clear audit trails
• Support governance and compliance processes
• Import/export pension data and run system actions
• Work with pensions administration software and support data-related activities
• Collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders and team members

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong working knowledge of Defined Benefit pension schemes
• Experience with:
  • Contracting Out
  • Gender Equalisation
• Ability to manually calculate pension benefits accurately
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Highly accurate, diligent, and organised approach
• Ability to work independently and manage workload effectively
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Outlook
• Experience using pensions administration software, including:
  • Data importing/exporting
  • Running automated actions

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge of GMP Equalisation
• Coding or scripting experience
• Experience with Profund P3 pensions software

Working Arrangement

This is a hybrid role, with office/home working arrangements to be agreed based on business needs.

If you are an experienced pensions professional looking for an engaging contract opportunity, we would love to hear from you.

Please quote 52386 when calling Sarah at Alexander Lloyd or email them at sha@alexanderlloyd.co.uk. This is only one of many vacancies we are handling, Alexander Lloyd is a specialist within Financial Services recruitment. Areas of expertise include Employee Benefits, Compliance, Pensions, Group Risk, Paraplanners, Sales Support, T&C etc.

Due to the high amount of interest that we receive for each of our roles unfortunately we cannot respond to each application individually, therefore if you do not hear back from one of our consultants you have not been shortlisted for this role. Please continue to check our website www.alexanderlloyd.co.uk for any other roles which may be of interest.