Senior Pension Administrator

We currently have an exclusive role for an experienced Senior Pension Administrator to join an In House pension team to predominantly work on the Company’s closed Defined Benefit (DB) scheme, with the opportunity to also get involved on the DC scheme including engagement with current employees as part of their general retirement planning journey. This is a great opportunity for a technically strong administrator looking to take on quality checking and key annual project responsibilities, as well as involvement in the wider workings of an in-house pension scheme. This role would suit someone who enjoys a mix of operational delivery, technical problem-solving, and contributing to broader scheme projects.

Main duties

• To play a key role in delivering accurate, timely, and compliant pension administration services to DB members.
• Handle a varied workload that combines day-to-day operations with more complex technical work, pensioner payroll, project support and end to end scheme events such as pensions increase.
• Quality checking of casework completed by the team to ensure it meets high standards and is delivered in line with agreed Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
• Processing the monthly pensioner payroll, including associated reconciliations and payments
• Managing the annual pension increase exercise end-to-end
• Assisting with other annual and triennial projects

What We’re Looking For:

• Significant experience in Defined Benefit pension administration and an understanding of Defined Contribution Schemes.
• Strong technical knowledge of DB schemes, including benefit calculations and annual exercises. Pensioner payroll experience ideal although full training can be provided to successful candidate.
• Proven ability to handle complex cases and provide quality assurance / peer review on colleagues’ work.
• Excellent attention to detail and a proactive approach to meeting SLAs and deadlines.

What’s in it for you?

This is a great opportunity for a technically strong administrator looking to take on quality checking and key annual project responsibilities, as well as involvement in the wider workings of an in-house pension scheme. There are opportunities to take an active role within various committees and employee engagement sessions as well as to develop skills in relation to governance and risk management. You will also be offered a Competitive salary Holiday entitlement and Generous Pension Scheme

Please quote 52427 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.