Job Description
Advantage Resourcing is seeking candidates to apply for a Pensions and Benefits Systems Manager
This will be a 12 month contract position, working with a leading engineering organisation at one of their offices in the City of London on a hybrid basis. Rates of pay will be up to £400 per day via umbrella company
You will be working closely with the Pensions and Reward Operations Manager you will support & develop the in-house pensions administration system. In addition, you will support other software and systems applications including the Group's benefit platform and employee benefit election tool, which will include working with internal and external parties to scope and implement changes.
You will also work on a diverse portfolio of projects including member option exercises, general benefit change projects including annual election windows, business acquisitions and disposals, all annual pension projects, including online benefit statements, implementation of the Pensions Dashboard and the Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP), rectification, equalisation and conversion exercises.
In addition, you will deputise for the Pensions and Reward Operations Manager as required.
Accountabilities:
Maintenance and development of the in-house pension administration system, identifying areas for both systems and administration improvement. By capturing user feedback and system change requirements you will interpret user/change requirements to draft system specifications and proposals.
Undertake analysis to understand root causes of data, interface and calculation issues. This could involve collaborating across Group Reward and Benefits as well as external stakeholders to enable effective decision-making regarding process changes to prevent issues reoccurring.
Oversee the commission, testing and implementation of pension systems and software updates and software deliveries/installations in accordance with departmental needs to minimise disruption to day-to-day operations.
Collect and document the business processes for data, workflows, interfaces, communications and calculations.
Oversee GMP reconciliation, rectification, equalisation and conversion exercises, with a strong focus on data and calculations.
Develop and support business processes, including interfaces with external providers, working with internal teams to support data integrations and conduct routine maintenance.
Work with Pensions and Rewards Operations Manager, Benefits and Pensions Systems Analyst and Pensions Administration Manager to proactively deliver continuous improvement in service delivery including pension administration processes and member communications.
Support activities relating to the periodic processing of employee and member data from internal and external resources, ensuring the accuracy of all member records on all employee/member data platforms.
Perform any other duties that are within the employee's skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed.
Background
Extensive knowledge of DB and DC pension administration
A strong background in pensions project/programme management delivery and ability to manage several projects simultaneously
SQL experience and able to run SQL queries
Advance Excel skills including the use of pivot tables, lookups and can create and run macros
Previous in-house pension management experience at a senior level
Proven experience of actively managing external provider relationships
For more information and to be considered please apply with your updated CV.