Senior Pensions Administrator

5 days ago


Midlothian, United Kingdom MERJE Ltd Full time

Senior Pensions Administrator

Monday - Friday

Competitive Salary - Permanent position

Location: Bristol, Edinburgh or Ipswitch 

Requirement: Pensions Experience

Do you have Pensions administration experience?

Are you looking for progression and a long-term career?

As a Senior Administrator, you will be responsible for the administration a combination of pension schemes in accordance with our client's requirements to the desired standards and deadlines.

As a Senior Administrator you will be used to supporting complex queries, manual calculations and be adept at checking and allocating work. Defined Contribution (DC) experience will be an advantage and progression with PMI qualifications is also desirable.

You will be responsible for the supervision of up to two trainee / junior pensions administrator and be expected to deputise for Principal Pension Administrator when required .

Senior Pension Administrator responsibilities:

  • Carry out complex pension administration tasks and calculations including treasury and payroll accurately and in accordance with internal processes and company policies, adhering to procedures and standards regarding work and conduct.
  • Attendance at Trustee and ad hoc client meetings, including new business presentations as required.
  • Management of pensioner payrolls, pension increases and ensure the annual notification of the lifetime allowance used is notified to pensioners in a timely manner.
  • Assist team members as required and provide support to Principal administrator.
  • Management of investment of contributions.
  • Monitor transactional activity for Tariff and Fixed fee clients and ensure regular financial information provided to billing manager to ensure work is invoiced in line with the administration client service agreement accurately and in a timely manner.
  • Management of unit reconciliations / lifestyle switches.

What we look for:

  • Strong experience of working with different occupational pension schemes.
  • Ideally QPA or PMI qualified or willing to study towards relevant qualifications.
  • Prove experience carrying out complex manual pension's calculations.
  • The ability to process collect and input data and information as delegated.
  • Ability to priorities workload, keeping to deadlines and disclosure requirements.
  • Information Technology literate - in the use of Office Systems, e.g. Microsoft Office for word processing, spreadsheets, database and presentations.
  • Good understanding of various codes of professional ethics and standards as promulgated by the PMI.

Our Benefits:

  • 25 days annual leave allowance
  • Private Medical insurance
  • Pension Scheme
  • Life Assurance
  • Income Protections
  • Company Bonus Scheme

Please note, should feedback not be received within 28 days due to the large volume of applications, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful. However, we may be in touch with similar relevant opportunities.



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