Pension Fund Accountant Hybrid Working

3 weeks ago

Glasgow, United Kingdom Halecroft Recruitment Full time

We are recruiting a diligent accounting professional who can provide a reliable, high standard of pension fund accounting services to our client’s portfolio of clients. You will have solid accountancy experience with the capability to be trained in completingcompliant statutory annual financial statements for occupational pension schemes, and the treasury/financial management of trustee bank accounts for occupational pension schemes.

We are looking for someone who is keen to embrace the opportunity of developing their fund accounting experience as part of an award-winning company.

You will be able to evidence of previous experience of working successfully within an accounting team to achieve clear but also challenging goals. You will have the ability to communicate and positively influence and negotiate at all levels, both internallyand externally. You will be commercially astute and able to add value to their excellent team.

**Responsibilities & Criteria**

Upon completion of training, you will be assigned a portfolio of Pension Schemes for which you will:

- Prepare compliant annual reports and financial statements to ensure they are in compliance with the SORP, Financial Reports of Pension Schemes, and other appropriate legislation, which includes maintaining/ updating accounts templates, reconciling investmentsand scheme membership, producing trial balances, and providing peer review.
- Prepare completion statements, and provide bank statements and ledgers for schemes transferring to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) within the required time scales.
- Liaise with the pension scheme’s auditors in the production of the financial statements, planning the audit timetable, answering audit queries, and reaching reasonable conclusions on any contentious issues.
- Arrange for the signing of the scheme's annual report and financial statements within the agreed timescale, before the statutory deadlines, and within budget.
- Manage the setup and ongoing management of trustee bank accounts as required, within internal deadlines, and appropriately maintain the Company systems.
- Provide monthly balances or quarterly fee and VAT reconciliations for specific clients in addition to providing actuaries with trial balances/ledgers amongst other relevant information for FRS102/IAS19 accounting standards reports as required.
- Participate in AAF and ISO audits to effectively demonstrate compliance with our processes and commitment to quality assurance standards.
- Complete various HMRC returns including scheme returns, AFT, and tax returns within agreed timescales and to high standards of accuracy and quality.
- Oversee contributions monitoring to ensure contributions from employers are properly paid, recorded, and accounted for.
- Reconcile contributions to external pension providers as appropriate and in line with the Schedule of Contributions.
- Attend and effectively contribute to all relevant internal and external meetings, ensuring actions, project deadlines are adhered to and completed.
- Responsibly and effectively flag and proactively communicate all relevant technical/industry/legislative/statutory developments to the wider business, providing solutions and instructions on how they will be dealt with and how any impacting changes willbe managed.
- Ensure the compliance check of accounts produced by external parties
- Ensure compliance with business processes and adherence to relevant legislation, regulatory requirements and HMRC-authorised practice with regard to potential movements/payments.

**Key Competencies & Knowledge For The Role**
- Experience in an Accounting or similar role.
- Good understanding of the industry that the business operates in.
- Excellent written and communication skills which have been tested internally and externally. The ability to tailor the approach according to the audience and have a real marketing impact.
- Book-keeping and general ledger experience with a basic financial awareness of accounting procedures including budgeting and cashflow management.
- An awareness of the SORP, Financial Reports of Pension Schemes, and Pension legislation.
- Knowledge of day-to-day payroll procedures including processing monthly payrolls and making accurate payments via BACS, submitting files for RTI by deadlines, and year-end payroll returns.
- An understanding of how to deliver to internal controls and business processes.
- Degree, 2.1 or above in a relevant discipline.
- Evidence of qualifications with a strong numeracy content
- ACCA Qualifications or working towards other relevant qualifications

**Desirable Key Competencies & Knowledge**
- Awareness of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).
- Awareness of The Pensions Regulator, and control objectives of AAF 02/07 and AAF 01/06.
- Experience with Sage payroll packages.
- Working knowledge of Xero
- Sage 50 Payroll Professional or equivalent.

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