Implementation Consultant

Management Level

Equiniti is a leading international provider of shareholder, pension, remediation, and credit technology. With over 6000 employees, it supports 37 million people in 120 countries.

EQ's vision is to be the leading global share registrar, offering complementary services to its client base and our values set the core foundations to our success. We are TRUSTED to deliver on our commitments, COMMERCIAL in building long term value, COLLABORATIVE in our approach and we IMPROVE by continually enhancing our skills and services. There has never been a better time to join EQ.

Role Summary

We are looking for a Pensions Implementation Consultant to join our team. It is an exciting opportunity to be a part of the team that is not only responsible for the core configuration of the system, but also working closely with the ongoing development of a system called Compendia, this includes contributing to development plans, reviewing enhancement requests, Compendia rollouts and producing prototypes for new functionality.

This is a great role for you if you already have a good knowledge of public sector and/or defined benefit pension schemes and experience of implementing pensions software.

Core Duties/Responsibilities

The successful candidates will be responsible for the following:

• Specialising in calculations using the Compendia Touch application
• Liaising with clients (both internal and external) to understand their requirements for the Compendia Touch application
• Analysing, documenting and estimating client requirements
• Configuring and testing the Compendia Touch application
• Enhancing and developing the Touch Model
• Improving the implementation practices and procedures
• Working closely with the development team to refine and improve the system

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following experience, skills and behaviours:

• Defined benefit pensions knowledge, LGPS experience would be advantageous
• Experience in DB pension calculations
• Experience of using Pension Configuration Tools and MS SQL
• Relevant qualifications in the Pensions & Actuarial Industry desirable (e.g. Pensions Management Institute Certification)
• At least 1/3 years of experience in the Pensions Industry, either as a Scheme Administrator or Business Analyst experienced in capturing requirements for Pensions IT Projects
• Demonstrable software development capability
• Demonstrate commercial awareness & operational efficiencies/income generation in current role

What We Offer

• Save For Your Future - Equiniti Pension Plan; Equiniti matches your pension contributions up to 10%
• All Employee Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) – Gives all EQ Colleagues the opportunity to benefit if the current owners successfully sell the company for a profit.
• Health and Wellbeing – Employee Assistance Programme: counselling, legal & wellbeing support for colleagues and their households. Life assurance cover at 4x salary with the ability to purchase enhance cover.
• Employee discounts – Discounts and cashback at your favourite high street stores through our EQ Wins Platform.
• Flexible Benefits – The ability to purchase a wide variety of benefits through our flex plan; gadgets, travel insurance, will writing, holiday trading and more.
• Time Off – Typically 29 days holiday + bank holidays. 2 volunteer days to get involved with a charity of your choosing.
• Winning together – Equiniti ICON award vouchers; recognising the individuals going above and beyond to help the business succeed.
• Learning & Development – Investment in LinkedIn Learning for all colleagues. 

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Please note any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening checks. These consist of 5 year activity & GAP verification, DBS or Access NI, Credit, Sanctions & CIFAS checks.