Pensions Consultant

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Pensions Consultant

**Job Type**: Permanent

Location: Edinburgh (with blended home working)

Reports to: Pensions Manager, Reward

At abrdn we empower our clients to plan, save and invest for their futures.

Through the expertise, insight and innovation of our team, we aim to help clients create more ways for money to make an impact. We set our sights on giving them more confidence to achieve their goals, and more clarity about what they need next. And we focus on delivering outcomes that are more than just financial - by investing sustainably to build a better world.

About department

The Reward function is responsible for the policy, design and innovation of our pay and benefits strategy across abrdn. The remit of the team is to create an attractive pay and benefits offering to enable the attraction and retention of talent across the organisation.

The Pensions and Benefits team are responsible for maintaining and developing the employee benefits offerings to abrdn colleagues and to ensure that these are communicated effectively.

This role will include working with reward and wider HR colleagues as well as the pension scheme Trustees and their advisers in the running of abrdn’s pension scheme arrangements.

About the role

This is a unique role which gives the opportunity to work on behalf of the pensions scheme Trustees as well as being a key part of the Pensions and Benefits team representing the company. Reporting to the Pensions Manager whom you will work closely with, you will be responsible for ensuring that abrdn’s defined benefit and defined benefit arrangements are well governed and are kept up to date in terms of any changes in legislation.

You will ensure that pension schemes are supported by adequate processes and controls. You will work closely with the pension scheme secretary ensuring the abrdn defined benefit and trust based defined contribution arrangements are running smoothly. This will include attending regular governance meetings as well as project managing scheme and company projects. You will also help deal with any member queries both routine and complex.

Ensuring that colleagues and members understand and are informed about pension matters, you will work closely with internal and external colleagues to optimise any communication strategies so that complex pension matters are easy to understand. This will include promoting our financial wellbeing strategy and other pension communication related matters.

This role requires working closely with many different stakeholders including internal and external suppliers as well as having an active role at Trustee and Pension Scheme governance meetings.

In addition to your involvement in the company pension schemes there will also be opportunities to get involved in wider aspects of Reward.- You will be experienced working in both Defined Benefits and Defined Contribution Pension arrangements within large corporate organisations.- Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise challenging workloads and deadlines.- IT and numerical skills as well as being able to analyse, research and understand information. Project management skills and experience are also desired.- Great communication, customer service and interpersonal skills and the ability to explain complex information clearly and simply.- You will operate with a high level of professionalism, personal integrity and attention to detail and be motivated to ensure a high quality of delivery.

Our Benefits

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.

When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around, including 40 days annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary, performance based bonus, private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount site amongst many others.

How we create value

Our strategic drivers are the foundations from which we deliver for all our stake holders: High impact intelligence, Client & customer-led growth, Belief in our trusted brand and Future fit.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense - this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.