Implementation Consultant

Equiniti; Reading; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international provider of shareholder services is looking for an Implementation Consultant in Reading. This role involves configuring and testing the Compendia Touch application, liaising with clients, and improving implementation practices. Ideal candidates will have experience as an Implementation Consultant and familiarity with pension software. The role offers various perks including pension matching, employee assistance programs, and flexible benefits.

Benefits

Equiniti Pension Plan with 10% matching

Employee Long Term Incentive Plan

Health and Wellbeing support

Employee discounts via EQ Wins

Flexible benefits plan

29 days holiday plus bank holidays

Volunteer days

Learning & Development investment

Qualifications

• Strong experience as an Implementation Consultant.
• At least 1-3 years of experience in the Pensions Industry.
• Experience of using Pension Configuration Tools and MS SQL.

Responsibilities

• Work across all aspects of the Compendia Touch application.
• Liaise with clients to understand their requirements.
• Analyse, document, and estimate client requirements.

Skills

Implementation Consultant experience

Pension Configuration Tools

MS SQL

Pensions Industry experience

Commercial awareness

Software development capability

Analytical skills

Education

Degree standard preferred

Pensions Management Institute Certification

Job description

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 an 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 experience in implementing pensions software or you are a pensions administrator with a good understanding of UK pensions looking for that next step in your career.

Core Duties/Responsibilities

The successful candidates will be responsible for the following:

• Working across all aspects of 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:

• Strong experience as an Implementation Consultant.
• Educated to degree standard preferred but not essential
• Experience of using Pension Configuration Tools and MS SQL
• LGPS experience would be advantageous
• 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.