Pension Administration Consultant

Gallagher; Bristol, City Of London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading benefits consultancy in Bristol seeks a Pension Administration Consultant to deliver high-quality services. The role involves leading transitions and collaborating on projects, requiring experience in Final Salary pension administration and strong analytical skills. Join us to impact workplace well-being and client satisfaction.

Benefits

Minimum of 25 days holiday

Defined contribution pension scheme

Life insurance 4x salary

Health cash plan

Volunteering days

Employee Stock Purchase plan

Discounted gym membership

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in Final Salary pension administration.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work efficiently in a team setting.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality implementation services for clients.
• Lead transitions and ensure successful project completions.
• Collaborate with project managers for seamless progress.

Skills

Final Salary pension administration

Technical knowledge of scheme rules

Proficiency in MS Office (Word/Excel)

Analytical skills

Team working

Job description

Introduction

At Gallagher Benefit Services, you’re a trusted partner to organizations navigating some of their most important people decisions.

We help clients build better workplaces, where people feel supported, empowered, and inspired to thrive. Whether it’s shaping benefit strategies, designing wellbeing programs, or advising on workforce challenges, the work you do here creates meaningful change for businesses and the people who power them.

We’re a community of bold explorers, trusted experts, and compassionate partners; working side by side to solve problems, and shape the future of work. Here, curiosity is encouraged, collaboration is second nature, and your ideas have room to grow.

If you’re looking for a place where your contribution matters and where you can help build a better world of work; think of Gallagher.

Overview

Are you an ambitious professional looking to take your career to the next level with a world-class organization? Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is excited to present an outstanding opportunity for a Pension Administration Consultant to join our multifaceted Pensions System teams. This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a collaborative environment and is dedicated to delivering detailed scheme administration implementation services for our clients.

How you’ll make an impact

As a Pension Administration Consultant (known internally as a Senior Transition Consultant), you will:

• Work within a team of transition consultants to deliver high-quality implementation services for new clients and transformation projects for existing clients.
• Adhere rigorously to team standards, applying project assurance criteria, and audit requirements to ensure outstanding service delivery.
• Act as the lead Transition Consultant on all new implementations, driving projects to successful completion.
• Collaborate closely with project managers to ensure seamless project progression, performing all tasks as detailed in the project plan.
• Develop Benefit Specification Summaries, assembling scheme details for the basis of scheme calculations and automation.
• Build test packs and configure scheme automation to support all automated routines using proprietary systems, in line with new implementations and transformation projects.
• Provide working proformas for classes not included in automated routines, ensuring comprehensive support.
• Support data services in the review of data loads according to existing test matrices, guaranteeing data integrity.
• Test improvements to systems and processes as needed to uphold our high standards.
• Ensure all work is peer-reviewed appropriately to uphold quality and accuracy.
• Retain a high-level understanding of legislation and system functionality within the pension areas.
• Perform additional duties as required to support the team and the broader organization.

About You

We are seeking candidates with demonstrated experience in Final Salary pension administration, possessing deep technical knowledge and proficiency in scheme rules and actuarial instructions. Ideal candidates will also have experience with pension systems and databases, showcasing strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Furthermore, we require individuals with a great ability to work efficiently as a team member, with experience in project teams and the capacity to work under instruction. Strong proficiency in MS Office (Word/Excel) is critical, along with superb interpersonal skills, both verbal and written.

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Compensation and benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
• Critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
• Season ticket loan
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
• Emergency back-up family care
• And many more…

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with [e-mail]. If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.