Pensions Administration Data Services Consultant

LGBT Great; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional study support

Wellbeing & LGBTQ+ initiatives

Life assurance

Job summary

LCP is seeking a Pensions Administration Data Services Consultant to join our Administration Data Services team in London or Winchester with hybrid working options. You will work on data-focused projects, helping clients prepare data for buy-ins/outs, GMP work, and dashboard readiness.

Ideal candidates will have strong DB pension scheme knowledge, DB pensions administration experience, and be proficient in Excel/PowerPoint.

Qualifications

• Excellent working knowledge of DB pension schemes.
• Experience in DB pensions administration and data management.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Skilled in bulk calculation projects and data transformation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Comfortable managing budgets and scopes.
• APMI qualified (or working towards).

Responsibilities

• Support schemes in preparing data for buy-in/buy-out transactions.
• Assist with GMP reconciliation/rectification and equalisation exercises.
• Prepare schemes for the Pensions Dashboard and regulatory initiatives.
• Conduct benefit audits and data cleansing to ensure data accuracy and completeness.
• Support new business transitions and onboarding processes.
• Collaborate with internal administration teams and external clients to deliver tailored data solutions.

Skills

DB pension schemes

Pensions administration

Data management

Data transformation

Multitasking

Excel

PowerPoint

APMI qualification

Client relationships

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Pensions Administration Data Services Consultant

Business area Pensions Administration

Location London and Winchester

Job ID 286264

Location - London or Winchester with hybrid working in line with departmental requirements.

At LCP we love what we do, and it shows. We help our clients make good decisions based on insightful analysis, industry expertise, and game-changing technology. Working across a wide range of sectors, including pensions and benefits, investments, insurance, energy, health, sports, and data analytics, we help our clients navigate complexity in order to take the action that matters.

Our Administration Data Services team is rapidly expanding, as we increase our offering to clients, The team work closely with expertise in other areas of LCP’s business and utilise our technology to deliver solutions to our clients which include both LCP-administered schemes and external schemes seeking our specialist data expertise. To facilitate this growth, we are hiring new members to the team who have an excellent knowledge of Defined Benefit pensions schemes, with experience in pensions administration and pensions data projects, to utilise your technical expertise to execute solutions for our clients.

What will you be doing?

You’ll be involved in a wide range of data-focused projects, including:

• Supporting schemes in preparing data for buy-in/buy-out transactions
• Assisting with GMP reconciliation/rectification and equalisation exercises
• Preparing schemes for the Pensions Dashboard and other regulatory initiatives
• Conducting benefit audits and data cleansing to ensure data accuracy and completeness
• Supporting new business transitions and onboarding processes
• Collaborating with internal administration teams and external clients to deliver tailored data solutions

What skills, qualities and experience are we looking for?

• Excellent working knowledge of DB pension schemes
• Experience in DB pensions administration and data management
• Ability to simultaneously manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Skilled in bulk calculation projects and data transformation
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Comfortable working within and managing defined budgets and scopes
• APMI qualified (or working towards)
• A collaborative mindset and willingness to build strong relationships with clients and colleagues
• A commitment to delivering high-quality work and client satisfaction (both internally and externally)

What’s in it for you?

Take a look at our and Career stories pages to see why our people love being here! As well as joining a multi-award winning, fun, collaborative, people first organisation where your personal and professional skills will be developed to make you the best you can be, we offer an attractive benefits package designed to promote your overall wellbeing so that you are able to perform to your full potential both in and out of work. Currently our core benefits package includes

For you:

• Professional study support (where applicable)
• Access to our internal Wellbeing, LGBTQ+, Multicultural and Women

For your family:

• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption and shared parental leave

For your health:

• 26 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time working) plus bank holidays (most of which can be taken flexibly!) with options to buy & sell holiday
• Private medical insurance
• Discounted gym memberships, critical illness and dental insurance through our flexible benefits
• Eye care vouchers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Digital GP services

• Competitive pension scheme
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• High street discounts
• Season ticket loans

• Volunteering opportunities

And much more!

We continuously strive to build an inclusive workplace where all forms of diversity are valued, including age, background, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or sexual orientation.

LCP is committed to making our opportunities accessible to all and would welcome you getting in touch to let us know if an adjustment can be made to help with your application. This may be extra time for assessments, pre-interview site visits, interview structure or questions, or asking us about building accessibility. Whatever it may be, please get in touch via our dedicated email address - to discuss how we can support you with your application.