Pensions Implementation Consultant

Capita; Dartford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK pension firm is seeking a Pensions Implementation Consultant to strengthen their team. The role involves managing pension implementation projects, ensuring quality, and providing mentorship. Candidates should have a strong understanding of UK pensions and excellent analytical skills, particularly in MS Excel. Benefits include a competitive salary and various employee benefits, with options for flexible working from home.

Benefits

Company matched pension

Life assurance

15 weeks’ fully paid maternity leave

Paternity pay of two weeks

Qualifications

• Experience managing and mentoring a team.
• Understanding of different types of pensions and their administration.
• Ability to produce specifications based on requirements.

Responsibilities

• Delivering implementation projects and ensuring quality.
• Translating client requirements into system solutions.
• Troubleshooting and resolving client queries.

Skills

Project leadership

UK Pension background

Pension technology platforms

Advanced MS Excel

Good MS Access

Job description

Help strengthen our Configuration Pension Implementation Team, we are currently looking for a Pension Consultant to join our homebased team.

Job title

Pensions Implementation Consultant

Job Description

We are now looking for an Implementation Consultant to join our team to ensure all aspects of a transition and change project are delivered on time and to a high standard within a controlled project environment.

What you’ll be doing

• Gathering and interpreting client requirements and processes, and translating these into system solutions
• Managing system configuration activities and quality
• Delivering calculation automation
• Leading client implementation projects
• Facilitating internal and external system training, and provide appropriate documentation
• Troubleshooting and resolving client queries and issues
• Mentoring and coaching Implementation Analysts
• Conducting system configuration and testing quality control activities
• Supporting the technical development of our technology platforms through participation in analysis and design, and specification production for new and/or enhanced developments
• Undertaking system configuration and checking
• Undertaking data analysis activities and checking
• Undertaking project management activities including risk and issue identification and mitigation

What we’re looking for

• Able to lead on projects and experience of managing/mentoring a team
• UK Pension background: detailed understanding and ability to explain the difference between DB, DC, CARE and Annuities, how they are administered and a full understanding of system & process implications
• Is able to explain:
  • pension member records and their set up
  • the relationships between members, Trustees, schemes, actuaries, funds and investments
  • different types of Pension Schemes
  • different types of member status' and applicable calculations for each
  • Describe the regulatory bodies and their roles in this sector
  • Demonstrate knowledge of system set up and use of parameters
• Able to demonstrate capability and knowledge of pension/employee benefit technology platforms
• Strong MS Excel skills, able to draft an automated excel calculator with basic formula; ability to use filters, sorting, pivot tables (rows, columns, grouping, filters and totalling), lookups, control totals, IF and nested IF statements and formatting of cells to specific guidelines
• Good MS Access
• Ability to understand requirements and able to produce specifications

About Capita Pensions Solutions

Capita Pension Solutions is one of the UK’s leading pension firms. We provide an unrivalled breath of services to over 600 schemes covering over 6 million members. Our team use their experience, insight, expertise, and latest technology to deliver personalised end to end solutions to meet all of their clients’ pension needs. Our services include pensions administration, data & remediation solutions, software, actuarial, investment, scheme management, and member communications.

What can we offer you?

In this role, you would have the opportunity to add real value from the outset and drive the direction of the team. whilst working on a host of high-profile pension projects that will help you learn and evolve new and existing skills. We also believe in offering flexible working solutions that suit your needs, whether that’s from home, from your nearest Capita office.

Also, on offer is a competitive salary and benefits package, including:

• Company matched pension, life assurance, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks…and plenty more!

What we hope you'll do next

Choose 'Apply now' to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

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Location

Home-Based - GBR, United Kingdom

Time Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent