Pensions Implementation Consultant

Sheraton Hotels & Resorts; Gildersome; Remote; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company matched pension

Life assurance

15 weeks’ fully paid maternity leave

Paternity pay of two weeks

Job summary

A leading hospitality group is seeking a Pension Consultant to strengthen their Configuration Pension Implementation Team. You will manage client implementation projects and ensure quality during system transitions. A solid UK pension background and project management skills are essential. This role offers flexible working solutions and a competitive salary along with benefits such as a company-matched pension and paid parental leave.

Qualifications

• Ability to lead on projects and manage/mentor a team.
• In-depth understanding of UK pension systems including DB, DC, CARE, and Annuities.
• Strong MS Excel skills, including advanced formulas and pivot tables.
• Familiar with pension/employee benefit technology platforms.

Responsibilities

• Gather client requirements and translate them into system solutions.
• Manage system configuration activities and quality.
• Lead client implementation projects and facilitate training.
• Lead client implementation projects.
• Provide internal/external training and documentation.
• Troubleshoot client issues and provide timely resolutions.
• Mentor Implementation Analysts.
• Conduct system configuration and testing quality control.

Skills

Project management

UK Pension knowledge

Team mentoring

MS Excel

MS Access

Tools

Pension technology platforms

Job description

Job Description

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

The Configuration Team sit within our Implementation Department whose responsibility it is to implement first class pension administration solutions for our new and existing clients. Our span of projects can range from large blue chip strategic transformational deliveries through to small bespoke client solutions. Working closely with other stakeholders our activities and skills are wide and varied.

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!

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