Pensions Project and Installation Manager – Pen... Actuarial & Consulting · ·

Isio; Glasgow, City of Edinburgh, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Isio seeks a highly technical Pensions Project and Installation Manager for its Actuarial & Consulting Team. This role offers the opportunity to lead the setup of pension schemes and drive initiatives, requiring excellent consulting skills and proactive client engagement. The position is hybrid, allowing flexibility for home and office work, and welcomes diverse backgrounds.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration package

Defined contribution pension scheme

Life insurance

Healthcare benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Internal development programmes

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience working with DB pension schemes.
• Strong client delivery and project management skills.
• Ability to explain complex problems simply.

Responsibilities

• Manage the setup of new pension schemes and benefit specifications.
• Support portfolio-wide initiatives including dashboards and GMP equalisation.
• Update clients and senior management on project progress and risks.

Skills

Pensions consulting

Project management

Communication

Analytical skills

Commercial skills

Education

Part or fully qualified actuary (FIA/FIAA or equivalent)

Job description

We’re growing and want you to be a part of our journey.

Pensions Project and Installation Manager – Pensions Consolidation Solutions

Our Actuarial & Consulting Team

As part of this role, you’ll be working in Isio’s Actuarial & Consulting team, consisting of over 400 pensions consultants and actuaries advising a diverse range of clients and stakeholders across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors.

We advise on everything from helping trustees and sponsors to manage their defined benefit plans, running large scale communications projects and implementing alternative reward and pension provision. The range of work we get involved with is vast and there’ll be opportunities for you to gain lots of great, new experiences and put your skills to the test.

This role will be as part of the Enplan Team - Enplan is one of the fastest growing DB Pension consolidators in the market. The team are currently managing over 60 pension schemes of different shapes and sizes and continue to regularly attract new schemes.

What’s the role?

We’re looking for a highly technical pensions specialist, with demonstrable experience of working on DB Pension schemes, to join our team. The role will mainly be internal however, the individual will be required to present to clients occasionally.

As a challenger in the industry, we are looking for individuals with excellent pensions consulting and technical skills, extremely diligent, a commercial outlook and an entrepreneurial mindset.

Day to day, you will be:

• Managing the setup of new pension schemes on to our systems. This will include leading the actuarial and consulting aspects of the transition from the outgoing provider, responsibility for the setup of the benefit specifications (from Scheme rules where necessary), working closely with the administration installation manager to ensure a smooth start to the client’s journey with Isio.
• Support with, and project management of, portfolio wide initiatives, including pensions dashboards, GMP equalisation and the Regulator’s new funding code. The successful candidate will not be expected to be heavily involved in the calculations of the above projects, but working with Isio’s central specialist teams and the Enplan client teams, will share responsibility for ensuring their success.

Enplan schemes vary significantly in size from as little as £1m to over £200m. The role will include updating clients and senior management on the progress of the projects, where they are up to against budget and any risks with hitting deadlines.

Where is the role?

This role can be based in Manchester or Scotland (Glasgow and Edinburgh) where the schemes within Enplan are serviced by a dedicated team. However, we are open to considering those in other locations joining the team including Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, London and Reading.

We work on a hybrid basis, offering the opportunity for colleagues to split their working time between working in the office and at home, as well as flexible working options. This role could be suitable for someone seeking a part time role or a career returner.

As a business we are great at building strong communities amongst our employees – both across locations and teams, hosting regular team building, charity, and social events.

Key skills and experience

We’re looking for new colleagues with the following skills and expertise – but please do apply if you don’t hit every requirement and still think you would be great for the role. Our business is better with a diverse range of experience, so we’ll consider each application on its own merits.

• Experience - Demonstrable relevantindustry experience working with DB schemes. You may be a part or fully qualified actuary FIA/FIAA or equivalentor have worked in a similar capacity in previous roles in pensions administration.
• Highly diligent – the benefit specification setup will be reviewed and ‘signed off’ by the successful candidate – After testing, this will be used in all future administration calculations.
• A great communicator – someone who can explain complex problems in a simple way to help everyone around the table understand.
• Enthusiasm and motivation - a great deal of desire to solving problems and delivering excellent advice.
• Excellent project management and client delivery skills – especially when balancing multiple demands.
• A great team worker – this will either be as part of a team, or managing a team, depending on your experience.
• Commercial skills – to help us develop our business and look for new opportunities to improve efficiencies.

Demonstrated Commitment to our Core Purpose

• Power in Partnership: We work in partnership with our clients & each other – building open and trusted relationships. Working together allows us to deliver the best for our clients.
• Future Focus: We want to push our industry forward by solving problems in better ways that benefit both our clients & society.
• Strength in Difference: We work with diverse perspectives to find better solutions. Working with differences makes us stronger.
• People First: We recognise that pensions is a people business. People are the source of Isio’s expertise and it is people’s lives that we affect through our advice.

What we offer you

Isio is a people business, and we’re committed to helping our great colleagues gain a wide variety of experience, significant development opportunities and progression through the business. The variety of work that’ll be available to you will enable you to do this.

On top, we also offer:

• A competitive remuneration package, including a bonus scheme.
• A defined contribution pension scheme.
• Life insurance.
• Healthcare benefits.
• Income protection benefits.
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) as standard with the option to purchase additional days of holiday. As well as two additional ‘Company’ days – a celebration day for your birthday and an extra day over Christmas.
• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) allowance
• Flexible working opportunities.
• A flexible benefits package.
• Internal development programmes including (technical and non-technical) training support and mentor programmes.
• Where required study support including study days, materials, and exam entry support.

What’s next?

Click on the ‘apply’ and follow the simple application process on-line.

If you think you may require a reasonable adjustment to be made for any reason at any stage of your recruitment process, please email [e-mail]

About Isio

Isio was ‘born’ in 2020 from the sale of KPMG UK’s Pension Practice to a private equity firm. An industry-leading challenger, we provide diverse expertise spanning Pensions, Investment, Benefits and Wealth to give clients an integrated experience.

Isio is built by challengers, innovators and forward-thinkers, grounded around a vision which strives to deliver greater financial confidence for everyone. We empower and develop those who join us – valuing curious minds and giving people the freedom to outperform. Known and respected for our agility, we harness specialist experience, bold thinking and the desire to push the boundaries of what we can achieve for our clients, from small to blue chip, public to private.

Isio is growing and we are looking for people who share our purpose and behaviours to join us on this journey, as we continue driving exceptional results for both our clients and people.

At Isio, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and diverse workplace, in which our colleagues feel they belong, regardless of background or difference. We uphold the values of respect, fairness, and inclusion in our actions and decisions. We believe that by adhering to these principles, we will create a stronger, more innovative, and supportive environment for all, as well as ensuring that the advice and support we provide to our clients is more creative, more insightful and leaves a lasting impact.

We have offices across the UK and many of our roles offer a hybrid, flexible approach to work to help create a work-life balance that works for you. Isio Group is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.