Pensions Project Consultant

ENGINEERINGUK; London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in the UK is seeking a Pensions Project Consultant to join their growing Administration Projects Team. This role offers hybrid working options and requires experience in pensions administration, particularly with Defined Benefit schemes. Successful candidates will manage projects, support team members, and engage with various stakeholders, ensuring compliance and technical guidance in the pensions field.

Benefits

Competitive salary and bonus scheme

25 days holiday plus options to buy/sell holidays

Flexible bank holidays

Pension with matching contributions

Healthcare cash plan

Flexible benefits

Life assurance

Employee assistance

Digital GP

Volunteering days

Staff referral scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in pensions projects or administration, particularly with DB schemes.
• Strong organizational, communication, leadership, and proactive skills.
• Ability to foster an inclusive environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage projects end-to-end, ensuring budgets, deadlines, and objectives are met.
• Coordinate and support less experienced staff.
• Act as a point of contact for client and trustee meetings.

Skills

Project Management

Pensions Knowledge

Data Projects

Excel Formulas

Leadership

Education

Progress towards professional qualifications such as PMI, QPA, RPC, DPC, DPA

Job description

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View more categories | View less categories | Sector: Project and Program Management | Role: Consultant | Contract Type: Permanent | Hours: Full Time

Pensions Project Consultant

Hybrid at any of our XPS office locations / Remote

Full Time

Permanent

Ref: REQ002851

XPS Group is a leading UK consulting and administration business specialising in the pensions and insurance sectors. Our vision is to create a vibrant workplace where differences are valued and talented people can flourish.

Our Pensions Administration business is growing, and we are seeking a Pensions Project Consultant to join our Administration Projects Team (APT) with hybrid working options. This role is ideal for someone with experience in pensions administration or pensions projects, particularly with Defined Benefit (DB) schemes.

XPS is a FTSE 250 company that provides expertise, technology, and analytics to over 1,400 pension schemes and their sponsors, managing pensions for over one million members and advising schemes of all sizes.

We value our people and promote an inclusive environment where everyone is respected and supported to grow. We are committed to diversity and ensuring all employees feel they belong and are valued.

The Team

Our pensions administration team focuses on scheme administration, outsourcing, member communications, and scam protection. The APT handles projects such as GMP rectification, buy-in/out, data cleansing, scheme closures, benefit rectifications, liability reduction, McCloud implementation, and Pension Dashboards.

Learn more: https://www.xpsgroup.com/what-we-do/administration/

The Role

As a Pensions Project Consultant, you will:

• Lead and manage projects end-to-end, ensuring they meet budgets, deadlines, and objectives.
• Coordinate and support less experienced staff.
• Act as a point of contact, explaining complex issues and attending client and trustee meetings to present updates.

Other responsibilities include setting and achieving project deadlines, managing budgets, process improvements, reviewing pension benefit data, stakeholder management, liaising with HMRC, clients, actuaries, administrators, and other third parties, checking team work, understanding benefit structures and regulations, providing technical information, ensuring compliance, and supporting team management and continuous improvement initiatives.

Your Profile

Essential Criteria

• Experience in pensions projects or administration, particularly with DB schemes.
• Knowledge of pension schemes, data projects, and Excel formulas (Index, VLOOKUP, PivotTables).
• Strong organizational, communication, leadership, and proactive skills.
• Ability to foster an inclusive environment and support high standards.

Desirable Criteria

• Progress towards professional qualifications such as PMI, QPA, RPC, DPC, DPA.

What We Offer

Learn more about life at XPS and our approach to our people. Our benefits include:

• Competitive salary and bonus scheme
• 25 days holiday plus options to buy/sell holidays
• Flexible bank holidays
• Pension with matching contributions
• Healthcare cash plan
• Flexible benefits, life assurance, employee assistance, digital GP, volunteering days, staff referral scheme, and more.

Next Steps

If you're interested, apply via the provided links. We consider all applications and will respond promptly. If you need adjustments during the recruitment process, contact us. For questions, email us.

The successful candidate must demonstrate:

• Right to Work
• DBS check
• References covering five years
• Satisfactory credit check

We value diversity and inclusion. We may close vacancies early; only direct CV submissions are accepted. If you don't hear within 28 days, consider your application unsuccessful.

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