Project Administrator

Barnett Waddingham; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive discretionary annual bonus

Generous pension scheme

Private medical cover

Life assurance

Group income protection

Up to 30 days holiday with holiday/trd

Job summary

Barnett Waddingham in Glasgow, Leeds or Birmingham seeks an experienced Project Administrator for its Scheme Initiatives team, supporting pension administration clients on one-off projects. You will coordinate data cleansing, lead project delivery, and prepare reports for Trustees, using MS Office to manage complex data and liaise with external agencies as needed.

Hybrid working is available across the Glasgow, Leeds and Birmingham offices, with focus on accurate delivery and stakeholder

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years pensions experience.
• In depth knowledge of both DB and DC occupational pension schemes.
• GCSE/A levels are required – degree or PMI progress desirable.
• Awareness of GMP projects.
• Strong MS Office skills (Excel, Word, Outlook).

Responsibilities

• Check work for accuracy and compliance with scheme rules, procedures and legislation.
• Support the team in simple pension scheme projects.
• Carry out data cleansing/rectification exercises.
• Lead on simple projects and deliver results per plan.
• Lead complex existence check projects with tracing agencies and analyse results.
• Build calculation matrices to test system calculations.
• Produce project status reports for trustees.
• Audit data and prepare reports for trustees on next steps.
• Assist with complex client implementations including parallel payrolls.

Skills

Pensions experience

DB & DC knowledge

MS Office

GMP projects awareness

Attention to detail

Education

GCSE/A levels

Degree / PMI progress

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

We are looking to recruit an experienced Project Administrator to join our Scheme Initiatives team. Our project teams provide support to our Pension Administration clients by carrying out one-off, non-repeatable projects and processes, such as GMP projects, bespoke administration data and project work, guiding Schemes through a PPF Assessment Period, data preparation for a buy-in and new scheme implementations. This is a permanent role and can be based at either of our Glasgow, Leeds or Birmingham offices, working on a hybrid basis.

A Snapshot Of Your Day

• Checking work of others to ensure accuracy and compliance with Scheme rules, procedures, and legislation
• Supporting the team in all aspects of simple pension scheme projects
• Carry out and check more complex data cleansing / rectification exercises
• Leading on, and coordinating the delivery of simple projects and delivering results in line with the project plan
• Leading on complex existence check projects, including liaising with tracing agencies, analysing trace results, issuing correspondence and monitoring replies
• Building calculation matrices for testing complex system calculations against expected output
• Producing project status reports for trustees
• Carrying out data audit analysis and preparing a report for Trustees on proposed next steps
• Assist with more complex aspects of new client implementations including the running and checking of parallel payrolls

We Would Love To Hear From If You Have

• A minimum of 4 years pensions experience
• In depth knowledge of both DB and DC occupational pension schemes
• GCSE/A levels are required - A relevant degree, QPA or progress with PMI examinations is desirable
• An awareness of GMP projects
• A strong understanding of Microsoft Office programmes, in particular Excel, Word and Outlook.

What's In It For You

• Competitive discretionary annual bonus
• Generous pension scheme
• Core benefits for you including private medical cover, life assurance, group income protection, and up to 30 days holiday per year with holiday trading
• A comprehensive range of voluntary benefits to suit you (and your family) including an electric car leasing scheme, tech scheme, cycle to work scheme, dental cover, healthcare cash plan, health assessments, critical illness cover, Sports Allowance - we pay up to 50% of your gym/sports membership (up to £50 pm), travel insurance, paid volunteering, and a broad range of retailer discounts

Happy to talk flexible working

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