Senior Pension Systems Analyst

Howden; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Life assurance

Private medical insurance

Pension scheme with employer matching

25 days holiday

Job summary

Howden is recruiting a Senior Pension Systems Analyst to lead onboarding of new schemes into the Pension Administration business. This permanent hybrid role can be based in any of our offices in the UK.

You will provide front-line support for pension systems, configure systems for standard and complex benefit structures, and produce analysis and reports to support project work. A valued team member to help grow our global business.

Qualifications

• A minimum of GCSE Grade 5 or C in Mathematics and English.
• A knowledge and experience of pension and payroll administration (DB/DC/CARE/Cash balance, and Hybrid arrangements).
• A knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, and in particular, Excel) to an intermediate level.

Responsibilities

• Provides intermediate level day-to-day frontline support of the pension systems.
• Demonstrates an intermediate understanding of the pension systems.
• Demonstrates an advanced understanding of simple and standard benefit structures; demonstrates an intermediate understanding of complex benefit structures.
• Configures the pension systems to provide automation for schemes with simple and standard benefit structures; participates in the same for schemes with a complex benefit structure.
• Provides support for standard project work; participates in the same for complex project work.
• Produces reports and provides analysis of standard pension system data; participates in the same for complex pension system data.

Skills

Pension systems knowledge

Excel proficiency

Education

GCSE in Mathematics and English

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Barnett Waddingham is now Howden, bringing our people together as one and offering our people greater opportunities to grow, connect and develop.

The primary focus for a Senior Pension Systems Analyst will be to focus to Onboarding of new schemes to the Pension Administration business. This is a permanent role that can be based in any of our offices working on a hybrid basis.

A snapshot of your day:

• Provides intermediate level day-to-day frontline support of the pension systems
• Demonstrates an intermediate understanding of the pension systems
• Demonstrates an advanced understanding of simple and standard benefit structures; demonstrates an intermediate understanding of complex benefit structures
• Configures the pension systems to provide automation for schemes with simple and standard benefit structures; participates in the same for schemes with a complex benefit structure
• Provides support for standard project work; participates in the same for complex project work
• Produces reports and provides analysis of standard pension system data; participates in the same for complex pension system data

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• A minimum of GCSE Grade “5” or “C” in Mathematics and English
• A knowledge and experience of pension and payroll administration (DB/DC/CARE/Cash balance, and Hybrid arrangements)
• A knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, and in particular, Excel) to an intermediate level

What's in it for you:

• Competitive discretionary annual bonus.
• Core benefits including life assurance of four times salary, income protection of 75% of salary for up to five years, and single private medical insurance cover.
• A generous pension scheme with 5% employee contributions matched by a 10% employer contribution.
• 25 days' annual leave, increasing to 27 days after five years' service.
• Access to the Howden flexible benefits programme, offering a wide range of benefits and discounts to support your wellbeing, family life and lifestyle.
• The opportunity to be part of a growing global business where career development, collaboration and innovation are encouraged.

Accessibility

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