Senior Pensions Administrator

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG); Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Senior Pensions Administrator to lead in managing various pension schemes. This role offers a dynamic environment where you can make a significant impact on clients' lives by ensuring accurate and timely administration of pension schemes. You will mentor junior team members while collaborating with a supportive team, enhancing your career growth. With a commitment to excellence and innovation, this role promises to be both challenging and rewarding, allowing you to contribute to a legacy of positive change in the workplace. Join a company that values your contributions and invest in your future!

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Defined contribution pension scheme

Life insurance

Income protection

Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Three fully paid volunteering days

Employee Stock Purchase plan

Discounted gym membership

Season ticket loan

Emergency back-up family care

Qualifications

• Proven experience in pension scheme administration is essential.
• Achieved or studying towards CPC qualification from the Pension Management Institute.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate a diverse portfolio of occupational pension schemes.
• Provide supervision and training to pensions administrators.

Skills

Pension scheme administration

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Teamwork

Education

Pension Management Institute’s CPC qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Introduction

Discover a world of endless possibilities at Gallagher Benefit Services, where you'll have the power to shape the future of workplaces across industries. As a member of our team, you become the driving force behind positive change, helping clients build environments where employees thrive. Embrace the opportunity to impact lives, unlock potential, and create a legacy of remarkable transformation.

We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.

Overview

Advance Your Career as a Senior Pensions Administrator at Gallagher!

Are you a premier pensions professional looking to make a significant impact in a wide-ranging and encouraging environment? Join Gallagher, a global leader in insurance brokerage and risk management, as a Senior Pensions Administrator. With opportunities in Bristol, Manchester, Edinburgh, and Ipswich, this role offers you the chance to excel and grow in your career.

Why Gallagher?

We are dedicated to encouraging a culture of excellence, innovation, and teamwork. In this role, you'll play a crucial role in delivering outstanding service to our clients while mentoring and guiding junior team members. We offer a vibrant workplace where your contributions are recognized, and your career growth is supported.

How you'll make an impact

• Coordinate a diverse portfolio of occupational pension schemes, including DB, DC, and Hybrid pensions, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in all tasks.
• Allocate cases, perform and check both automated and manual calculations, and handle pensioner payrolls.
• Draft and review correspondence and reports, manage cashflows, investments, disinvestments, and invoices.
• Provide supervision and training to several pensions administrators, encouraging a collaborative and productive team environment.
• Engage with scheme members through various channels, addressing queries and providing solutions.
• Collaborate with team members and cultivate healthy relationships with supporting teams.
• Support the Client Executive team and attend client meetings or new business pitches as required.

About You

• Proven experience in pension scheme administration.
• Achieved or studying towards the Pension Management Institute’s CPC qualification.
• Strong analytical skills with a logical approach to problem-solving.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines.
• Ability to apply pensions knowledge and experience when peer reviewing cases, ensuring accurate and relevant information is provided to scheme members.

Gallagher Behaviors:

• Leading Self: Demonstrate integrity, trust, and personal responsibility.
• Leading Others & Relationships: Build diverse networks, collaborate effectively, and connect with influence.
• Leading Results: Deliver client excellence, plan strategically, and work towards results.
• Leading the Business: Demonstrate business knowledge, critical thinking, and innovation.

Join Us and Shape the Future!

At Gallagher, we invest in our people’s health, financial wellbeing, and career growth. If you're ready to tackle an exciting role as a Senior Pensions Administrator, apply now and become a part of our global success story. Your future starts here!

Compensation and benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days.
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to.
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x.
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up.
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance.

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year.
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount.
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan.
• Critical illness cover.
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally.
• Season ticket loan.
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase.
• Emergency back-up family care.
• And many more…

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with [e-mail]. If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.