Senior Pensions Administrator

TN United Kingdom; Rushden; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Pension Administrator to enhance their HR Shared Services Team in Rushden. This role offers a hybrid working model, allowing for flexibility while ensuring effective pension and payroll finance service delivery. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of various pension schemes and Auto-Enrolment rules, along with a CIPP qualification. Join a dynamic team where your contributions will shape the future of pension administration and customer service excellence. If you are passionate about making a difference and possess the necessary skills, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role as a Senior Pensions Administrator.
• Strong knowledge of pension schemes and Auto-Enrolment rules.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the delivery of pension and payroll finance services.
• Ensure great service delivery in line with contractual commitments.
• Develop and monitor performance targets for the team.

Skills

CIPP qualification

Defined Contributions knowledge

Defined Benefit knowledge

Public Sector pension schemes knowledge

Auto-Enrolment rules understanding

Education

Formal payroll qualification

Job description

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We're looking for a Senior Pension Administrator to join our HR Shared Services Team based in Rushden.

Location: Rushden - hybrid working available, with travel to the office required 1-2 days per week

Hours: 37.5 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Pensions Administrator, you'll be working within the HR Shared Services Team, leading and coordinating the delivery of an efficient and effective pension and payroll finance service that is customer-focused and provides value for money. You'll work together and support stakeholders to understand all business requirements in order to advise and support service delivery across the wider team.

Your day-to-day will include:

• Delivering the pension and payroll finance service in accordance with Kier Corporate strategies and policies, ensuring that business requirements are met
• Ensuring the delivery of a great service in line with contractual commitments and building long-lasting customer relationships
• Providing appropriate support and working closely with the team to assist in the delivery of service and team outcomes, ensuring there is always a joined-up approach. Attending and taking part in management meetings, contributing new ideas, and resolving potential issues as they arise
• Being responsible for the development and performance of the Pension and Payroll Finance administrators. Developing skills and knowledge, implementing and regularly reviewing comprehensive and stretching performance targets at a team and individual level, ensuring processes are in place to monitor performance against these targets

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Pensions Administrator is ideal if:

• You ideally hold a CIPP qualification or possess some formal payroll qualification
• You have experience in a similar role
• You have strong knowledge of Defined Contributions, Defined Benefit, and Public Sector (including LGPS and NHS) pension schemes
• You have an excellent understanding of Auto-Enrolment (including re-enrolment) rules and the Annual & Lifetime Allowance legislation

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to offer our employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information about benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives, and our people have made a significant impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

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