Senior Pensions Administrator

Royal Mail Group; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading postal services provider is seeking a Senior Pensions Administrator for their hybrid team in Sheffield. Responsibilities include ensuring data accuracy in pension administration and providing stakeholder confidence. Applicants should possess strong knowledge of DB pensions and advanced analytical skills. An excellent opportunity with competitive salary and benefits, including annual leave and bonuses.

Benefits

10% annual bonus potential

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Enhanced family friendly support

Sick pay support

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of pension scheme data and administration processes.
• Experience in de-risking projects is desirable.
• Proactive approach to problem-solving in ambiguous situations.

Responsibilities

• Verify data on pension administration system.
• Investigate and resolve data anomalies.
• Maintain accurate pension data models.
• Collaborate across teams for benefit calculations and rectifications.

Skills

Strong understanding of DB pension structures

Excellent numerical and analytical skills

Advanced PC skills, especially in Excel

Strong communication and influencing skills

Attention to detail

Education

Award in Pensions Essentials (APE)

Tools

Pension administration databases

Job description

Overview

Job reference 330928
Senior Pensions Administrator
Competitive salary, 10% annual bonus potential, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with service, and a company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates. Permanent, Full time. This role is based at our Sheffield office on Pond Street (S98 6HR) and follows a hybrid working model. You will be expected to attend the office approximately once or twice per month.

We're on the lookout for ambitious and experienced professionals to join our award-winning Pensions Service Centre. If you're passionate about delivering exceptional service and have a strong background in Defined Benefit (DB) pensions, we'd love to hear from you.

We are looking for a Senior Pensions Administrator to join a crucial project team looking at De-Risking our Royal Mail Pension Plan.

About the Role

As a Senior Pensions Administrator in our De-Risking team, you'll play a key role in verifying data held on our pension administration system. Your work will help ensure the accuracy of benefits information, giving confidence to stakeholders and potential insurance providers.

• Investigating and resolving data anomalies identified by our data quality software, within programme timelines
• Maintaining a comprehensive and accurate data model
• Evaluating outputs to support decisions and rectification actions
• Delivering benefit rectifications where needed
• Collaborating across teams to support rectification benefit calculations and payments
• Producing and testing system change requests and reports
• Preparing project member communications and ensuring our helpline team is ready to support member queries

About You

We're looking for someone who brings:

• A strong understanding of DB pension structures is essential
• A strong understanding of pension scheme data and pension administration databases
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills, confident in handling large volumes of complex data
• Advanced PC skills, especially in Excel, and the ability to work with third-party data tools
• A proactive approach to problem-solving and working with ambiguity
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with some experience engaging senior stakeholders and professional advisors
• Great attention to detail, while keeping sight of the bigger picture
• At least an Award in Pensions Essentials (APE) qualified or willing to study for this level of qualification
• Experience in de-risking projects (desirable)

Extra Benefits

Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave

Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
Sick pay – supportive and generous company sick pay

Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It's free, and it's for everyone.
*Available only to perm employees

Next Steps

The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face or virtual interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions.

Trust is the foundation of Royal Mail. We aim to be transparent about the qualities we seek and what a career with us entails, building trust from the start of your journey with us. Your interview is the first step, and we want you to shine. To help you prepare, we'll provide your interview questions in advance, so you can have your best examples ready. At Royal Mail Group, we value trust and our people.

We understand that candidates may not meet all the criteria for the role. If your experience is different, but you have relevant skills we'd love to hear from you.

Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/

Closing Date: 16th October. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

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