Senior Pensions Calculations Lead & Architect

Isio; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Study support for professional quals

Development and training opportunities

Hybrid workstyle

Friendly team

Job summary

Isio in the UK is seeking an experienced Calculations & Benefits specialist to deliver market-leading calculation work within the Pensions Administration business. You will lead in coding and configuring admin platforms, coordinating with the BAU admin team and senior stakeholders across Isio.

Based in multiple cities with hybrid work, you will manage delivery, optimise solutions, ensure ISO27001 alignment, and support training and development within the Calculations & Benefits Team while

Qualifications

• Proven record of delivering calculation solutions across pensions admin systems.
• Excellent knowledge of DB / DC pension schemes and their calculation requirements.
• Management of key stakeholders at all levels in a typical corporate environment.
• Experience of relational databases.
• Demonstrable programming experience (e.g. SQL / .NET / VBA).
• Experience of management responsibilities such as, work prioritisation, holding others to account, risk management.
• Experience of managing a small team.
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) and good interpersonal skills.
• Experience of modern pensions administration systems.
• Ability to interpret benefit specification and translate into calculations.
• Excellent Planning & Organisational skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and a creative approach to getting work delivered.
• Thorough knowledge of robust audit, testing and sign off processes.
• Willingness to identify and overcome barriers to delivery of work.

Responsibilities

• Work within a team to manage and deliver calculation work.
• Deliver work in a consistent and efficient manner.
• Work with stakeholders to understand how processes and systems can be utilised most effectively.
• Liaise with the BAU admin team and prioritise work and resources.
• Lead in the delivery of work through coding and configuration of the admin platforms.
• Liaising with other team members to ensure that the delivery of solutions is consistent and effective.
• Collaborate with others to develop and implement solutions for work as required.
• Lead in the build of optimised solutions to reduce ongoing maintenance overheads and deliver efficient solutions to the administration team.
• Support the design and implementation of processes and procedures relating to Admin calculations.
• Work within the wider governance framework to ensure a consistent approach and documentation of all work delivery.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement within the team to develop and enhance understanding.
• Participate in the training and development of the Calculations & Benefits Team as well as mentoring less experienced colleagues.
• Ensure processes support Isio’s ISO27001

Skills

SQL

.NET

VBA

Pensions knowledge

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Communication

Pension admin systems

Tools

SQL Server

Job description

Isio in the UK is seeking an experienced Calculations & Benefits specialist to deliver market-leading calculation work within the Pensions Administration business. You will lead in coding and configuring admin platforms, coordinating with the BAU admin team and senior stakeholders across Isio.

Based in multiple cities with hybrid work, you will manage delivery, optimise solutions, ensure ISO27001 alignment, and support training and development within the Calculations & Benefits Team while