Corporate Pensions & Employee Benefits Manager

SYS Financial; Ireland; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Performance-related bonus

Employer pension contribution

Life insurance and employee benefits

Educational assistance and ongoing PD

Hybrid working environment

Career progression opportunities

Portfolio of leading corporate clients

Job summary

You will engage HR leaders and executives, deliver presentations, conduct reviews, and identify growth opportunities. The role requires a QFA qualification, strong pensions knowledge, and the willingness to travel, with a hybrid working arrangement offering flexibility and career progression within our Corporate Financial Services division.

Qualifications

• QFA qualified and experienced in corporate pensions and employee benefits.
• Minimum five years' experience in corporate pensions, employee benefits or related advisory role.
• Strong technical knowledge of workplace pensions and employee benefits.
• Proven ability to build and manage corporate client relationships.
• Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong commercial awareness and business development capability.
• Full driving licence and willingness to travel throughout Ireland.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop a portfolio of corporate pension and employee benefits clients.
• Act as the primary day-to-day contact for allocated corporate accounts.
• Build and maintain relationships with HR leaders, Finance Directors, business owners and senior decision-makers.
• Conduct client review meetings and strategic employee benefits discussions.
• Deliver employee presentations, education sessions and financial wellbeing initiatives.
• Provide guidance on workplace pensions, AVCs, retirement planning, employee benefits and related financial planning matters.
• Support business owners and senior executives with retirement planning and executive benefit solutions.
• Identify and develop opportunities to grow existing relationships and generate new business.
• Prepare and present proposals to prospective clients.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across financial planning, investments and wealth management.
• Maintain the highest standards of client service, professionalism and compliance.

Skills

Client relationship management

Pensions knowledge

Communication skills

Business development

Presentation skills

Stakeholder management

Travel readiness

Education

QFA qualified

RPA qualification

CFP qualification

Job description

Corporate Pensions & Employee Benefits Manager

Location: Ireland (Hybrid)

Job Type: Full-Time

About the Role

SYS Financial is seeking an experienced and commercially focused Corporate Pensions & Employee Benefits Manager to join our growing Corporate Financial Services team. This is a senior client-facing position that combines corporate relationship management, workplace pensions, employee benefits consulting, employee financial wellbeing, executive planning and business development.

Working closely with the Head of Corporate Pensions & Employee Benefits, you will manage and develop a portfolio of corporate clients while helping employers design, implement and enhance their workplace pension and employee benefit programmes. You will play a key role in supporting client retention, developing new business opportunities and contributing to the continued growth of our Corporate Financial Services division.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and develop a portfolio of corporate pension and employee benefits clients.
• Act as the primary day-to-day contact for allocated corporate accounts.
• Build and maintain relationships with HR leaders, Finance Directors, business owners and senior decision-makers.
• Conduct client review meetings and strategic employee benefits discussions.
• Deliver employee presentations, education sessions and financial wellbeing initiatives.
• Provide guidance on workplace pensions, AVCs, retirement planning, employee benefits and related financial planning matters.
• Support business owners and senior executives with retirement planning and executive benefit solutions.
• Identify and develop opportunities to grow existing relationships and generate new business.
• Prepare and present proposals to prospective clients.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across financial planning, investments and wealth management.
• Maintain the highest standards of client service, professionalism and compliance.

About You

Essential

• QFA qualified.
• Minimum five years' experience in corporate pensions, employee benefits, financial planning or a related advisory role.
• Strong technical knowledge of workplace pensions and employee benefits.
• Proven ability to build and manage corporate client relationships.
• Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong commercial awareness and business development capability.
• Full driving licence and willingness to travel throughout Ireland.

Desirable

• RPA, PTP or CFP qualification.
• Experience advising company directors, business owners and senior executives.
• Experience managing large workplace pension and employee benefit arrangements.
• Established network within HR, finance or business leadership communities.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary package.
• Performance-related bonus.
• Employer pension contribution.
• Life insurance and employee benefits package.
• Educational assistance and ongoing professional development support.
• Hybrid working environment.
• Career progression opportunities within a growing and ambitious business.
• The opportunity to work with a portfolio of leading corporate clients across Ireland.

About SYS Financial

SYS Financial is a dynamic and fast-growing financial planning firm committed to safeguarding the financial wellbeing of our clients. With a team of over 100 dedicated professionals, we provide expert guidance and bespoke solutions across a wide range of services, including savings and investments, protection, retirement planning, retirement fund management, health insurance advisory, public sector advisory and mortgages.

Our Corporate Financial Services division partners with employers across Ireland to design, implement and manage workplace pensions, employee benefits, executive benefits, employee financial wellbeing and financial planning solutions.

SYS Financial is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and experiences.