Senior Pensions Administrator

Front Row Recruitment; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pension consultancy in North Carolina is seeking a Senior Administrator to join their Defined Benefit team. The successful candidate will manage the team's workload, ensure effective service delivery, and handle complex pension calculations. This role requires over 3 years of experience with Defined Benefit pension schemes and offers a hybrid working environment with excellent benefits.

Benefits

Generous benefits

Hybrid working

Genuine prospects for development

Qualifications

• 3+ years technical experience in pension administration, ideally in a Third Party or In-House setting.
• Ability to perform complex calculations on leavers, retirements, deaths, and transfers.
• Familiarity with SLA's and managing client expectations.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize the day-to-day workload of the team.
• Ensure an effective pension administration service is provided.
• Manage more complex pension tasks including calculations.
• Serve as a point of contact for clients and trustees.
• Manage annual projects like renewals and benefit statements.
• Provide guidance to less experienced colleagues.
• Input on process and procedural changes.

Skills

Knowledge of Defined Benefit (DB) pension schemes

Strong numeracy skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Job description

Due to a number of New Business wins my client, an award winning Pension Consultancy, currently seek a talented Senior Administrator to join their Defined Benefit team.

The role will involve prioritising the day to day workload of the team and assisting the Administration Manager in ensuring that the team runs smoothly. Duties will include:

• Ensuring that an effective pension administration service is provided to all clients
• Ensuring that client work is completed with SLA's and deadlines
• Handling more complex pension tasks such as calculations and scheme project work
• Being a point of contact for a portfolio of clients as well as trustees and senior scheme members
• Managing annual projects such as renewals, benefit statements and pension increases
• Providing advice and guidance to less experienced colleagues
• Provide input regarding process and procedural change

Applicants must possess good knowledge of Defined Benefit (DB) pension schemes with the ability to perform a range of complex calculations including leavers, retirements, deaths and transfers in and out. You are likely to possess around 3 plus years technical experience from a Third Party or In-House background along with strong numeracy, communication and organisation skills.

This is a great opportunity to join a highly respected pension consultancy which offers a great working environment, generous benefits, hybrid working, and genuine prospects for development.