Senior Technical Analyst Pensions

Are you an experienced professional with strong pensions knowledge and an analytical approach and process improvement mindset?

Are you able to keep up to date with legislation, regulatory and market developments that affect pension administration?

Reed are proud to be representing a leading independent UK consultancy at the forefront of risk, pensions, investment and insurance. They act for a wide range of clients, large and small, in both the private and public sectors including 15% of FTSE 350 firms with a defined benefit pension scheme. 

We are seeking a Senior Technical Analyst for a full-time, permanent position and it will be worked on a hybrid basis where you will share your time between the office and home. This role can be based from any of our UK offices.

The Pension Administration Business was established in 1993. Our core business is the provision of services to trustees of UK occupational pension schemes DB, DC, CARE, cash balance – and we will do this as a stand-alone “admin-only” appointment or in conjunction with services provided by our other practice areas.

Your day-to-day duties will include -

• Keep up to date with regulatory and market developments that affect pension administration
• Liaise with business stakeholders to ensure that the implications of regulatory change affecting pension administration are understood and implemented within required timescales
• Provide support to keep our processes, member communications, internal guidance notes and technical training material up to date as required
• Deal with and provide guidance on technical queries as required
• Explain complex issues in a straightforward, easy to understand manner
• Research and development of solutions to new or unknown issues, making recommendations
• Read, research and understand documentation and legislation to resolve queries
• Support, Implement and Maintain Information Security procedures and activities in accordance to internal Information Security Policy
• Any other reasonable task as advised from time-to-time

The above is intended to describe the general nature and responsibilities of the role and is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties or responsibilities of employees in this role.

The successful candidate will have -

• At least 5 years DB pension experience and knowledge is essential
• You will have a good knowledge of pensions, legislation and regulatory requirements
• Recent involvement in implementing pensions related change within a pension administration environment, is desirable
• Excellent communication, listening and organisational skills
• Be able to communicate complex pensions technical matters at a level appropriate to the recipient, exercising tact and diplomacy, where necessary
• Ideally be educated to minimum GCSE Grade “5” or “C” in Maths and English or equivalent
• A relevant qualification or progress with PMI examinations is desirable

Our benefits include -

• Competitive discretionary annual bonus
• Life assurance (4x up to 10x)
• Group income protection up to 65% of salary
• Private medical cover from Day One
• 25 days holiday per year and up to 30 days with holiday trading
• Generous pension scheme (we contribute 8%)
• Sports Allowance – we pay up to 50% of your gym/sports membership (up to £50 pm)
• Corporate social investment programme
• Lots of clubs, sporting events, social, cultural and belief groups across our offices
• Healthcare cash plan
• Subsidised Dental cover
• Subsidised Critical illness cover