Job Description
Group Pensions Manager - 24 Month FTC
Role Purpose:
We are looking for a Pensions Manager who will lead a 12 month programme to document, assess and consolidate the organisation's pension landscape, working closely with the Head of Shared Services, the Reward team, and the Broker. The role's goals are to simplify governance and administration, improve member outcomes and engagement, and ensure robust compliance with UK pensions legislation and auto enrolment duties.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
1. Deliver a time bound review and optimisation of pension schemes, establishing a single source of truth covering scheme structures, contribution models, providers, costs, membership, and governance.
2. Ensure regulatory and governance compliance across auto-enrolment, certification, and re-enrolment, including management of beneficiary nominations, closed/legacy schemes, and historic Beckmann Rights.
3. Develop and evaluate practical consolidation and simplification options (full or partial), supported by clear financial modelling (provider fees, transition costs, AMCs, and communication impacts).
4. Conduct market benchmarking to inform recommendations on contribution structures, charges, provider services, and member engagement practices.
5. Design and deliver targeted member engagement activities to improve scheme participation, beneficia...