We are hiring for a Senior Pensions Administrator who would be based in one of our offices in Redhill, Leeds or Welwyn. As a Senior Pensions Administrator, you will be making a difference within our leading pension administration business. You will work within a team to provide a high quality service to our impressive portfolio of clients that include prestigious and market leading global companies. In the role of Senior Pensions Administrator, you will take on advanced calculations and administration of complex schemes (DB and/or DC) and play an active role in mentoring and checking the work of junior team colleagues.
The role is an exciting opportunity to build on your previous experience and knowledge. You will have the opportunity to further your career by learning new skills and engaging in continuous development via formal training, on the job learning and professional qualifications.
You will work on a variety of different clients, with pension arrangements ranging from straightforward to complex, with populations covering hundreds of members to hundreds of thousands. This gives you the opportunity to work, within one organisation, on clients that offer exposure to every aspect of pensions administration, utilising bulk processing routines, automated calculations or your manual calculation skills, and the potential for involvement with a huge variety of different projects, often at the forefront of the industry.
At WTW, we trust you to know your work and the people, tools and environment you need to be successful. The majority of our colleagues work in a “hybrid” style, with a mix of remote and in-office interactions dependent on the needs of the team, role and clients. Our flexibility is rooted in trust and “hybrid” is not a one-size-fits-all solution.
The Role
1. Accurately processes and manages complex pensions calculations and queries across a variety of different pension processes and case types such as Retirements, Transfers, Deaths. Cases and processes are completed to a high standard proving accurate and well worded correspondence in a timely manner.
2. Checks and monitors work completed by junior colleagues, providing feedback and guidance to colleagues as required to ensure work is right first time and output targets across the team.
3. Acts as a point of escalation for the team for technical issues, non-standard cases, and member complaints.
4. Utilises previous knowledge and experience in pension legislation/regulations as well as WTW guidance and procedures to ensure day to day work on an individual and team basis is of a high quality.
5. Supports the Team Leader in ensuring that all service level agreements and performance standards are achieved on a day-to-day basis and takes responsibility for coordinating team workload and some management or client responsibilities delegated by the Team Leader.
6. Coaches, supports, and mentors junior colleagues providing feedback and supporting the wider development and knowledge of the team.
7. Continuously seeks to identify areas where the service to clients /members could be improved and takes forward process improvements as required.
8. Assists in complex and project-based work as and when required.