Job Description
As our Group Defined Benefit Pensions Manager, you will help determine and deliver the company's pensions strategy across all the Group's defined benefit pension work schemes. You will work closely with the Group's advisors on all aspects of the strategy, as well as ad-hoc projects. You will provide periodic updates such as quarterly dashboards, as well as help manage adviser reviews and appointments.
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme Liaison
1. Close liaison with UBMPS Administration Manager & Scheme Secretary to stay up to date on all aspects of the UBMPS including attendance at the Investment Sub Committee.
2. Employer representative/liaison with IFSS and T&FGPS trustees and advisers, including: attending trustee meetings, holding regular meetings with scheme Actuaries, – Administrators and Scheme Secretary (First Actuarial)
3. Close liaison with AON as full services provider to the (US) Penton Defined Benefit Pension scheme including attendance at the Investment Committee.
Finance and Accounts
4. Managing the Pensions cost centre budget and forecast.
5. Co-ordinating and approving advisers, administration and, Regulator cost proposals, Purchase Orders, invoices, accruals
6. Managing all aspects of cost recharges in respect of all schemes and associated cost centres.
7. Corporate Year End and Half Year Accounts preparation and analysis: Working closely with Group Accounts and the Company’s Pensions advisor to agree all input assumption; challenge, understand and explain accounting outputs; and, answer and co-ordinate questions from Group Finance and the Auditors.
Other
8. Ensure the Informa Plc website remains up to date and relevant including development of functionality for ex-colleagues to find their pension contacts
9. M&A: Review relevant M&A Due Diligence as projects arise, plan and execute any due diligence and integration.
10. Ensure the Group, at all times, remains compliant with the Pensions Act 2021 which includes ensuring due consideration is given to corporate activity such as Capital Structure actions and M&A, working closely with external lawyers and insolvency specialists as required.
11. Oversight of two small legacy German DB pension plans which are primarily managed by an external local actuarial & accountancy firm, providing occasional co-ordination and monitoring of documentation between the external adviser and Informa’s accounting Shared Service Centre and Payroll.
12. Working closely with the Group Legal team and external advisors regarding KeyWest pension redress: Managing to completion a UBM IFA business compliance project
13. Oversight of annual pension increases for a one-man legacy Unfunded Unapproved Retirements Benefits Scheme
14. Managing occasional settlement referrals from the Trustee for the UBM Employer Funded Unapproved Retirement Benefit Scheme. Co-ordinate with Payroll so that PAYE, EE NI, ER NI is calculated and processed through payroll
Qualifications
15. Associate of the Pensions Management Institute or, similar
16. Formal qualification requirements can be mitigated depending on the level of experience a candidate has.
Additional Information
We work hard to make sure Life at Informa is rewarding, supportive and enjoyable for everyone. Here’s some of what you can expect when you join us. But don’t just take our word for it – see what our colleagues have to say at
Our benefits include:
17. Freedom & flexibility: colleagues rate us highly for the flexibility and trust they receive and most of us balance time in the office with time working remotely
18. Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks
19. Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available too
20. Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When it’s time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves
21. Time out: 25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days after two years, plus a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year
22. A flexible range of personal benefits to choose from, plus company funded private medical cover
23. A ShareMatch scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder with free matching shares
24. Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, a healthy living subsidy, access to health apps and more
25. Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programmes
26. As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world
We’re not solely focused on a checklist of skills. We champion energy and ambition and look for colleagues who will roll their sleeves up, join in and help make things happen. If it sounds like a match and you have most – although not all – of the skills and experience listed, we welcome your application. At Informa, you'll find inclusive experiences and environments where all perspectives and backgrounds are welcomed. As part of this approach and our diversity and inclusion commitments, we are also formally an Equal Opportunities Employer. This means we base decisions on relevant qualifications and merit and do not discriminate on the basis of key characteristics and statuses, including all of those protected by law. Ask us or see our website for full information. See how Informa handles your personal data when you apply for a job here