Our Third Party Administration (TPA) department is a dynamic administration team with a varied portfolio of clients. They play a key part in providing our clients and members with a market-leading service on Defined Benefits (DB), Defined Contribution (DC) and CARE pension arrangements.
We currently have an exciting opportunity to join this department as an Administration Consulting Analyst, within our Data Journey team in our Birmingham, Edinburgh or Glasgow Office.

WHAT WILL YOUR ROLE LOOK LIKE?

You aid in the delivery and implementation of pensions administration projects to new and existing clients across Third Party Administration nationally, whilst working closely with client teams to analyse requirements and determine the scope for of projects.

THOUGH THIS IS A VARIED ROLE, YOUR KEY TASKS WILL INCLUDE:

• Delivers assigned pensions administration related services and projects to a portfolio of TPA client projects.
• Acts as a point of reference on non-standard project cases.
• Supports new business activities to acquire new project and bespoke client admin work, as appropriate.
• Completes all tasks in accordance with project plan timescales.
• Committed to continuous improvements in the delivery of work.
• Monitors time spent to ensure profitability of assignments.
• Adheres and contributes to the professional standards and quality systems of the firm e.g. peer review process, model quality and other best practice notes, advice and practice frameworks.
• Accountable for drafting and reviewing project reports and presenting results and recommendations to Hymans colleagues or directly to clients.

TO ENJOY AND SUCCEED IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL HAVE:

• Experience working in pensions operations and administration in the UK.
• Detailed and up to date knowledge of legislation relating to both DB and DC pension arrangements.
• Experience of data cleanse and rectification exercises plus undertaking complex calculations.
• Excellent IT skills (includes Microsoft Word, PowerPoint plus a knowledge of different Pension Administration Systems).
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Experience of managing projects to deadlines, high quality standards, scope and cost.
• Strong communication skills demonstrated in the ability to engage with clients, colleagues and peers successfully across different functions and levels within the organisation nationally.
• Able to effectively present and communicate complex findings and make recommendations to scheme trustees and non-technical audiences.
  Ideally, we would be looking for candidates to hold a professional qualification such as Associate Membership to the Pension Management Institute (or be working towards this). However, we would also be open to applications from candidates who could bring a knowledge of the UK pensions market from relevant industry experience.