Senior Pensions Administrator - Prescot

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About the role

Balfour Beatty are currently looking for a Senior Pensions Administrator to join our Pensions team based at Prescot

This role offers hybrid: 60% office based and 40% home based, this is spread across a rota for all staff in the interest of fairness.

What you'll be doing

Within this role you'll:

• Calculate, check and review calculations and workflows across a wide range of DB Sections of the Fund and various case types including deaths, retirements and transfers out
• Work closely with pensions administrators and your peers to ensure adherence to SLA's
  Work on calendar events, project and process improvement work, as required
• Support the team leaders and managers, agreeing priorities and resource use across of the teams
• Provide support and guidance to pensions administrators and management on a daily basis
• Respond to queries raised by CRM (Client Relationship Management) and agree any associated resolutions
• Work with the Team Leaders to identify and monitor training and development requirements
• Electronic document management of filing and correspondence
• Help to identify procedural and process efficiency improvements
• Develop an understanding of DC processes dealing with DC queries and liaising with the Fund's DC Administration provider, as required
• Develop a detailed working knowledge and awareness of scheme rules and pension legislation enabling complex calculations to be undertaken and checked
• Develop a detailed working knowledge and awareness of the pensions database and how this functions

Who we're looking for

You will have/be:

• Relevant Pensions qualification such as Diploma in Pensions Administration, PMI qualification or equivalent would be desirable but not essential.
• Proven pensions experience
• Experience of day-to-day pension administration of DB pension schemes is essential
• Good awareness of pensions legislative issues
• Ability to calculate pensions and interpret scheme rules
• Good technical knowledge of pension administration activities and the ability to apply to any scheme
• A strong background in Microsoft Office software, particularly Excel and Word.
• Good organisation skills and an attention to detail
• An ability to manage a busy workload and deliver high quality to deadlines
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), with ability to express complicated ideas in a concise and clear way
• Strong customer focus
• Self-motivated with the ability to work autonomously and as a team player
• Consistent and positive role model who has a positive impact on the team and working environment

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more...

About us

Balfour Beatty Group Enabling Functions are Legal, Finance, IT and Procurement, Communications, Health Safety and Environment, HR and Sustainability. Together, they support delivery of our Build to Last strategy whilst improving efficiencies and standardising our approach, systems and processes.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com