Pensions Administrator

Competitive Salary
Portsmouth, UK

If you want to join our team, please forward your cv to our dedicated email address here:

cvs@dthomas.co.uk

General

As a result of the Third Party Administration (TPA) team’s rapid growth over the past few years, Dunstan Thomas are looking for additional pension administrators. This is an exciting new opportunity in a expanding team, whose purpose is to deliver our services to the highest standards to our outsourced clients.

Dunstan Thomas is a cutting-edge software company specialising in the financial services markets. The TPA team is a key part of Dunstan Thomas, often collaborating with other teams within the company.

Job requirements

This position offers a wide variety of assignments in a fast-paced environment and the successful candidate will to be able to work flexibly and capably under pressure. You will be joining a small but growing team and assisting with the pensions administration processes.

As part of the role, you will carry out and validate the following activities for pension administration:

  • Adhering to best practice procedures in all aspects of pensions administration related tasks as defined by the Company
  • Processing transfers in & out (both as cash and in specie)
  • Processing contributions
  • Processing member drawdown benefits (income and PCLS payments)
  • Pension payroll
  • Annual and monthly reporting
  • Undertaking morning and afternoon banking tasks

There are numerous opportunities to delve into the following:

  • Take an active part in implementing changes to existing procedures and software
  • Regular opportunities to provide feedback on the daily processes you will undertake
  • Enhance relationships with clients to gain an understanding of their working practices
  • Ad-hoc projects and tasks

Skills, abilities, and personal qualities

  • Exceptional attention to detail
  • Keen to share knowledge and develop close working relationships with the team
  • A willingness to learn and progress
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
  • A keen listener and capable of following instructions
  • Calm and positive under pressure
  • Able to organise workloads, prioritise and meet deadlines
  • Proficient IT skills
  • Pension qualifications are advantageous

Benefits

  • Once you pass probation, you will be offered the opportunity to undertake a range of Financial Services qualifications
  • Opportunities for progression
  • Access to the company’s range of flexible benefits
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Private Healthcare
  • Benefits scheme that includes discounts from shops, gyms etc.
  • The opportunity to take part in our Sharesave Scheme
  • Pension contributions from the business up to 8%