Pensions Project Analyst

Management Level

EQ Retirement Solutions is transforming the retirement and pensions markets with leading administration and technology solutions. With over 1200 employees globally, 189 years of knowledge and 11 million pension scheme members and policyholders, we are here to help people plan for a confident financial future by delivering innovative, reliable and customer-focused retirement services. Our teams are driven by a shared commitment to excellence, collaboration and making a real impact to the lives of our clients and customers.

Role Summary

The role of the Pensions Project Analyst is critical in supporting both the Pensions Project Team Manager and Projects Operations Manager to ensure all Pension project objectives are achieved.

Each member of the team is allocated a project, or number of projects depending on size of project to deliver over a period. Each individual is expected to significantly contribute to the pre agreed deliverables of the projects allocated, where appropriate being empowered to decide what those deliverable and end products should be, both as an individual and as part of the wider team, within budget, the time allocated and to a high quality.

Core Duties/Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:

• Delivering projects in line with business objectives and pre-determined critical success factors to time, cost and quality.
• Providing recommendations and manage implementation of agreed solutions
• Identifying & implementing service and system improvements and efficiencies
• Providing project support and coordination
• Collating and analysing data to produce and deliver solutions for administration teams within pre agreed timescales
• Assessment and pulling together of documentation for complex technical pension and calculation tasks required as part of project deliverables
• Collation of third party documentation required to complete the project deliverables
• Working closely with other operations teams and operation managers to keep them up to date and to ensure what is being delivered is what is required

The duties and responsibilities outlined above are to be regarded as broad areas of responsibility and do not necessarily detail all tasks which the post holder may be required to perform.

Skills, Capabilities and Attributes

The ideal candidate will have the below skills, capabilities and attributes

• Detailed Pensions knowledge covering both Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution with understanding of Pensions technical legislation, Pension calculations and scheme rules
• Experience of working in a project team, or on projects within a Pensions Administration Team. Can work as a hybrid across business and IT
• The ability to assess and understand Business requirements, issues and drivers which impact the project and its delivery
• Computer literate with a willingness to learn a variety of systems. Good knowledge of Microsoft Office products including Project, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Problem solving skills to accurately diagnose the issue and work through potential solutions to ensure successful resolution Strong numeracy and literacy skills
• Flexible approach and able to respond quickly and decisively in a changing and challenging environment. Ability to work to tight timelines and prioritise effectively to meet shifting deadlines without compromising the quality of output
• A team player, portraying a positive can-do approach to each task.  Demonstrates personal commitment in all interactions to ensure the success of personal and team objectives.
• The ability to develop positive and productive working relationships with a strong desire to deliver exceptional customer service

What We Offer

• Save For Your Future - Equiniti Pension Plan; Equiniti matches your pension contributions up to 10%
• Health and Wellbeing – Employee Assistance Programme: counselling, legal & wellbeing support for colleagues and their households. Life assurance cover at 4x salary with the ability to purchase enhance cover.
• Employee discounts – Discounts and cashback at your favourite high street stores through our EQ Wins Platform.
• Flexible Benefits – The ability to purchase a wide variety of benefits through our flex plan; gadgets, travel insurance, will writing, holiday trading and more.
• Time Off – Typically 29 days holiday + bank holidays. 2 volunteer days to get involved with a charity of your choosing.
• Winning together – Equiniti ICON award vouchers; recognising the individuals going above and beyond to help the business succeed.
• Learning & Development – Investment in LinkedIn Learning for all colleagues. 

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Please note any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening checks.