Administration Assistant - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Aegon

Aegon

Verified Company

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Description Summary

People are living longer than ever before, and we're excited by the opportunities this brings.

As a purpose-led business, we're focused on supporting our customers as they navigate through new stages of their lives and all the moments that matter.

We're here for everyone who wants to make the most of their time on the planet and leave it a little better than they found it - however grand or humble their ambitions.

Working at Aegon, you'll play an important part in helping achieve this.

We have three behaviors that are central to how we operate as a team and a business:
we step up, we tune in and we're a force for good.

Job Description:

12 month FTC / Secondment

The Team

We have an exciting opportunity for a Unit Linked Pricing Administration Assistant to join our Unit Linked Pricing Team.

The Role

To deliver in this role, the job holder must good numeracy and analytical skills and have an interest in extending their knowledge on more technical aspects of the Unit Linked Pricing business.

Key responsibilities

Support the Business-AsUsual activity in the team via the calculation of individually priced cases, e.g. new or existing business for both Retail and Workplace, using the Pricing Tools and based on the information received;
Where necessary, support the production and analysis of Management Information (Scorecards) on a monthly and quarterly basis by helping to collate monthly data;
Be able to interact with Sales representatives to ascertain the information necessary to produce the New and Existing Business quotations, where any gaps in information may exist.
Support and assist with adhoc requests, within the team, as part of daytoday activities.

Skills:

Knowledge and Skills

Numerate background
Analytical skills e.g., able to interrogate and provide analysis of data sets
Ability to build positive working relationships
Effective communication skills, both written and face to face
Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team

Knowledge

Previous experience of a professional working environment
Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word
Knowledge of Unit Linked products desirable, but not essential.

How we look after you

Outside of a competitive salary, working with us comes with a range of benefits that you can access from day one, including:

Non-contributary pension between 8-12% dependant on age
Life assurance cover
Private medical cover and health assessments
Access to
Peppy

- a digital health app for employees of all genders with a range of support covering areas such as general health, menopause, fertility, baby etc

Critical Illness cover
A suite of enhanced parental leave policies to support you in the moments that matter
Holiday trading
Private GP appointments with Doctor at Hand
Cycle2Work scheme
2 paid days per year for charitable volunteering
Employee wellbeing is key to our culture. We offer a range of online classes to support this, including yoga and meditation

We champion a collaborative, supportive working environment where you'll have the opportunity to develop yourself and your career in a way that works for you.

Our reward programmes encourage peer-to-peer recognition, and we offer a discretionary annual bonus dependent on company and individual performance.

How we look after the community and the environment

Aegon supports local causes that align with our purpose and ambitions.

Our goal is to serve and strengthen the communities where we do business and create a better quality of life for everyone.

Our employees are encouraged to support charities they feel passionate about and are offered volunteering days.

Responsible investment is a key element of Aegon's company-wide approach to sustainability.

Aegon is committed to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing, we have over 30 years' experience managing responsible investments and offer over 200 responsible investment options across our platforms.

Flexible working

We're transitioning to our new normal and we're welcoming everyone back to working in new, collaborative, and exciting ways.

We've adopted a hybrid environment of remote and office working, so it's important that you live within a commutable distance to our offices.

We know that people have busy lives and commitments outside of work, so we offer flexible work arrangements where possible to support our employees.

We're an equal opportunities employer

As an international and multicultural business, we celebrate a range of festive days to support the rich diversity of our employees.

Our Chief Marketing Officer leads our own LGBTQ+ community group, and we proudly sponsor Pride events across the UK.

Find out more about

how our people matter.

Who we're made up of

We're a company of ambitious, collaborative, problem-solvers who get things done. We strive to make sure everyone that works for us feel seen, heard, and valued - so