Pension Administrator - Meriden, United Kingdom - Pertemps Birmingham Commercial

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Currently recruiting for a Pensions Administrator for a well established national business who's head office function is based on the outskirts of Coventry.

Reporting to the Head of Payroll Services, the Pensions Administrator will ensure all pension administration tasks are carried out, in accordance with UK legislation and company policies and procedures.


Key Responsibilities:


  • Provide a pension administration service to the wider businesses.
  • Scheduling autoenrolment and reenrolment activities, across a variety of group companies and multiple PAYE references
  • NEST portal administration, including full weekly and monthly reconciliation prior to payment authorisation
  • Reconciliation and submission of Declaration of Compliance statements in relation to enrolment and reenrolment
  • Attending internal/external meetings to provide support and guidance on pension administration issues
  • Perform input activity and pension calculations where necessary
  • Answering calls and resolving queries (both oral and written), including clear explanation of how contributions are calculated

Activities of the Role:


  • Monitoring the payroll systems to ensure all new joiners are auto enrolled in a timely fashion, and in accordance with company policy and legislation.
  • Reconcile and upload worker contributions to NEST (or other schemes as required) on a weekly/monthly basis.
  • Notify relevant pension providers of other changes where required, i.e. persona data changes and scheme/company leavers.
  • Ensure the relevant letters are sent to workers at the appropriate times, in relation to autoenrolment, postponement and reenrolment.
  • Processing of Declaration of Compliance returns, using The Pensions Regulator (TPR) online portal, in order to comply with legislative requirements.

Key Skills::


  • A working knowledge of autoenrolment, reenrolment and Declaration of Compliance submission, along with an understanding of the legislation underpinning these processes.
  • Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, with a clear personal commitment to meeting client requirements in order to deliver a high quality service.
  • Highly analytically and attentive, with the ability to solve problems.
  • Flexible outlook and approach to workload and working hours, to accommodate fast moving projects and ever evolving processes and changes to legislation.
  • Ability to plan, prioritise, organise and review progress of pension schemes, effectively scheduling work to fit in with deadlines, in order to maximise productivity.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products (particularly Word and Excel) to a reasonable standard. Desirable Skills
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel to intermediate or advanced level

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