Overview
In this role you support Pension Administration by reconciling banking, investments, and contributions while managing cashflow, overseas payments, and invoice controls. You’ll act as a technical escalation point for treasury issues and assist in preparing pension scheme accounts and reports. The position offers hybrid work across multiple offices and exposure to a global business focused on development and collaboration.
Pay / Benefits
- competitive discretionary annual bonus
- life assurance of four times salary
- income protection 75% of salary for up to five years
- private medical insurance
- pension scheme with 5% employee and 10% employer contributions
- 25 days’ annual leave (27 with five years)
Responsibilities
- Maintain and reconcile accounting and banking records
- Reconcile pooled investment funds and assist with complex investments
- Reconcile contributions and annuities
- Settle, review and authorise invoices in line with controls
- Perform cashflow forecasting and arrange investments/disinvestments
- Manage overseas payments including investigations and liaison with providers
- Act as technical escalation for treasury, accounting, reconciliation and overseas payments
- Support preparation and review of pension scheme accounts, annual reports and audit information
- Assist with providing financial management information for clients
- Build and maintain effective client relationships with trustees, auditors, investment managers and third parties
Key requirements
- GCSE Maths and English at grade C or 5 or above
- Some technical knowledge; ideal candidate will pursue AAT
- Experience in accounting or financial services
- Knowledge of pensions industry advantageous but not essential
- Willingness to progress towards professional qualifications; proven experience valued
- Strong MS Office skills (Excel, Word, Outlook)
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook
- AAT qualification (in progress)
- accounting/financial services experience
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