About the Role
This role requires you to be well-organized, have an aptitude for figure work, and be able to work as part of a team. There is an opportunity for progression with a structured career path and a full training program will be provided.
Responsibilities
- Continuing to broaden your technical knowledge and expertise
- Understanding the processes for complex cases such as divorce, members with large benefits and tax issues and complex death cases whilst ensuring that procedures are adhered to at all times
- Carrying out complex calculations as well as checking those carried out by more junior colleagues
- Keeping up to date with changes in legislation and highlighting any necessary changes that might be needed for your clients' communications, calculations or practices
- Showing awareness of special conditions for certain clients and what is scheme specific
- Being involved in efficiency drives for your clients, always looking for improvements and considering the best way to deliver a good service
- Getting involved in departmental initiatives and projects that benefit the department
- Drafting complex non-standard letters where required and checking those drafted by others
- Mentoring and training more junior colleagues
Requirements
- A minimum of 3 years UK DB pensions administration experience
- Making good progress towards the relevant training courses and subsequent exams in order to gain the Award in Pensions Essentials (APE) and the Certificate in Pensions Calculations (CPC)
- Awareness and an understanding of the role of relevant external bodies e.g. PPF, tPR
- Well organised and thorough, with excellent attention to detail
- Ability to work either alone and/or as part of a team with fluctuating workload also the ability to use own initiative
- Able to maintain high standard of professionalism at all times with and ability to demonstrate good organisational, analytical and communication skills
- Flexibility of hours worked/duties undertaken and keen to learn
Skills
- Figure work
- Teamwork
- Organisational skills
- Analytical skills
- Communication skills
Location
- Hybrid working (varies by role and department)
Work Type
- Hybrid working
Experience Level
- Minimum of 3 years UK DB pensions administration experience
Education Level
- ‘A’ level, degree level or equivalent
Benefits
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption and shared parental leave
- 26 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time working) plus bank holidays
- Options to buy & sell holiday
- Private medical insurance
- Discounted gym memberships
- Critical illness and dental insurance
- Eye care vouchers
- Cycle to work scheme
- Digital GP services
- Competitive pension scheme
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- High street discounts
- Season ticket loans
- Volunteering opportunities
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme (qualifying period applies)
- Professional study support (where applicable)
- Access to our internal Wellbeing, LGBTQ+, Multicultural and Women’s networks
About the Company
- LCP is an award-winning actuarial and analytics consultancy providing advice on pensions, investments, employee benefits, insurance, health and energy.
- Joining a multi-award winning, fun, collaborative, people first organisation where your personal and professional skills will be developed to make you the best you can be.
Equal Opportunity
- We continuously strive to build an inclusive workplace where all forms of diversity are valued, including age, background, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or sexual orientation.
- LCP is committed to making our opportunities accessible to all and would welcome you getting in touch to let us know if an adjustment can be made to help with your application. This may be extra time for assessments, pre-interview site visits, interview structure or questions, or asking us about building accessibility. Whatever it may be, please get in touch via our dedicated email address - to discuss how we can support you with your application.
