Pensions Specialist

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Salary Description:: £46000 - £55755 per annum and Excellent benefits
Location Description:: This role can be worked 100% remotely or hybrid in their Surrey offices.
Job Role:: Pension Manager / Director, Pensions Technician
Employment Type:: Full-time
Contract Type:: Temporary/Contract
Application Deadline:: Unspecified
Posted:: 22nd July 2025
Recruiter:: Sammons Pensions
Job Ref:: V-91578

Excellent opportunity to act as Pensions Manager in this stand alone role, taking responsibility for being lead specialist to current staff and former employees, ensuring compliance with 8 different pension schemes in all relevant legislation. Schemes include DB hybrid, public sector and DC.

This role can be worked 100% remotely or hybrid in their Surrey offices.

About the role

To anticipate, analyse and interpret new legislation and regulation to update process and practice and ensure the schemes remain compliant in all aspects of its employer duties.
To ensure that scheme changes (e.g. contribution rates) are assessed and oversee the implementation of any necessary changes, especially to Payroll.
To be responsible for the provision of professional guidance and education on all pension related issues to employees including for tax planning purposes
Oversee all reporting for each of the 7 pension plans with attendance at internal Committees as necessary
Ensure compliance with auto-enrolment duties, including oversight of outsource providers and making the necessary Declarations
Support with modelling the pension aspects of any people planning (e.g. TUPE, redundancies, set up of subsidiaries etc.) including resulting oversight and governance requirements
Oversee administration of Group Life Assurance schemes, working closely with the HR Advisor (Reward and Policy) on all cyclical pension activities. Work with internal and external stakeholders at all levels, represent at external events, on panels and with schemes and industry bodies
Working with the Associate Director (People Services) to communicate any changes to Union representatives and all staff in a clear and timely manner, alongside, ensuring the pensions intranet pages and manuals are updated to reflect these
Oversee annual cycle of documents, reports and events

About you

PMI Level 4 Certificate in Pension Calculations/Diploma in Pensions Administration qualification or equivalent OR significant experience as a senior administrator in manager with Occupation pension schemes (specifically defined benefit).
Ability to understand the plan documents and explain the requirements to a non-pensions specialist
Ability to strategically advise as to how to gain best value from each pension plan
A comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge of pension regulations and legislation
Ability to deal with staff of all levels including very senior colleagues
Highly numerate
Working knowledge of Pension Regulations
Working knowledge of Public Sector pensions

Please quote reference 91578. If you know someone suitable for this role, share the word and through our referral scheme receive up to £250! Click here for further details on our recommendation scheme. This is just one of the many roles we are working on at the Sammons Recruitment Group. Please visit our website www.sammons.co.uk for full details on all Permanent, Temporary and Contract career opportunities we are actively seeking candidates for. Recruiting on the basis of Talent, we are committed to supporting and promoting diversity in the workplace and consider all applications. Any salary advertised is for search purposes only. If you have not heard from us within 7 days you will have not been successful on this occasion, however, we would welcome your application for alternative vacancies.

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