Pensions systems used to be a quiet corner of the industry.
A few brave souls in a sweat laden back room, bench pressing impossible benefit structures while everyone else shouted “can’t we just automate that?” from behind a protein shake shaker.
Now the whole market wants hyper fitness capability with automation. Proper automation. Not a dashboard with a hat on. Not a workflow that simply moves the manual pain two screens to the left. Actual calculation build. Actual systems logic. Actual delivery discipline. Serious gains.
So we need the hungry Terminators.
The pensions systems weightlifters.
The calc engine gymnasts.
The project management yogis.
The people who can take a benefit spec, a mangled data history, a creaking admin platform, three ancient scheme quirks and a room full of nervous stakeholders, then somehow turn the lot into something clean, tested, scheduled and moving in the right direction. Every day is a personal best.
Multiple long-term opportunities are available for pensions systems developers, programmers, calculations specialists, project managers, business analysts and technically-minded pensions systems heroes.
The work sits around building a calculations layer above an established pensions administration platform. You’ll be involved in the hard, interesting bit: converting UK pensions rules into working logic, routines, calculations, tests and automated processes that stop humans performing ritual spreadsheet ceremonies until the end of time.
You may have experience in:
- Pensions systems development.
- Calculation engine build or configuration.
- Benefit automation.
- SQL, scripting, data interfaces, testing, UAT and releases.
- Project management across pensions systems, data, automation or administration change.
- Or simply that useful hybrid brain that understands both pensions and systems without either side needing to explain itself in crayon.
This is not for people who enjoy saying “strategic transformation journey” while pointing at a rectangle in PowerPoint.
This is for builders. Lifters. Stretchers. Deliverers. Amino acid munchers.
People who like hard problems. People who can chest fly technical weight without dropping it on the scheme. People who can deep squat without snapping when a requirement changes, a test pack explodes or someone discovers a benefit underpin from the reign of steam.
Contractors are welcome. Permanent people with a twitchy eye towards contracting are especially welcome. If you’ve wondered whether your niche pensions systems brain might finally be worth a serious day rate, the answer is: yes, quite possibly.
We can consider immediately available candidates, soon-to-be available candidates and permanent candidates who might consider a rare entry point into the lucrative and health-rejuvenating world of contracting.
Long-term day-rate contracts are available. Permanent routes may also be considered.
This is a longevity boost for technical pensions enthusiasts: heavy lifting, elegant movement, calmer delivery, fewer pointless meetings and the faint satisfaction of knowing the machine works because you helped make it work. Witness the fitness.
Chalk your hands. Stretch your hamstrings. Align your chakras. Start packing on some serious muscle. Dope testing not required.
