[Hiring] Senior Pensions Project Consultant @XPS Group

Role Description

Remote working opportunities with occasional office visits to an XPS office for team building - location and frequency to be discussed at interview.

Our teams of pension administrators provide services to a wide range of trust-based company pension schemes, including:

• Defined benefit
• Defined contribution
• Career average revalued earnings
• Hybrid schemes

Our range of pensions administration services include:

• Scheme administration
• Communication
• Scam identification
• Payroll services
• Pension scheme accounting
• De-risking projects
• Technical consultancy

In this role you will be responsible for leading and managing projects end to end, in line with budgets, deadlines, and objectives. You will also coordinate and support less experienced staff with additional projects.

Qualifications

• Achieved some exam successes in professional qualifications such as PMI / QPA / RPC / DPC / DPA and actively working towards full qualification

Requirements

• Commercial acumen in order to plan, manage, track and deliver project revenue, client and business requirements within budget
• Strong organizational skills with proven ability to manage resources and operational delivery of a team to ensure revenue targets met and work delivered to plan
• Technical pensions and data projects knowledge to be able to explain complex issues to key stakeholders internally and externally
• The ability to manipulate spreadsheet data using formulas, such as Index, V-look up, Pivot table and Macro is essential
• Ability to efficiently resolve issues by identifying solutions to enable projects to be effectively delivered in accordance with client requirements
• Proven ability to lead a project providing strategic direction and guidance while managing, coaching and mentoring individual team members
• Concise and confident communicator of complex project issues – covering both verbal and written skills
• Ability to work within a team towards targets
• Be proactive, having drive and commitment
• Ability to foster an inclusive working environment and champion diversity within the team
• Able to support developing a culture of high standards, excellent quality and customer responsiveness

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Annual discretionary bonus
• 25 days’ holiday with buy/sell flexibility
• Pension matching
• Healthcare plans
• Life assurance
• Retailer discounts
• Flexible benefits scheme
• Employee assistance and digital GP service
• Paid volunteer days available
• Referral bonuses for introducing suitable candidates to XPS

Company Description

XPS Pensions Group is no ordinary company. We've earned numerous awards and accolades, making us an industry leader in Pensions Consultancy. As the largest pure pensions consultancy in the UK, we are a team of approximately 2000 employees spread across 15 locations nationwide. Listed on the London Stock Exchange Main Market, we pride ourselves on our ability to think and act differently, offering expert advice to over 1600 pension schemes and administering pensions for over 1,000,000 members.