Excellent opportunity to join a large in-house team, working on a scheme with c.£30bn of assets covering defined benefit and defined contribution.
Reporting to the Director of Pensions & Investments, you will assist with developing, implementing and providing governance to employee retirement plans and benefits programmes, and provide counsel to resolve any related issues.
You will be part of the team providing pensions actuarial and investment governance support to the UKRF.
This will include BAU, strategic and project activity.
The role holder will support oversight of the UKRF funding and investment strategy, investment governance (including Responsible Investment policy), funding and investment disclosures, engagement with the internal investment team and management of external advisors.
To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness.
Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function.
Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
Communicate complex information.
'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications: Experience of working with pension schemes with defined benefit and defined contribution arrangements.
Good technical knowledge of investment strategy, investment markets, asset classes, investment governance documents, pensions funding regulations, actuarial techniques.
Relevant professional qualifications e.g.
Actuary, APMI, FIA (or equivalent), CFA Knowledge and application of UK pensions legislation and up to date awareness of current pension industry initiatives and developments relevant to funding and investments.
Analytical skills to deal with a variety and large quantity of data from various sources.
Experienced with Microsoft Office applications.
Please quote reference 86558