Job Description
Job Reference:48134GF_1725358614
Job Type: Temporary
Job Industry: Local Government
Contact Name: Georgia Frost
Job Location: Oxfordshire
Job Title: Pensions Technician
Job Salary: £15 - £16 Per Hour
Job Start Date:
We are currently recruiting for a ongoing temporary role based Oxfordshire the appropriate candidate must be available and ready to start ASAP. Please find more detail on the role below, if this is of interest apply, and one of our consultants will contact you.
PENSIONS TECHNICIAN – £15.54 P/H PAYE OR £20.11 P/H UMBRELLA – OX5
* Office Based Mon – Thur 08:40 am – 17:00 pm Fri – 08:40 am – 16:00 pm
* Accuracy
* Attention to detail
* Good computer skills including knowledge of Microsoft packages (Outlook, Excel, Word)
* Ability to organise and prioritise own workloads
* Ability to meet strict deadlines
* Good communication skills
* Enthusiastic with a willingness to learn
* Knowledge of Pension/Payroll would be beneficial but not essential
The key result areas in the role are as follows:
* Process all documents and information in relation to pensions (lump sums, refunds and advances, etc.) ensuring that they comply with relevant Conditions of Service, Force Policies and statutory legislation to ensure Police Officers/Police Staff are paid accurately and on time. Responsible for electronic filing of all documents ensuring compliance with data retention regulations. Process Pension Opt in/out including keying into payroll and forwarding information to Pension administrators.
* Answer Police Officers/Police Staff/Pension Administrators & Pensioners’ queries on pension related issues. Give guidance to Area/HQ Department staff about incorrectly completed Police Officers/Police Staff pension forms. Provide advice, guidance & data to Police Officers/Police Staff/Pensioners, internal departments & external organisations. Liaise with other departments /external organisations & where necessary be persistent in order to provide best possible service.
* Responsible for commencing, amending and ceasing the records of police officers and staff including the preparation for payment of pension lump sum commutation payments and pension refunds as notified by the Police pension administrators.
* Manage query inboxes, deal with pension related queries. Responsible for electronic filing of all documents to ensure compliance with data retention legislation, supporting and assisting with Ad-hoc project work.
* Provide support to the Pension Consultant, ensuring strict deadlines are met and responsibilities of the department to make all payments accurately and on time are met. Deputising / answering queries commensurate with their level of knowledge on behalf of the Pension Consultant when absent.
* Authorise and check leaver notifications and forward to the Pension administrators to enable the calculation of benefits.
* Prepare leaver notifications and quotes to aid the Payroll Technicians in time of absence. Understand the implications of incorrect information being provided.
* Provide guidance to workplace pension scheme specific enquiries from members, internal departments, and external organisations. Liaise with other departments and external organisations and where necessary be persistent in order to provide the best possible service, ensuring pension benefits are reported and accrued accurately
* Liaise with the pension providers and ensure timely and accurate member records in their systems and ensure that changes are communicated timely and consistently to ensure accurate records and compliance with legislation.
* Responsible for extracting any specially requested management reports from Payroll via the report writer tool. Run reports in report writer and run queries in access to provide data to the pension administrators
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