Accounts Pensions Specialist

Summary: The Accounts Pensions Specialist role is a fixed-term contract position focused on preparing accounts, maintaining professional relationships with third parties, and ensuring compliance with organizational procedures. The position requires strong analytical skills and the ability to produce financial reports while adhering to deadlines. The role offers hybrid working arrangements, allowing flexibility in office location. The ideal candidate will have experience in a Third Party Administration environment and strong communication skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Preparation of accounts to trial balance/draft stage, through audit and to final accounts sign-off
• Liaise with and maintain effective professional relationships with third parties including consultants, trustees, actuaries, investment managers and auditors to meet agreed service standards and timetable target dates
• Remain up to date and compliant with organisational procedures
• Reconciliation of investment information received from investment managers, investment custodians
• Analyse and post cash book, bank account, pension payroll and other financial information
• Agree and process journals and amendments resulting from the audit process and in liaison with trustees and consultants
• Use the workflow calendar to ensure all internal and external deadlines are met
• Produce cash flow and other ad hoc reports for internal and external parties, as required.
• Provide information for actuaries to assist with FRS102
• Attending internal and external
• Keeping up to date with technical and scheme changes.
• Supporting the Accounts Function

Key Skills:

• Experience of working in a Third Party Administration environment preferred
• GCSE English and mathematics
• Strong MS Office skills
• Strong numeracy skills
• Good literacy skills including the ability to adhere to and uphold plain English writing principles
• Excellent communication skills
• A strong team player
• Strong numerical, analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to prioritise workload, especially at busy times

Salary (Rate): £35,000 yearly

City: Belfast

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other

Detailed Description From Employer:

Accounts Pensions Specialist (FTC)

£30k - £35k pro rata - 6 Month FTC
Belfast ideal office location - can work from Birmingham/London - hybrid working

Role and Responsibilities

• Preparation of accounts to trial balance/draft stage, through audit and to final accounts sign-off
• Liaise with and maintain effective professional relationships with third parties including consultants, trustees, actuaries, investment managers and auditors to meet agreed service standards and timetable target dates
• Remain up to date and compliant with organisational procedures
• Reconciliation of investment information received from investment managers, investment custodians
• Analyse and post cash book, bank account, pension payroll and other financial information
• Agree and process journals and amendments resulting from the audit process and in liaison with trustees and consultants
• Use the workflow calendar to ensure all internal and external deadlines are met
• Produce cash flow and other ad hoc reports for internal and external parties, as required.
• Provide information for actuaries to assist with FRS102
• Attending internal and external
• Keeping up to date with technical and scheme changes.
• Supporting the Accounts Function

Key Skills & Experience

• Experience of working in a Third Party Administration environment preferred
• GCSE English and mathematics
• Strong MS Office skills
• Strong numeracy skills
• Good literacy skills including the ability to adhere to and uphold plain English writing principles
• Excellent communication skills
• A strong team player
• Strong numerical, analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to prioritise workload, especially at busy times