Technical Accounting Lead- Pensions/Actuary Exp

Summary: The Technical Accounting Lead role focuses on managing and coordinating the financial management and reporting of the Company's defined benefit pension scheme. The position requires collaboration with the Head of Pension Risk and involves enhancing control frameworks, preparing reports, and engaging with professional advisors. This is a 6-month contract based in Milton Keynes, requiring on-site presence three days a week. The role is classified as inside IR35.

Key Responsibilities:

• Reviewing and enhancing the pensions control framework to ensure alignment with audit expectations
• Reviewing and enhancing the pensions models to ensure alignment with audit expectations
• Work on the monthly, quarterly and annual reporting of the actual Pension accounting and risk information including annual report disclosures
• Support Director of Pensions and Head of Pension risk in preparation, documentation and attendance for the clients statutory and non-statutory committees eg Pension Risk Forum, Pensions Committee, ALCO, CF Trustee meetings
• Preparation of pension information for strategic planning purposes (eg P21, ICAAP, stress testing)
• Prepare the scheme costs budget working alongside the trustee scheme function. Monitor performance of actuals against budget
• Engage in the day to day relationship with professional advisors. This will include work on the triennial actuarial valuations and audit exercises
• Coordination of the annual review of pensions actuarial assumptions including assessing and recommending any changes to assumptions
• Work with key stakeholders in finance, capital management, scheme trustee and structural risk
• Input into preparing and implementing the Schemes forward looking Business Plans from a Company perspective

Key Skills:

• Solid experience as a Finance Manager
• Experience supporting Pensions Accounts
• Experience working in the Financial Services Sector

Salary (Rate): £550

City: Milton Keynes

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: on-site

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Finance