Pensions Associate in Edinburgh

At Gallagher Benefit Services, you’re a trusted partner to organizations navigating some of their most important people decisions. We help clients build better workplaces, where people feel supported, empowered, and inspired to thrive. Whether it’s shaping benefit strategies, designing wellbeing programs, or advising on workforce challenges, the work you do here creates meaningful change for businesses and the people who power them.

Are you a detail-oriented professional with a passion for delivering exceptional service? Do you thrive in a role where accuracy and organisation are key? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as a Pensions Administrator at Gallagher.

At Gallagher, we’re renowned for providing tailored insurance and risk management solutions, and our pensions team is no exception. As a Pensions Administrator, you’ll play a pivotal role in managing a portfolio of occupational pension schemes, including Defined Benefit (DB), Defined Contribution (DC), and Hybrid pensions.

How you'll make an impact:

• Administering the full pension lifecycle, including both automated and manual calculations.
• Drafting correspondence and reports for scheme members and clients with precision.
• Running pensioner payrolls and supporting the Client Executive team.
• Liaising with scheme members via email, letter, and telephone, ensuring professional and efficient query resolution.
• Handling non-standard client and member queries with confidence.
• Collaborating with team members and building strong relationships with supporting teams.
• Providing support to team members and assisting the Team Leader as required.

What We’re Looking For:

• Experience in administering Defined Benefit (DB) and/or Defined Contribution (DC) pension schemes (advantageous).
• A willingness to study or currently studying towards the Pension Management Institute’s CPC qualification.
• Strong analytical skills with a logical approach to problem-solving.
• Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to process, collect, and input data accurately.
• Excellent prioritisation skills to meet deadlines and disclosure requirements.
• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and the ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• You must have the right to work in the UK.

Why Join Gallagher?

At Gallagher, we believe in investing in our people. When you join us, you’ll benefit from ongoing training and development opportunities to help you grow your career, a supportive and collaborative team environment, and the chance to make a real impact in the lives of our clients and their scheme members.

Compensation and benefits:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days.
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to.
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x.
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up.
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance.
• Other benefits include: Three fully paid volunteering days per year, Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount, Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan, Critical illness cover, Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally, Season ticket loan, Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase, Emergency back-up family care, and many more.

We value inclusion and diversity:

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work. Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.