Senior 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.

Advance Your Career as a Senior Pensions Associate at Gallagher! Are you a premier pensions professional looking to make a significant impact in a wide-ranging and encouraging environment? Join Gallagher, a global leader in insurance brokerage and risk management, as a Senior Pensions Associate. With opportunities in Bristol, Manchester, Edinburgh, and Ipswich, this role offers you the chance to excel and grow in your career.

We are dedicated to encouraging a culture of excellence, innovation, and teamwork. In this role, you will play a crucial role in delivering outstanding service to our clients while mentoring and guiding junior team members. We offer a vibrant workplace where your contributions are recognized, and your career growth is supported.

Within this role, you will take an active role in delivering a diverse range of occupational pension schemes, including Defined Benefit, Defined Contribution, and Hybrid pensions; ensuring all tasks are completed accurately and promptly. Responsibilities include:

• Allocating cases, performing and verifying both automated and manual calculations, and coordinating pensioner payrolls.
• Drafting and reviewing correspondence and reports, managing cashflows, investments, disinvestments, and invoices.
• Providing supervision and training to several pensions administrators, encouraging a collaborative and productive team environment.
• Engaging with scheme members through various channels to address queries and offer solutions.
• Working closely with team members and building positive relationships with supporting teams.
• Supporting the Client Executive team and participating in client meetings or new business pitches as needed.

We are looking to speak to individuals with demonstrated expertise in pension scheme administration, who is either pursuing or has attained the Pension Management Institute’s CPC qualification. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills and a logical approach to problem-solving, along with proficiency in Microsoft Office and outstanding communication abilities. The role requires a team player who can effectively prioritize tasks to meet deadlines.

Gallagher invests in our people’s health, financial wellbeing, and career growth. If you’re ready to tackle an exciting role as a Senior Pensions Administrator, apply now and become a part of our global success story. Your future starts here!

On top of a competitive salary, we also offer a wide range of benefits, including:

• 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, covering up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up.
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance.
• 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.

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.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on protected characteristics.