Remediation lead

Business Area:
Group Risk and Funding Place of Work:
Liverpool Contract Type:
Permanent When you join USS, the size and scale of our pension scheme means you will have numerous opportunities to learn and develop your career. Given our size you'll have real autonomy and influence as you collaborate closely with a wide-ranging team of experts.

Our office is a vibrant place to work, and we offer flexibility of office/homeworking due to our hybrid model.

About the role

In your role as Remediation lead, you will make a meaningful and valued contribution from the outset. This role will provide a great opportunity to support the Remediation Working Group and Steering Committee to design, implement and test data and benefit remediation strategy, processes, calculations and solutions, ensuring the accuracy and compliance of the work produced in line with governance and quality  a key point of contact with external providers, ensuring proposed solutions are fit for purpose, accurately implemented and scope, risk and cost are appropriately managed.

What you will be doing

As a trusted part of the Group Risk and Funding team you will be responsible for:

Leading day-to-day activity on remediation, working closely with the Chair of Remediation Steering Committee, Working Group and Remediation Control Manager to set and drive strategic direction of the Remediation programme.

Support the Remediation Control manager in design, implementation, testing and control of remediation operating model.

Provide and lead technical input into remediation approach of both bulk solutions for historic issues and go forward solutions to be implemented within administration platform. This would include inputting and in some cases leading:o Approach to data and approximationso Design and review of remediation approacheso Supporting and reviewing calculation specification so Communication approach and strategy

Be a standing member of the Remediation Working Group working closely with legal, tax, communications and administration experts to input, design and ultimately deliver remedies to historic benefit and data issues that are identified for remediation.

Support the Remediation Control manager and Chair of the Remediation Steering Committee in preparation and delivery of appropriate materials for executive committees such as Steering Committee, and Trustee committees including Pensions Committee and Board.

Support the working group and steering committee in supplier management of any third party supplier appointed to support remediation activity. Including:o Shaping division of work between provider and in-house functiono Establishing appropriate quality control approacheso Solution design and associated scope management

Inputting into the review and recommendation of the target pace and prioritisation of remediation matters.

About youWe know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don't tick every box, if you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, then please apply, regardless of whether you meet all the requirements outlined in this profile.

To be successful in the role you will have:

A qualified Fellow of the Faculty and Institute of Actuaries.

Significant experience of managing both technical and process elements of remediation exercises, ideally leading remediation projects with hands on experience of solution design and calculation review.

Why join us?

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