Senior Pensions Administrator

Senior Pensions Administrator

Location: Perth
Hours: Full Time | Permanent
Salary: Up to £42,000 DOE

A market leader is seeking an experienced pensions professionals to join their Perth office on a hybrid basis. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual with strong pensions administration experience, who enjoys managing complex cases while supporting and mentoring colleagues.

• Private medical and dental cover
• Life assurance, critical illness cover, personal accident insurance, will writing service and mortgage support
• Cycle to Work scheme & gym membership
• Access to a wide range of retail, restaurant and travel discounts, including cashback and e‑vouchers
• Holiday trading and flexible bank holidays
• 33 days annual leave
• Free parking
• Hybrid working
• Funded studies and further development

• Managing complex pensions administration cases
• Performing and checking manual benefit calculations
• Reviewing colleagues' work to ensure accuracy and compliance
• Overseeing monthly and annual administration processes
• Monitoring team accuracy, performance and service level agreements
• Handling complex member and client queries
• Signing off non‑standard correspondence
• Maintaining and updating pensions administration systems and databases
• Supporting workflow management, task delegation and issue resolution
• Assisting with training, mentoring and development of team members
• Participating in client meetings where appropriate
• Contributing to process improvement, innovation and service efficiency
• Collaborating with internal teams such as Payroll, Accounts and Administration Support
• Ensuring accurate time recording and meeting utilisation targets

• Proven experience in pensions administration, defined benefits preferred
• Strong working knowledge of current pensions legislation and regulatory requirements
• Confident undertaking complex calculations and quality‑checking others' work
• Strong IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
• Excellent organisational and interpersonal skills
• Proactive, flexible and solutions‑focused approach
• Comfortable taking ownership of tasks and managing competing priorities
• Strong communicator with the ability to build trusted client relationships

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.