Pension Administrator - DC Schemes

We are Unio, an established Employee Benefits business backed by Great-West Lifeco, via its Irish subsidiary Irish Life Group.

Unio specialises in employee benefit consultancy and private wealth management and has over 30 years’ experience advising companies and personal investors.

With offices in Dublin, Cork and Limerick, Unio has €14 billion in assets under administration and advice. The Group manages occupational pension schemes on behalf of over 300 large corporates and 600 SMEs. In total, the firm has over 120,000 members in corporate pension schemes.

At Unio Employee Benefits we partner with our clients to build relationships based on trust and shared mutual values. As pension and investment specialists, our expert team is committed to securing clients financial future. Our clients know they can depend on Unio Employee Benefits to keep our promises in terms of service, quality, and reliability.

Unio’s values are an important determinant of our future success and permeate all facets of our business including recruitment. They are:

• Uncompromising Client Commitment

• Noble Endeavour

• Infinite Ambition

• One Unio

About Corporate Full Service Team:

The Corporate Full Service Team is responsible for the administration of Pension & Group Risk Schemes for Corporate clients. The Pension Schemes under administration include Defined Benefit, Defined Contribution and Hybrid arrangements.

The Role:

We are looking to recruit a Defined Contribution Pension Administrator to join a growing and dynamic Full Service administration team and be part of a business at the leading edge of Employee Benefits in Ireland.

The role will be based in either our Dublin or Cork office.

Key responsibilities:

• Administration and management of a portfolio of full service corporate client Defined Contribution Schemes.

• Ensuring that all aspects of the day-to-day admin of each scheme are completed in an accurate and timely manner.

• Preparation on an annual basis of benefit statements and trustee reports.

• Meeting all statutory deadlines and disclosure requirements on all documentation issued.

• Dealing with enquiries from client companies and scheme members.

Education, Qualifications & Experience

• Degree qualification desirable.

• Membership of and qualification from industry-related body, or working towards same.

• Ideal candidates will have 2+ years’ Defined Contribution Pension Scheme portfolio administration experience

Skills and qualifications:

• Ability to complete tasks to a high standard and deliver work in an orderly fashion to meet and exceed where possible all deadlines and client/trustee requirements.

• Keen attention to detail.

• Strong and effective communication skills with the ability to be a positive influence in the overall administration group.

• A team player with good interpersonal skills who is willing to impart knowledge and develop knowledge and skills within their team.

• Ability to act on own initiative and manage own workload to ensure all SLA’s adhered or exceeded, all deadlines are met and resolutions found for all complex issues.

• A very good understanding of the relevant underlying Pensions legislation and regulatory environment.

Personal Qualities:

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

• Demonstrate a high degree of energy, enthusiasm, and flexibility

• Numeracy and excellent organisation skills are essential for this position

• Successful candidates are likely to be confident multi-taskers with a good work ethic and a keen focus on attention to detail and quality.

Application Process:

If you think you are a good fit for this role, then we invite you to apply.

The Company reserves the right to draw up a shortlist as part of the selection process. This role will be advertised across the Irish Life/Canada Life Group and to the external market. Please note that we will not consider CVs from external recruiters at this time. The selection process employed will be at the discretion of the Company.

Unio Financial Services is an equal opportunities employer