Pensions & Finance Accountant

Pensions & Finance Accountant, GBP45,000 + Strong Blue Chip Benefits, ASAP Start, FTSE 100 Company with Amazing Culture, Brighton Area

This position will be supporting the business in ensuring that the end clients are provided with relevant financial information and account details associated with their Defined Contribution Pensions.

Pension and Finance Accountant Responsibilities:

The Pension and Finance Accountant will be responsible for drafting Pension Scheme financial statements, annual reports and full end to end accounts (including sign off) in accordance with agreed legislation and current best practice in a timely fashion to support our Workplace Pension Clients, other professional third parties and with auditors to agreed timetables.

The Pension and Finance Accountant holder will support Client Directors, Workplace Sales and Implementation at Client/Trustee implementation meetings when required to fully outline our accounts reporting processes, ensuring Finance and Pension Stakeholders for our Clients have a clear understanding of timescales and detail to be that is provided by our Accounts services.

He/She will need to contribute to the design and development of new approaches and solutions in line with business and/or client needs; establish processes for managing and administering quality controls and application of established processes to ensure the quality of accounting and reconciliation processes are protected. Take responsibility to communicate these efficiencies and work across the teams to deliver them where appropriate.

Maintain an awareness of all other business activities across the workplace and the wider market to enable them to work flexibly with other departments to help develop innovative methods for delivering reporting accounts and data for our Clients.

Build strong working relationships across the Defined Contribution (DC) business including the Client Relationship teams, Operational Heads of, Operational Team leaders, Scheme Owners and DC Communications teams to ensure a high-quality service is provided to Clients within the appropriate risk, governance and compliance frameworks.

Ideal Skills Required:

Ideally, PMI qualified or have a professional qualification in relation to the role are required, for example, a Part Qualified Accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA) however equivalent relevant or demonstrable experience considered.

Other desirable qualifications include Certificate in Financial Planning and/or any operational qualifications.

Good experience and knowledge of DC product solutions, accounting, reconciliation, payment transaction and reporting procedures across Own Trust, Mastertrust and contract-based DC schemes.

Excellent accounting skills, written and communication skills including good numeric and interpretation skills.

Ability to translate rules, regulations and current legislation into appropriate service delivery within strict timescales.

Proficient in Microsoft PC packages; knowledge of accounting packages.