Benefits & Pension Advisor

Reporting to the Reward, Pension & Benefits Manager you will be responsible for the administration of a wide number of benefits and pension schemes within OCS Group UK Ltd.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Pensions

• Understand pension auto-enrolment legislation and answer any queries
• Assist with reconciling monthly pension contribution files to submit to pension providers
• Monitor pension opt outs/opt ins and undertake relevant action
• Ensure statutory pension letters are issued to employees
• Liaise with various stakeholders to submit any in year pension forms that may be required in relation to starters/leavers/changes to employees circumstances
• Ensure all pension end of year forms are submitted to each pension provider in a timely manner complying with any deadlines indicated
• Assist with Admitted Body Status applications

2. Benefits

• Liaise with benefit providers to add new starters/remove leavers from the relevant polices. E.g. PMI, life assurance, accident at work, GIP, dental plan
• Assist Reward, Pension & Benefits Manager with annual renewals of the benefits schemes e.g. preparing employee data for provider
• Assess and approve cycle to work applications and advise unsuccessful employees on their options
• Administration of non-cash vouchers ensuring relevant information is recorded for the PAYE Settlement Agreement
• Run and administer any ad-hoc benefits campaigns e.g. Tastecard
• Prepare P11d related data and undertake checks to ensure the data is accurate
• Administration of health cash plan scheme

Qualifications & Skills:

• Experience working in an administrative role    
• Thorough working knowledge of pension autoenrollment legislation
• CIPP qualification desirable
• If you do not have the relevant qualifications, experience will be taken into consideration.

Core Expectations:

• Ability to work to tight deadlines                        

• Good written, oral and presentational skills       
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word/Excel/Outlook)
• Intermediate Excel Skills desirable (v look ups, “sumif” statements/pivot tables)
• Must be able to perform manual calculations for pension autoenrollment and NIC Class 1a
• Team worker
• Customer Focused
• Commitment in providing a quality service
• To have a flexible and positive attitude to work and willingness to learn
• Demonstrate high standard of integrity, confidentiality and discretion including GDPR knowledge