Heyland Recruitment have been engaged exclusively with this market leading retail organisation based in Warrington as they look to recruit a Pensions Assistant to join their head office finance team. This role will suit an experienced Payroll / Pensions professional with previous experience of handling pension contributions and auto enrolment.

Key responsibilities include:

• Support with ensuring company pension contributions are correctly processed through the payroll each payday.
• Submit the total pension contributions for each scheme to the pension provider in a timely manner.
• Have good understanding of Workplace Pension Reform.
• Understand how salary sacrifice pension arrangements work.
• Process opt-in, opt-out and stop requests from employees.
• Monitor the pension portal and respond to pension-related queries from employees.
• Use the HR/Payroll software ResourceLink, to enrol and amend employee pension status, as and when required.
• Ensure that pension contributions are correctly adjusted for those on maternity leave.
• Prepare paperwork and request amendments to pay to rectify any anomalies.
• Run reports on pension data to validate employee and employer contributions and submit payment to pension providers following each payday.
• Drawdown and check Enrolling and Contribution Schedules from ResourceLink and review for any potential anomalies.
• Submit payment for pension contributions using the relevant pension scheme’s online portal.
• Liaise with management regarding pension administration..
• Assist with the pension scheme ‘build’ in the ResourceLink system.

Requirements:

• Experience of working in a similar role.
• Excellent attention to detail and record keeping skills.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Fully competent in MS Office, in particular Excel and Outlook.
• Ideally be familiar with ResourceLink software.
• Excellent levels of verbal and written communication.
• A positive approach.