Bulk Annuity Implementation Manager

Job Description

Job title: Bulk Annuity Implementation ManagerSalary: £66,861- £81,719Location: LondonHours: Full-time or Part-timeWorking Pattern: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our Gresham Street office.About the Role:Were looking for a Bulk Annuity Implementation Manager wholl play a meaningful role in supporting the Senior Implementation Managers to onboard successful bulk annuity transactions, coordinate data cleanse activities, and deliver the operational requirementsof our reinsurance treaties.Youll be joining us in Insurance, Pensions & Investments, within the Bulk Annuity Operations team at an exciting time in a busy market! Our aim is to help our individual and corporate customers make the most of their financial future, growing scale acrossour bulk annuity business.What youll be doing:

• Sit at the centre of our implementation processes, forging close working relationships across a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to manage the flow of information, drive progress against plans and ensure a smooth transition for our customers
• Support delivery of our contractual obligations within agreed timescales and to a high standard, as well as compliance with all of the relevant risk, governance, and oversight requirements
• Apply your defined benefit pension knowledge to validate and manipulate large complex data sets, challenging inconsistencies where required, and to manage data and benefit queries across teams to ensure prompt resolution
• Proactively identify and implement operational improvements and risk controls
• There will be opportunities to support with the delivery of operational solutions to follow regulatory updates and enable strategic product developments
• Promote knowledge sharing across the team, coaching, training and developing junior colleagues.

Why Lloyds Banking GroupWere on an exciting journey and there couldnt be a better time to join us. The investments were making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, andthrive.What skills & experience youll need…

• Strong Defined Benefit Pensions administration experience
• Ability to effectively understand and analyse pension scheme data and the potential downstream impacts of data issues
• Strong project management skills with a track record of successfully co-ordinating pension projects with multiple parties
• Comfortable presenting to internal leaders, suppliers and external clients
• Problem solver, who considers customer, risk, and commercial implications
• Experience training and developing colleagues.

...and any experience of these would be really useful:

• Direct bulk annuity experience either with another insurer, a reinsurer or through a pension scheme administrator
• Experience in supporting commercial transactions and presenting to potential clients on operational matters
• An understanding of the regulatory and governance environment within the insurance or occupational pensions sector

About working for us ...Our focus is to ensure were inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, build a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.And its why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. Were disability confident. So if youd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• A discretionary annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, thats interesting and makes a difference to millions of people Join our journey.