Implementation Analyst (BPA)

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Hiring Remotely in UK
Remote
Mid level
HR Tech • Payments • Software • Financial Services
The Role
The Implementation Analyst will manage onboarding of Bulk Purchase Annuity schemes, collaborate with clients, improve implementation practices, and maintain calculation systems.
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Management Level

F

Equiniti is a leading international provider of shareholder, pension, remediation, and credit technology. With over 6000 employees, it supports 37 million people in 120 countries.

EQ’s vision is to be the leading global share registrar, offering complementary services to its client base and our values set the core foundations to our success. We are TRUSTED to deliver on our commitments, COMMERCIAL in building long term value, COLLABORATIVE in our approach and we IMPROVE by continually enhancing our skills and services.

Role Summary

EQ is seeking an Implementation Analyst to join our team responsible for onboarding Bulk Purchase Annuity (BPA) Schemes. Significant experience in the pensions industry and a strong technical pensions background is required, knowledge of Bulk Purchase Annuities would be advantageous. It is an exciting time and opportunity to be a part of this Implementation team that is not only responsible for the core configuration of the system, but also working closely with the ongoing development of the Administrator system, including contributing to development plans, reviewing enhancement requests, Administrator rollouts and producing prototypes for new functionality.

Core Duties/Responsibilities

The successful candidates will be responsible for the following but not limited to:

  • Collaboration with clients (both internal and external) to understand their requirements for the BPA Product;                      
  • Build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders, and BPA client stakeholder
  • Improving the BPA implementation practices and procedures, including maintenance of confluence pages;                     
  • Working closely with the BPA Product (framework) development teams to refine and improve the system, including User Acceptance Testing;                
  • BPA Lifecycle knowledge; understand the full cycle and our role at each stage. Be active in keeping knowledge up to date;                 
  • DB Pension knowledge; understand DB pensions and be active in keeping knowledge up to date;                              

This role will be within the calculations discipline within the team and will require specific skills related to that area, namely:

  • Maintaining integrated calculation spreadsheets;
  • Ratifying factor usage and maintaining factor feeds;
  • Identifying Calc Requirements;
  • Be responsible for the Calculation Engine (Automation), ensuring that new transactions and requirement are able to function;
  • Create and agree with our client Scenario Matrix for testing;
  • Scenario Testing & Results, resolving all queries with our client;
  • BAU Calc Support (Manual Calcs);
  • Perform and obtain sign off from our client the Monthly Bulk Calculations ;
  • Support admin in completing Pension Increases; understanding requirements, ensure set up on ADM correctly and provide technical support.

Skills, Capabilities and Attributes

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following experience, skills and behaviours:

  • Undertake analysis on implementation projects and/or enhancements for existing clients
  • Liaise with clients to define and understand requirements and estimate work
  • Accurately estimate and plan deliverables.
  • Adhere to project estimating, planning, management and reporting procedures
  • Ensure successful implementation of defined deliverables within the scope of each task assigned
  • Produce user and pension systems documentation as required and agreed. Covering but not limited to scope documents, specification, and user guides.
  • Provide support to the administration teams and clients. Supporting the testing and rollout of the implementation.
  • Interpret and implement legislative changes making use of Regulatory & Pensions Support team advice where necessary
  • Work within the correct boundaries of scope, incident management and change control
  • Experience of using Pension Configuration Tools and SQL
  • Significant experience in the pensions industry and a strong technical pensions background, particularly in the area of Bulk Purchase Annuities, would be highly desirable

What We Offer

Save For Your Future - Equiniti Pension Plan; Equiniti matches your pension contributions up to 10%

All Employee Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) – Gives all EQ Colleagues the opportunity to benefit if the current owners successfully sell the company for a profit.

Health and Wellbeing – Employee Assistance Programme: counselling, legal & wellbeing support for colleagues and their households. Life assurance cover at 4x salary with the ability to purchase enhance cover.

Employee discounts – Discounts and cashback at your favourite high street stores through our EQ Wins Platform.

Flexible Benefits – The ability to purchase a wide variety of benefits through our flex plan; gadgets, travel insurance, will writing, holiday trading and more.

Time Off – 29 days holiday + bank holidays. 2 volunteer days to get involved with a charity of your choosing.

Winning together – Equiniti ICON award vouchers; recognising the individuals going above and beyond to help the business succeed.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Please note any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening checks. These consist of 5 year activity & GAP verification, DBS or Access NI, Credit, Sanctions & CIFAS checks.

Top Skills

Pension Configuration Tools
SQL
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The Company
Birmingham
4,092 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

Our people and platforms engage customers with investments, connect businesses with markets, and enable organisations to grow.

Our vision is to be a leading global share registrar and transfer agent, offering complementary services in pensions and remediation, to help our customers succeed.

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