Pensions Specialist
Primark
- Dublin
- Permanent
- Full-time
- 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more.
- Flexible Working, opportunity for an early Friday finish, and a subsidised cafeteria.
- Primark Perks - Discounts with some local partner business to our offices
In your role, you'll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here's a flavour of your day-to-day:
- You will support the Pensions Manager on all pension and risk benefits (life assurance and income continuance) across all markets.
- You will support with enhancements or changes to our offerings as needed in line with market requirements (legislation and competitive).
- You will support the Pensions Manager on Trustee Secretarial responsibilities e.g., quarterly meeting preparation.
- You will oversee the day-to-day management of pension related issues including retirements and complex queries.
- You will support on operational activities and annual and ad-hoc projects for all schemes e.g., annual renewals, rate reviews.
- You will support the development and implementation of pension and risk benefit policies and processes.
- You will support raising awareness and promoting the benefits of our pension schemes and risk benefits to our colleagues.
- You will provide day to day management of budgets, including managing invoices.
- You will manage related tasks on our HRIS system, Workday.
- You will support the wider Benefits Team, as required, in providing advice and guidance to the business on a variety of strategic business initiatives & projects, from a benefits perspective.
Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued - so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:
- You will bring 5+ years relevant experience in a similar pensions role and are ideally educated to degree level or equivalent standard (including pension qualifications).
- You have knowledge of Defined Contribution and Defined Benefit schemes.
- You will bring experience supporting the delivery of pension and risk benefit related projects.
- You are an excellent communicator (oral and written) and a good relationship builder.
- You enjoy working as one team as well as taking ownership of solo projects and working on own initiative.
- You have excellent attention to detail, project management and organisational skills.
- You bring previous experience effectively managing competing priorities.
- You have strong problem-solving skills, and a customer-focused mind-set are essential.
- You are proficient in excel.
- You have a passion for working in a fast-paced environment.
- You can be a brand Ambassador for the Benefits Team.
- You embrace Primark's unique attributes; Inclusive, Ambitious, Current and Honest.
- You have an understanding of business strategies, competitive challenges, and the financial impact of HR decisions.