East Sussex County Council Hiring for Pensions Accounts Assistant Job at Lewes, England Full Time

Pensions Accounts Assistant

Your new employer

An exciting opportunity has arisen within East Sussex County Council to work for the East Sussex Pension Fund (the Fund) as a Pensions Accounts Assistant. You would be working for a leading Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Fund within a dedicated and dynamic team of specialists.

East Sussex County Council is a forward-thinking council that trusts and empowers their staff. They strive for equal opportunities across all aspects of work.

One of the key advantages of working for East Sussex County Council is that you will be working to help others, making a tangible impact on their daily life. With this comes a great sense of achievement and purpose to your career.

East Sussex County Council is one of the largest employers in the county and delivers a wide range of services to residents, business, and visitors in East Sussex. Lewes is a beautiful medieval market town with lots of small independent shops, boutiques and plenty of cafes and eateries and is one of England’s best kept secrets. The Council is the Scheme manager for the East Sussex Pension Fund which administers the pensions for over 78,000 members across 130 employers within the County. The Pension Fund is valued at £4.5bn and has a wide range of investments to ensure the financial security for our members’ pensions.

Your new role

You will be responsible for carrying out several reconciliations and accounting functions to ensure the accuracy of financial information held.

Processing and reconcile the pension contributions received by the Fund each month from its 130 employers.

Ensuring that statutory deadlines are being complied with, required forms are completed on time, amounts paid over match the remittance advice, performing validation checks on the information provided. This process requires you to support the Fund employers in meeting their requirements and following escalation procedures to report any noncompliance and potentially issuing fines.

Ensuring that correct financial controls are followed in the payment and creation of invoices on behalf of the Fund.

You will support the implementation of i-connect and the onboarding of new employers onto the system to further enhance the information received from employer in relation to contributions and other data essential for the calculation of pension benefits.

What you’ll need to succeed

You will be looking to develop your accounting skills and looking to study towards AAT qualification. You will have good communication skills as you will be working with various internal and external stakeholders. You do not need experience of working within Pensions, but ideally you will come from a finance background.

What you will get in return

This role will be based on flexible working with some meetings in the Lewes office or at external stakeholder offices. The salary starts at £20,043 with excellent benefits including a generous defined benefit pension (Local Government Pension Scheme), discounts to a range of services such as technology, shopping, days out, gym membership as well as a bike scheme. The holiday entitlement starts at 22 days with 2 extra days for use around Christmas. East Sussex County Council will fund AAT training under the apprenticeship scheme where 20% of your working hours assigned for study.

About East Sussex

East Sussex is a wonderful place to live and work. We boast many attractive incentives including enrolment in our secure pension scheme, generous holiday and flexible working opportunities, as well as a thriving community of people dedicated to making a real difference to their local communities. These are excellent additions to the renumeration package as well as having access to a variety of staff benefits including discounts to a range of services such as technology, shopping, days out, gym membership as well as a bike scheme.

As a county, we boast beautiful beaches, miles of coastline, and areas of outstanding natural beauty including the South Downs. We are close to the vibrant cultural city of Brighton and are well-connected to London. Lewes is a beautiful medieval market town with lots of small independent shops, boutiques and plenty of cafes and eateries and is one of England’s best kept secrets.

The contract base is in County Hall, Lewes, but the role will be a hybrid of office and home-based work with flexibility catering to your needs and preferences.

We are committed to developing all staff and you will be offered a wide range of excellent training and personal development opportunities.

For more information, please consult our Job Description and Person Specification for this role. We look forward to receiving your application and welcoming you to our dynamic team.

Additional Information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.

Work Permits: we may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Border Agency’s Points-based Immigration System.

Due to the restrictions we cannot guarantee that individuals that meet the requirements of the Points-based Immigration System will be issued with clearance to obtain work permits.

If you require any reasonable adjustments, due to disability, to enable you to participate fully in the process please contact the hiring manager on the contact details above.

Reasonable adjustments include things like an offline application form. If you would like to discuss your requirements further, please get in touch.

Company Information

East Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitable candidates, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability or age. All applications are treated on merit.

Package Description

Hours of work: 37.5 per week
Working pattern: Full-time

Closing date: Sunday 1 May 2022

For an informal discussion, please contact Mya Khine – Pension Fund Accountant on 07355 023483