Senior Specialist - Pension Administration

Company:

Marsh

Description:

Senior Pension Accountant

Description

We are seeking an individual to join the NOW Pensions team at Marsh as a Senior Pension Accountant.

Role Purpose
To support the financial management and accounting of the NOW Pension Scheme ensuring accurate reporting and robust investment reconciliations.

Key Responsibilities

• Review investment reconciliations prepared by the third-party pension administrator, including unit and cash reconciliations.
• Review the reconciliations of the Scheme Bank Accounts prepared by the third-party pensions administrator,
• Attend and contribute to regular service delivery and finance close meetings with the third-party pension administrator
• Prepare monthly investment accounting journals and reconcile the general ledger to investment reporting provided by the custodian.
• Work with the custodian to stream line investment reporting
• Liaise with external auditors during interim and year-end audits, ensuring timely completion of audit requirements.
• Produce and reconcile daily Assets under Management (AuM) reporting.
• Support the Financial Controller with ad hoc financial, accounting, and reporting activities as required.

Skills & Experience

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant.
• Experience in pension scheme accounting, investment accounting, or financial services.
• Strong reconciliation and financial reporting skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Experience working with third-party administrators, custodians, and auditors scheme, ensuring accurate reporting, robust investment reconciliations, and effective oversight of third-party service providers.

Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, caste, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.