Pension Trustee Governance Support
Location
Bedford, Bedfordshire | United Kingdom
Job description
About
us:
We are Global
Business Services (GBS) – DHL Group’s service provider. Our Service Lines cover
a wide range of activities such as Procurement, Consulting, Real Estate, IT,
Finance and HR Services, and Mobility as well as Legal Consulting and Insurance
and Risk Management. We also act as advisors and support for Group Functions on
all matters related to Finance, IT and HR. Our goal is to provide the best
possible support to the Group’s entire workforce and to help the Group reduce
costs and improve service quality.
Our Pensions
in-house team is based in Bedford, and we are a trusted service provider for
the DHL Group. The team experienced a significant increase in work over the
last years and now we are looking for a talented Audit, Risk Management and
Projects Manager to join this successful finance operation.
You will join a team of pensions professionals who always have a
positive and can-do attitude no matter how challenging the task might be.
Teamwork is the key; we enjoy supporting each other and collaborating.
About
the role:
The Audit,
Risk Management and Projects Manager will be responsible for making a
high-qualify contribution to the governance, compliance, and management of
Group’s UK Pensions Plan (DB and DC – combined assets under management of c.
£5.6bn and c. 178,000 members). You will be leading key governance projects and
ensure the compliance with the Pensions Regulator’s new code.
Your key
responsibilities will be:
- Provide
executive support to the Trustee Board’s Audit & Risk Management Committee for drafting
agendas, preparation and distribution of meeting papers, attendance at meetings
& taking notes, liaising with the Trustee’s general risk management and
cyber risk advisers, as well as management of agreed actions between meetings.
- Leading
the reporting of key activity of the Audit & Risk Management Committee to
the Trustee Board with a view to obtaining approval of recommendations made by
the Committee.
- Identify
and recommend improvements to governance and risk management, in line with best
practice and the Department’s ethos of continuous improvement.
- Act as a
role model to the wider Secretariat team, sharing knowledge and best practice
as appropriate.
- Provide
support to the Head of Trustee Governance and the Trustee Board in implementing
the five-year strategic business plan. Proactively monitor progress and
recommend changes as appropriate.
- Support the
implementation and progressing of key governance projects to ensure successful
implementation of Trustee’s strategic business plan.
Your skills &
experience:
- Technical
knowledge of UK occupational legislative requirements gained in-house or in
consultancy.
- Strong
understanding of risk management, controls, and processes.
- Experience
of acting as a project manager, fulfilling a technical & compliance and/or
risk management role within trustee executive governance team.
- Strong
interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
- Analytical
skills and ability to think strategically.
- Relevant
professional qualification, APMI / Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
preferable or relevant industry experience.
Our
offer:
- Competitive
salary (dependent on experience)
- Car
allowance or company car
- Bonus
scheme
- Corporate
benefits
- Hybrid
working
- Contributory
Pensions scheme
- Study
Assistance
- 25 days
annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Private
Healthcare
- Cycle to
work scheme
- Employee
Assistance Program
DHL is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
If this is something you would like to do, don’t hesitate and start your application.
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