Compliance and Development Manager (Pensions)

​ Job reference 322233 Compliance and Development Manager (Pensions) Competitive salary, plus £4,000 car allowance, private healthcare, 15% annual bonus potential, 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with serve and a company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates Permanent, Full time

Sheffield, Pond Street, S98 6HR Hybrid working – with an 2/3 days per week in our Sheffield office

Are you looking for a career that delivers more? At Royal Mail, we’re proud to be the UK’s first company offering a new type of pension to colleagues – the Royal Mail Collective Pension Plan. We’re looking for an ambitious and experienced person to join our team, to help us deliver the outstanding service our members expect and deserve.

Do you want to be at the forefront of delivering a new type of pension? Have you got extensive DC pensions – and particularly Master Trust experience – at a senior level? Are you comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders? If so, we would love to hear from you. We are looking for a Compliance and Development Manager to join our new team working on our recently launched Collective Defined Contribution plan.

About the Role Reporting to the Head of Pensions Services, you will deliver a professional compliance and development service for the Royal Mail Collective Pension Plan, ensuring alignment with current and emerging UK Pensions framework, Master Trust regulations for Collective DC schemes and Collective Plan scheme rules.

You will also: • Lead the analysis and implementation of legislative, policy, and client-driven changes to the Royal Mail Pensions framework, ensuring compliance through process and service updates. • Drive enhancements to the RMCPP administration model, embedding continuous improvement to optimize member experience. • Manage a small team, fostering development and aligning with Royal Mail values. • Work closely with the RMCPP Plan Secretary to deliver the Collective Plan’s administration work plan, ensuring resource alignment and service capability. • Define and execute a rolling audit program to assess key risk areas, ensuring compliance with Master Trust regulations and scheme rules. • Oversee the timely and compliant execution of Trustee-delegated discretions for the Collective Plan and Royal Mail Group Life Assurance Scheme (GLAS). • Play an active leadership role within the Pensions Senior Leadership Team and the broader HR Services team.

About You: • Extensive experience as a pension’s professional with strong technical expertise in UK pensions (DC and Master Trust in particular, and an understanding of DB and Career Average schemes). • Proven ability to operate at a senior level, influencing stakeholders and fostering high-quality, collaborative partnerships. • Track record of delivering solutions and driving change in complex environments, aligning client and stakeholder objectives. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex information. • Strong advocate for continuous improvement, successfully challenging the status quo to drive transformational and incremental change. • Hold a relevant professional pensions qualification (e.g., Certificate/Advanced Diploma in Pensions Administration, QPA).

Extra Benefits • Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave • Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*. • Supportive and generous company sick pay • Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It’s free, and it’s for everyone. *Available only to perm employees

Next Steps

The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face or virtual interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions.

Trust forms the foundation of everything we do in Royal Mail. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and build trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview, and we mean ‘your’ interview. We want to give you the opportunity to shine. To enable you to do this, we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview taking place. This will allow you time to prepare, and ensure you have your best examples in mind. Royal Mail Group values both trust, and our people.

We don’t expect every candidate to meet the full criteria for the role. If your experience looks a little different from the job requirements, but you feel you have the relevant skills to bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you.

Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve.

We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/

Closing Date: Wednesday 12th February. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

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