Pension Investment Oversight Manager

Job Description

Job Title: Pensions Investment Oversight Manager

Location: Frimley, Surrey. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Up to £60,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Oversight of services provided by the investment manager and global custodian and participation in service review meetings and further development of reporting against KPI metrics
• Ensuring all investment asset reporting requirements are delivered to stakeholders – this including corporate and pension scheme accounting, and any other asset values for reporting or modelling purposes
• Liaising with external auditors in relation to queries on investment asset reporting, and disclosure requirements
• Oversight of the valuation processes and the controls required to review the validity of private markets valuation statements for the relevant assets, and ensuring policy complies with current requirements
• Managing all stakeholder queries in relation to investment assets, liaising with other team members and management of the delivery of work when support is sought from others
• Building an understanding of the processes in place with the providers and working together to enhance or streamline processes
• Supporting the accuracy of the disclosures in the relevant financial statements, both in the BAE Systems plc accounts and also pension scheme accounts

Your skills and experiences:

• Fully qualified accountant – ACA, CIMA, or ACCA
• Investment accounting experience
• Experience with Pension Scheme accounting
• Understanding of different investment classes i.e. property, private markets, derivatives, equities
• Knowledge of accounting disclosure requirements for investment assets within corporate accounts and pension scheme accounts

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Pensions Finance team:

An exciting, newly created role within a small, dynamic team that is part of the larger in-house Pensions team. Reporting into the Head of Pensions Finance, you’ll have the opportunity to oversee the governance and controls required for the valuation and reporting of a substantial portfolio of investment assets owned by the pension schemes. This interesting role offers a broad range of responsibilities and exposure to senior stakeholders and trustees of the pension schemes. You’ll work closely outsourced providers with the opportunity of putting your own spin on the role and shaping it to make a real impact.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 20th November 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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