Where you’ll fit in & what our team goals are…
As a valued member of the Benefits and Pensions Team you will support the administration, delivery and implementation of UK and wider EMEA and APAC benefit plans (across 16 countries). You will work closely with the HR Service Centre, Payroll and wider Columbia Threadneedle Investments HR Team to offer a professional, accurate and responsive service.
This is an exciting opportunity for a HR professional with strong administrative capability to join a dynamic, fast-paced function and gain experience across a full range of pension, insurance and wellbeing programmes in multiple jurisdictions.
How you’ll spend your time...
- Responding to Benefit and HR queries from employees, managers and external vendors
- Participating in plan renewal, coordinating and providing data to various vendors and providers
- Overseeing membership across a variety of benefit plans, ensuring compliance with HR policy and procedures
- Supporting with employee communications via email, the intranet and summary documents
- Ensuring the accurate and timely payment of invoices and keeping track of annual spend in line with budget
- Working with existing and new vendors to support the vendor risk assessment process
- Contributing to regular benchmarking, identifying areas for improvement and working with existing or new vendors to improve the overall benefits package
- Offering tactical and day to day support to the Benefits and Pensions team in planning benefit integration and assisting with business as usual activities and broader strategic initiates and projects.
To be successful in this role you will have...
- Demonstrable experience in a Benefits/Reward function or HR administration
- The ability to work collaboratively across the Human Resources and global Benefits team
- Enthusiastic, with a positive "can do" attitude and a methodical approach to problem solving
- Organised, efficient and able to work to deadlines
- Confidence & self-initiative to work independently
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (including Excel)
About Columbia Threadneedle Investments
Working at Columbia Threadneedle Investments you’ll find growth and career opportunities across all of our businesses.
We’re intentionally built to help you succeed. Our reach is expansive with a global team of 2,500 people working together. Our expertise is diverse with more than 650 investment professionals sharing global perspectives across all major asset classes and markets. Our clients have access to a broad array of investment strategies, and we have the capability to create bespoke solutions matched to clients’ specific requirements.
Columbia Threadneedle is a people business and we recognise that our success is due to our talented people, who bring diversity of thought, complementary skills and capabilities. We are committed to providing an inclusive workplace that supports the diversity of our employees and reflects our broader communities and client-base.
We appreciate that work-life balance is an important factor for many when considering their next move so please discuss any flexible working requirements directly with your recruiter.
Full time
Fixed Term (Fixed Term)
Unclassifieds