Fund Finance Administrator

Job Title: Fund Finance Administrator
Starting Salary:27,694 opportunity to progress to £31,022 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Hours: 37
Location: Stevenage with hybrid working opportunities
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Resources

About the team

Hertfordshire Pension Fund is one of 86 local pension funds in The Local

Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). The Fund consists of more than 120k

scheme members across more than 500 employers with assets of approximately

£6.3 billion.

This role is to support the Senior Pensions Fund Officer, the Fund Officer within the Hertfordshire Pension Fund (The Fund) team. They will also assist the Assistant Fund Finance Officer post.

About the role

• The role will be to provide administrative and accountancy support for the delivery of services provided by the team. In addition, it will liaise with external business partners who provide administration, actuarial, banking and accounting services.
• The role will be responsible for monitoring of Contributions into the fund (approx. £200m per annum), including setting up new fund employers. Reporting late Payers/Contribution submission forms for Pensions Committee and Board for penalties charged.
• The role holder will produce monthly Reconciliations of income and outgoings relating to the Fund, which directly link to the annual statutory closedown requirements and workings papers for the team, making sure that they can be read and understood by other offices that are part of the annual Closure of Accounts process.

About you

Essential:

• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills, with ability to build sound relationships with managers, staff and other stakeholders.
• Strong organisational and planning skills with the ability to adhere to deadlines
• Self-motivated team player with the ability to deliver solutions within a team environment
• Excellent IT skills including application of the Microsoft Office suite of tools, particularly use of Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to pay attention to detail and analyse large amounts of information using computerised and manual techniques.
• The Ability to interrogate SAP and will also have view only access to the third-party administrator's system UPM to assist the Accountancy team with any data related questions.

Desirable:

• Ability to problem solve and provide innovative solutions/ recommendations, including challenging existing practice.
• Ability to build effective relationships with all staff up to Director level and external stakeholders, creating trust and confidence.
• Ability to work within time restraints and deadlines and is very well organised, knowing that time is required by senior officers to review the work that has been completed.
• Ability to take a pro-active approach to their workload and will let senior officers know if they are potentially struggling to meet deadlines so that the team can reallocated work if required.

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

This job role is Level 7. Please locate the job profile here:

Job profiles: Business support services

To hear more about this opportunity please contact Rachel.Tisbury@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.

Interview Date: 14th and 15th May 2026

Benefits of working for us
How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

Additional information

Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.