Employer Funding And Risk Lead

Job Purpose

This role will have responsibility for proactively managing the risks associated with the Fund’s employers, and escalating areas for concern to the Head of Wiltshire Pension Fund, where changing circumstances (either legislative or with the individual employers themselves) indicate a change in the risk profile for a particular employer or for the Fund overall.

The specific risks which this role will be responsible for are:

* Contribution receipts (covered under point b below) – contributions received from employers are around £125m per year. Timely receipt of contributions is essential to the operational running of the Fund. Pension contributions are a material financial part of employees’ remuneration, and ensuring the correct rates are paid is vital for the financial health of the employers.

* Employer solvency (covered under point c below) – even small employers can have a material financial impact on ...