Specialist: Administration Occupational Pensions

About the job

Specialist: Administration Occupational Pensions

Kessler is the leading Swiss company for comprehensive risk, insurance and pension consulting. We serve over 1,600 medium and large Swiss companies from the service, trade and industry sectors as well as the public sector. Thanks to our expertise in individual economic sectors, our qualified employees and our leading market position, we make a significant contribution to the sustainable success of our clients.

Founded in 1915, Kessler today employs 390 staff at its headquarters in Zurich and at locations in Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lucerne, Neuchâtel, St. Gallen, Sion and Vaduz. As the Swiss partner of Marsh, we have been part of a network of specialists from all areas of risk management with extensive experience in managing global insurance programmes since 1998.

To complement the well-coordinated team at our subsidiary Kessler Vorsorge AG, we are looking for a specialist for company-owned employee pension foundations with a proactive, solution-oriented and humorous personality.

What to expect

• Administration of active and pensioner portfolios of company-owned employee pension foundations
• Processing of benefit cases due to incapacity for work or death
• Direct contact with clients, foundation boards and other contacts of a pension foundation as well as direct contact with beneficiaries
• Preparation of documents for annual financial statements
• Participation in foundation board meetings
• Strict adherence to the internal control system (ICS)

What you bring

• A commercial basic education in the field of occupational pensions or an equivalent qualification as well as professional further training (e.g. specialist for employee pensions with a federal diploma or social insurance specialist with a federal diploma)
• Several years of experience in processing benefit cases in the field of occupational pensions
• Experience in managing active and pensioner portfolios in company-owned employee pension foundations is an advantage
• A strong service orientation and the motivation to make a difference
• German as a mother tongue as well as good English and French skills are an advantage

What we offer

• Family business with a long-term focus
• A collegial atmosphere at eye level, characterised by respect, helpfulness and team spirit
• Flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths
• Independent work with plenty of scope for design
• At least 5 weeks of holiday per year
• Support for further training both in terms of time and finances
• Home office options depending on workload up to 2 days/week
• Various company events from ski days to summer parties

Have we piqued your interest? We look forward to receiving your application.

For further questions, please contact Ms Romina Imhof, HR Generalist, Tel. +41 44 387 88 73