DC Consultant

Lane Clark & Peacock LLP.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Professional study support

Wellbeing networks

Life assurance

Income protection

Enhanced parental leave

Private medical insurance

Cycle to work

Digital GP services

Discretionary bonus scheme

Season ticket loans

Volunteering opportunities

EV salary sacrifice scheme

Job summary

Lane Clark & Peacock LLP is seeking a DC Consultant to join our London-based DC division. The role covers the full spectrum of Defined Contribution advisory work, focusing on governance, investments, and master trust considerations.

You will work within a team to deliver high-quality advice and client outcomes. The ideal candidate will be FIA/FFA/CFA/PMI progressing with qualifications and have demonstrable experience in UK DC pension scheme advisory in a consultancy setting.

Qualifications

• Qualified or making good progress towards FIA, FFA, CFA or PMI.
• Demonstrable experience of working within the UK DC pension scheme advisory sector in a consultancy environment.

Responsibilities

• Build strong client relationships and identify/fulfil client needs.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of market practice, legislation and DC governance requirements.
• Identify suitable investment strategies for client membership and structures.
• Conduct investment manager selection and DC provider exercises for client decisions.
• Support ongoing governance through regular meetings and stakeholder collaboration.

Skills

FIA / FFA / CFA / PMI progress

UK DC pension advisory

Job description

Location - London with hybrid working available

LCP is an award-winning actuarial and analytics consultancy providing market-leading capabilities and advice across pensions and financial services, energy, health, and analytics. We use powerful analytics fused with human expertise to shape a more positive future.

We have an exciting opportunity for a DC (Defined Contribution) Consultant to join our growing specialist DC division. The role covers the wide spectrum of advice required by a DC scheme and we are looking for someone with both strong relationship and governance experience, as well as experience in investment and good technical pension scheme investment knowledge.

What will you be doing?

As a Consultant you will be:

• Building relations with clients, ensuring their needs are identified and met, driving forward the client relationship where appropriate
• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of market practice, legislation and DC governance requirements
• Identifying suitable investment strategies in the context of the client’s specific membership
• Identifying suitable investment structures to implement strategies, taking into account individual client’s circumstances and preferences
• Conducting investment manager selection and DC providers’ exercises, supporting clients to reach decisions on managers and or providers
• Supporting clients with ongoing governance via regular meetings, working collaboratively with all stakeholders, focussing on improving member outcomes
• Supporting on various projects, including master trust / GPP reviews, selection exercises, the buy-out and wind-up of pension arrangements and AVC reviews
• Getting involved with DC research on master trust / GPP providers, keeping up to date with their evolving propositions and support the research output that feeds into advice to clients
• Drafting advice to a standard that you are happy to sign off
• Working within a team environment, providing leadership and guidance to less experienced team members

What skills, experience and qualities are we looking for?

• Qualified or making good progress towards FIA, FFA, CFA or PMI
• Demonstrable experience of working within the UK DC pension scheme advisory sector in a consultancy environment

What’s in it for you?

Take a look at our Glassdoor and Career stories pages to see why our people love being here! As well as joining a certified B-Corp, multi-award winning, fun, collaborative, people first organisation where your personal and professional skills will be developed to make you the best you can be, we offer an attractive benefits package designed to promote your overall wellbeing so that you are able to perform to your full potential both in and out of work. Currently our core benefits package includes:

For you:

• Hybrid working (see top of the advert for details)
• Professional study support (where applicable)
• Access to our internal Wellbeing, LGBTQ+, Multicultural and Women’s networks

For your family:

• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption and shared parental leave

For your health:

• 26 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time working) plus bank holidays (most of which can be taken flexibly!) with options to buy & sell holiday
• Private medical insurance
• Discounted gym memberships, critical illness and dental insurance through our flexible benefits
• Cycle to work scheme
• Digital GP services

For your wealth:

• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Season ticket loans

For others:

• Volunteering opportunities

For the environment:

• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme (qualifying period applies)

And much more!

We continuously strive to build an inclusive workplace where all forms of diversity are valued, including age, background, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or sexual orientation.

LCP is committed to making our opportunities accessible to all and would welcome you getting in touch to let us know if an adjustment can be made to help with your application. This may be extra time for assessments, pre-interview site visits, interview structure or questions, or asking us about building accessibility. Whatever it may be, please get in touch via our dedicated email address - [e-mail] to discuss how we can support you with your application.

Recruitment agencies

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