DC Consultant/Senior Consultant

LCP; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Professional study support

Wellbeing networks

Life assurance

Income protection

Parental leave

Annual leave 26 days + holidays

Private medical insurance

Gym discounts

Eye care vouchers

Cycle to work

Digital GP services

Pension scheme

Discretionary bonus

Season ticket loans

Volunteering opportunities

EV salary sacrifice

Job summary

LCP is a leading actuarial and analytics consultancy. We are hiring a DC Consultant/Senior Consultant to join our London DC division, focusing on governance, investment strategy and master-trust projects within a hybrid working setup.

You will work with clients to identify needs, draft advice and lead a team, drawing on strong UK DC pension knowledge and commercial acumen to deliver impactful outcomes.

Qualifications

• Qualified or progressing towards FIA, FFA, CFA or PMI.
• Experience in the UK DC pension scheme advisory sector within a consultancy.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Commercial awareness.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with clients and manage their needs, driving the client relationship forward.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of market practice, legislation and DC governance requirements.
• Identify investment strategies suitable to the client's membership profile.
• Propose investment structures that fit individual client circumstances and preferences.
• Lead investment manager selections and DC provider exercises, aiding clients' decisions.
• Support governance with regular meetings and cross-stakeholder collaboration to improve member outcomes.
• Contribute to master trust / GPP reviews, selection exercises, buy-outs and AVC reviews.
• Engage in DC research on master trust / GPP providers and feed insights into client advice.
• Draft advice to a standard you are happy to sign off.
• Provide leadership and guidance to junior team members in a collaborative team setting.

Skills

FIA/FFA/CFA/PMI

UK DC pension advisory

Communication skills

Commercial awareness

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/Senior 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/Senior 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
• Excellent communication skills
• A commercial awareness

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
• Eye care vouchers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Digital GP services

For your wealth:

• Competitive pension scheme
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• High street discounts
• 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 - [email protected] to discuss how we can support you with your application.