Pensions Governance & Investment Consulting: Graduate Programme

CFA Institute; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On site mental health support

Mentoring opportunities

Aspire learning portal

Job summary

Hymans Robertson invites you to join its Pensions Governance and Investment Consulting graduate programme in the UK. You will be aligned to either Investment DB or DC Consulting, supporting consultants with investment strategy, asset allocation and governance for pension schemes.

You'll work with trustees and corporate clients, develop expertise in DC pension design or DB governance, and contribute to meaningful client projects while learning best practices in the industry.

Qualifications

• Interest in pension governance and investment consulting.
• Graduate with curiosity and numerical aptitude.
• Strong team player with good communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support consultants to deliver tailored investment advice.
• Contribute to investment strategy, asset allocation and governance.
• Engage with trustees and corporate clients across DB/DC projects.
• Collaborate on client projects to deliver high-quality work.

Skills

Analysing information

Building relationships

Working with numbers

Tackling complex challenges

Collaborating with colleagues

Learning fast

Job description

The Vacancy

At Hymans Robertson we play a vital role in helping clients improve their investment strategies to deliver better outcomes for their pension scheme members. Whether working with Defined Benefit (DB) or Defined Contribution (DC) pension schemes, our consultants provide strategic advice and governance support to a wide range of clients - from corporate pension plans to public sector schemes.

We are excited to welcome applications for our Pensions Governance and Investment Consulting graduate programme, which is a perfect next step for those looking to launch their careers within this field!

What will your role look like?

Depending on your skills and interests, you will be aligned to either our Investment DB or DC Consulting team.

For those aligned to our Investment DB team, you'll support consultants to deliver tailored investment advice to a wide range of clients across the DB Pensions industry. This will include working on investment strategy, asset allocation, manager selection and governance - helping our clients to manage long-term liabilities and meet their funding goals.

Alternatively, those joining the DC Consulting team will become immersed in the fast-evolving and topical world of DC Pensions. In this role you'll develop expertise in DC Pension Scheme design, provider platform assessments and at retirement and communications advice for a wide range of trustee and corporate clients.

Though these career pathways are complimentary, they offer distinct opportunities to specialise and build your knowledge. In both cases you'll collaborate with experienced consultants and analysts to contribute to meaningful client projects and shape the future of workplace savings and member outcomes, as you learn the core principles that drive our industry forward.

We also offer a competitive professional study package, with support towards either obtaining qualification with the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA), or through the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) programme depending on your longer-term career goals.

We're interested in people who are naturally curious, enjoy working with others and are motivated by solving problems. If you enjoy the following, we think you'll love this opportunity:

• Analysing information and drawing meaningful conclusions
• Building relationships and communicating with different audiences
• Working with numbers and data
• Tackling complex challenges
• Collaborating with colleagues to deliver high-quality work
• Learning new concepts and developing specialist expertise

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer:

• A flexible selection of employee benefits, so you can choose a package that best matches your lifestyle and needs
• A collaborative and supportive work environment where your thinking and ideas are encouraged
• On site mental health and wellbeing support
• A commitment to helping you develop both personally and professionally, with mentoring opportunities and access to our award-winning learning portal, Aspire
• Regular social activities

Earlier this year we were proud to be rated eighth in the HigherIn Award category for Best Student Employers! Take a look through some of our reviews to find out more about what our previous students enjoyed about their time with us!

You can find out more about why we think Hymans is a great place to work and the business units aligned to this programme by visiting our Early Careers site !

We have opportunities across each of our four UK based offices - in Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and Birmingham. And we offer hybrid working so you can enjoy the positive wellbeing of working from home as well as the benefits of meeting colleagues in our sociable, modern office environments.

Please note, we recruit on a rolling basis so early applications are encouraged to avoid disappointment.

We are committed to being open and transparent in our recruitment and reward processes. Please note that this vacancy does not currently meet the minimum salary threshold requirements for Skilled Worker sponsorship within the UK.

To avoid any disappointment, if you require sponsorship we would encourage you to check whether you may be eligible for a discounted salary threshold, or to explore alternative routes to secure your right to work in the UK before submitting your application. If you meet the criteria outlined in the job description we'll be happy to discuss your individual circumstances further with you.

About Us

Together, we've been building better futures for over 100 years. For our people, our clients and their people, our communities and the environment.

We thrive on tackling complex problems. And we believe those problems are best solved by diverse teams - diverse in skills, approaches and backgrounds. Our independence lets our people be themselves and think freely, while working in a collaborative, supportive environment. We love innovative, independent thinking and want everyone to share their ideas.

Working alongside employers, trustees and financial services institutions, we offer pensions, investments, benefits and risk consulting services, as well as data and technology solutions. With over 1000 employees and counting, we're one of the leading consultancies in our field and are proud to be recognised by numerous industry awards.

We're committed to developing our people and encourage everyone to carve out their own career path. We've many colleagues who started out in one team in the business and have ended up somewhere completely different, having had the chance to develop new skills and explore new passions.

We are continually working to improve our inclusive culture and employ diverse talent. We therefore welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, which includes but isn't limited to: age, disability, ethnic heritage, gender, marital or civil partnership status, neurodiversity, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic background.

Our hybrid working model offers the best of both worlds - home working as well as a fun, collaborative office environment - meaning flexible working patterns to accommodate individual needs. Find out more about our careers here .

If you need any assistance in relation to a personal requirement, medical condition or neurological difference during our selection process then please let us know.

Together, we can make this the best job you'll ever have.

We Offer

Our culture

We live and breathe our four values - friendly, confident, partnering and straightforward - and genuinely care about our people, clients, community and the environment.

Job satisfaction

Every employee can genuinely make a difference and contribute towards achieving our purpose - together, building better futures. Whether that's helping our clients build more secure financial futures, using your 3 days volunteering or helping us reduce our carbon footprint.

Reward and wellbeing

We offer competitive salaries, a share of company profits and an award-winning benefits package. We also take your mental, physical, social and financial wellbeing seriously, both in and outside of work.

Flexible working

We trust our people to work in a pattern that suits their circumstances with a healthy balance of home and office working.

Latest technology

We use the most up-to-date technology and software to match our ground-breaking business solutions that make life easier for us and our clients.

Career development

There is no linear path - learning opportunities are plentiful and empower you to carve out your own career.