Pensions Management Consulting - Consultant

Stryker Corporation; City Of London; Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm in London seeks a Consultant in Pensions Management to advise on best practices for pension schemes and deliver trustee secretarial support. The role requires extensive experience in pensions consulting and the ability to manage client relationships effectively. The ideal candidate will have strong project management skills and a professional pensions qualification. The company offers a hybrid working environment and a competitive benefits package.

Benefits

Hybrid working

Professional study support

26 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Discretionary bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Extensive experience providing pensions consulting support.
• Understanding of running a pension scheme.
• Experience in client relationship management.

Responsibilities

• Deliver trustee secretarial support to clients.
• Take on individual Trustee Secretary appointments.
• Manage client relationships and workload effectively.

Skills

Pensions consulting experience

Project management

Client relationship management

Effective communication

Commercial awareness

Education

Professional pensions qualification (APMI or FPMI)

Job description

Pensions Management Consulting - Consultant

LCP is an award-winning consultancy providing advice on pensions, investments, insurance, energy, health analytics and employee benefits.

What we do

The Pensions Management Consulting (PMC) practice is a growing and successful department, currently based in London. We provide a wide range of consultancy services to pension schemes of all shapes and sizes and advise both trustee and corporate clients. We are committed to delivering services of the highest quality and work closely with our clients to make sure the pension schemes we advise are run as well as possible.

We are a diverse and inclusive team of 26 staff members and partners known for our drive, energy and enthusiasm. Our backgrounds include pensions administration, pensions actuarial, in-house roles, legal and governance. We place great emphasis on the investment and development of our staff, who are at the core of what we do and our continued success. We are looking for bright and enthusiastic individuals to further strengthen our department.

• Helping our clients manage and run their pension schemes effectively, which often involves acting as the named trustee secretary and advising on all aspects of scheme governance
• Advising on best practice for pension schemes by running interactive exercises to help trustees and sponsors assess their effectiveness and implement improvements
• Designing and leading bespoke procurement exercises for our clients (including administration and independent professional trustee selection exercises), requiring us to be experts in numerous areas of the market and undertake detailed research with the various service providers
• Project managing a wide variety of projects for our clients, for LCP, and for the wider pensions industry
• Client relationship management - we develop very close relationships with the clients and other advisers that we work with

What will you be doing?

• Work with colleagues across the department and wider firm to deliver all aspects of trustee secretarial support to ongoing clients
• Take on individual named Trustee Secretary appointments
• Participate in the development of LCP's governance services and deliver governance consulting services to clients to ensure best practice with regulation and industry guidance
• Work with colleagues to deliver standalone project support to clients including adviser procurement
• Act as the main point of contact for some clients
• Participate in new business tenders and pitches and contribute to the development and marketing of PMC services
• Provide in-house support to clients from time to time as required; this may be in the capacity of pensions manager, Trustee Secretary or pensions team member
• Take responsibility for managing own workloads, effectively managing client relationships and demonstrating a high level of self-motivation to seek new opportunities for development
• Play an active role in the development of junior department staff (possibly including line management and appraisal duties)

What skills, qualities and experience are we looking for?

You must have extensive experience providing pensions consulting support either in-house or at another consultancy. You will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of all aspects of running a pension scheme and provide examples of having helped schemes meet their regulatory obligations and solve problems. We would anticipate experience in some or most of the following areas:

• Organising trustee meetings, drafting agendas, producing meeting packs, preparing trustee papers, attending meetings, presenting items, producing minutes and producing and managing actions logs
• Managing Member Nominated Trustee exercises
• Putting in place and reviewing risk registers
• Dealing with regulatory bodies and third parties
• Monitoring invoices and budgets and managing audit processes
• Dealing with Internal Disputes Resolution Procedures
• Helping schemes develop their response to regulatory initiatives (e.g. The Pensions Regulator's General Code of Practice)
• Delivering project and change management, advice and support
• Acting as an interim pensions manager for schemes
• Providing strategic direction to either trustees or corporates
• Carrying out trustee effectiveness reviews
• An interest in trustee governance and best practice
• Carrying out marketing activity

You will also have the following qualities and/or experience:

• Ideally you will hold a professional pensions qualification (e.g. APMI or FPMI)
• Ability to build and manage relations with clients and internal colleagues
• Be flexible and adaptable to work demands as needed from time to time
• Good communication skills, in both written and oral form and experience in delivering presentations
• Experience working to deadlines, demonstrating effective project management skills
• Commercial awareness and be able to proactively seek out opportunities
• An eagerness to work collaboratively in a team environment and be involved in team discussions

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 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 (varies by role and department)
• 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
• Digital GP services

For your wealth:

• Competitive pension scheme
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• High street discounts

For others:

• Volunteering opportunities

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

LCP operates a Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for recruitment agencies which is reviewed annually. We do not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies who are not part of our current PSL. LCP only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place, and the agency has been instructed by a member of our recruitment team to supply CVs via the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) for a legitimate, open vacancy. If this process is not adhered to, LCP reserve the right to contact these candidates directly and have discussions with them without paying any agency fees. We do not pay agency fees when speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to any employee or Partner at LCP.