Senior DC Pensions Consultant

LGBT Great; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

26 days annual leave

Cycle to work scheme

Wellbeing and LGBTQ+ networks

Excellent pension scheme

Job summary

LCP is recruiting a Senior DC Pension Consultant to join our growing DC division. The role focuses on governance, relationship management, and investment knowledge across UK DC schemes, with emphasis on client outcomes.

Based in London or Winchester with hybrid working, the position offers opportunities to lead client relationships, contribute to new business, and supervise projects such as master trust reviews while staying current with industry practice and legislation.

Qualifications

• Ideally PMI qualified with post-qualification experience in UK DC pensions.
• Experience in UK DC pension scheme advisory in a consultancy setting.
• Excellent communication skills and commercial awareness.
• Investment knowledge advantageous but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead client relationships; identify needs and drive the relationship forward.
• Involve in new business pitches for DC consultancy work.
• Keep up-to-date with market practice, legislation and DC governance requirements.
• Lead and support projects including master trust reviews and AVC reviews.
• Manage a portfolio of clients with governance via regular meetings.
• Collaborate with investment colleagues to tailor client advice.
• Draft advice ready for sign-off.
• Contribute to DC research on master trusts/providers and evolving propositions.
• Provide leadership and guidance within a team.

Skills

Relationship management

Governance experience

Technical pension knowledge

Investment knowledge

Excellent communication skills

Education

PMI qualification

FIA/FFA/CFA qualification

Job description

Senior DC Pensions Consultant

Business area DC and Financial Wellbeing

Location London and Winchester

Job ID 282710

Location - London or Winchester

Hybrid working available

At LCP we love what we do, and it shows. We help our clients make good decisions based on insightful analysis, industry expertise, and game-changing technology.

We are looking for a Senior DC Pension Consultant to join our growing specialist DC (Defined Contribution) division. Whilst the role covers the wide spectrum of advice required by a DC scheme, as can be seen below, we are looking for someone with demonstrable relationship and governance experience, good technical knowledge and a broad understanding of investment.

What will you be doing when you join the DC Practice as a Senior Consultant?

• Building and leading relations with clients and ensure client needs are identified and met, driving forward the client relationship where appropriate
• Getting involved with new business pitches for DC Consultancy work
• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of market practice, legislation and DC governance requirements
• Leading and supporting on projects, including master trust / GPP reviews and selection exercises, advising on the buy-out and wind-up of pension arrangements, and overseeing AVC reviews
• Managing a portfolio of clients, supporting them with ongoing governance via regular meetings, working collaboratively with all stakeholders, focussing on improving member outcomes
• Working alongside and guiding investment colleagues to provide tailored advice for your clients, taking into account the client’s specific membership, as well as their circumstances and preferences
• Drafting advice to a standard that you are happy to sign off
• 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
• Working within a team environment, providing leadership and guidance to others

What skills, qualifications and experience do you need for this role?

• Ideally PMI qualified with some years of post-qualification experience or other relevant qualifications such as FIA, FFA or CFA
• Demonstrable experience of working within the UK DC pension scheme advisory sector in a consultancy environment
• Excellent communication skills
• Commercial awareness
• Experience in investment and good technical pension investment knowledge would be advantageous but not a requirement for the role

What’s in it for you?

Take a look at our 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:

• 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 - 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 or candidate profiles from agencies who are not part of our current 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 or candidate profiles are submitted to any employee or Partner at LCP.