Senior DC Pensions Consultant

CFA Institute; Winchester; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial consultancy in the UK seeks a Senior DC Pensions Consultant to provide expert advice in a hybrid working environment. Responsibilities include managing client relationships, overseeing governance, and advising on DC schemes. Ideal candidates will have PMI qualifications, experience in the advisory sector, and strong communication skills. Join a supportive team dedicated to professional development and employee wellbeing.

Benefits

Professional study support

Private medical insurance

Competitive pension scheme

Volunteering opportunities

Qualifications

• Post-qualification experience in a consultancy environment.
• Experience in investment preferred but not mandatory.
• Ability to maintain relationships with clients and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead client relationships, ensuring needs are met.
• Participate in new business pitches for DC consulting.
• Oversee client governance through regular meetings and collaboration.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Commercial awareness

Demonstrable experience in UK DC pension scheme advisory sector

Education

PMI qualified or relevant qualifications (FIA, FFA, CFA)

Job description

Senior DC Pensions Consultant

Location - London or Winchester

Hybrid working in line with departmental requirements

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
• A 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 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.

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‑ratio 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 - [e-mail] to discuss how we can support you with your application.

Recruitment agencies

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