Senior DC Pensions Investment Consultant

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 Senior DC Pensions Investment 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 experience in investment and good technical pension scheme investment knowledge.

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 pitches for DC Consultancy work
• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of market practice, legislation and DC governance requirements
• Running and interpreting DC Investment strategy modelling to identify suitable investment strategies in the context of the client’s specific membership
• Identifying suitable investment structures to implement strategies, considering individual client’s circumstances and preferences
• Conducting investment manager selection and DC providers’ exercises, leading clients to reach decisions on managers and or providers.
• Managing a portfolio of clients, supporting them with ongoing governance via regular meetings, working collaboratively with all stakeholders, focussing on improving member outcomes
• 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?

• FIA, FFA or CFA qualified with some years of post-qualification experience
• Demonstrable experience of working within the UK DC pension scheme advisory sector in a consultancy environment
• Experience in investment and good technical pension scheme investment knowledge
• Excellent communication skills
• Commercial awareness

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:

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

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