DC Consultant/Senior DC Consultant
This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Vacancy
Our Defined Contribution Consulting (DCC) Business Unit works with all types of DC Pension schemes to provide advice on investment strategy, portfolio construction and implementation, as well as working with product providers and retail advisors to deliver the latest investment proposition innovation.
This offering is a key component of our consulting services and helps firmly establish us as a UK market leader in this area. Our diverse client base for these services spans both corporate and trustee bodies across a wide variety of business and industry sectors, as well as local government pension schemes and other public sector clients.
We have exciting opportunities for experienced professionals to join this Business Unit at either Consultant or Senior Consultant level!
What will your role look like?
In either role you will be a key member of the DC Business Unit, and will play an active role in bidding for new business including contributing to new ideas, tender completions, and pitch presentations.
For those at Consultant level, you will spend time drawing on your understanding of the DC Market you will provide high quality advice for all aspects of our DC Consulting Service to both trustee and corporate clients. This will include advising on areas such as pension scheme vehicle advice, investment advice, at retirement advice, pension benefit design and provider platform assessments.
And for those interested in joining us at Senior Consultant level you will have significant involvement in winning new business and introducing our firm to prospective clients (including preparing and leading pitch teams, contributing to new ideas, tender completions, and pitch presentations). You’ll also maintain active relationships with and provide advice to our existing portfolio of clients – further developing these accounts by introducing services from across our firm (not just the DCC offering) where appropriate.
Progressing within either role will come with visibility across the firm and the wider DC pensions and investment marketplace. You will be enthusiastic about contributing new ideas on our services and approaches to help enhance the longer-term future of our client offering. As a role model for colleagues, you will develop strong working relationships with those within your Business Unit and beyond to help lead our client teams across practices.
To enjoy and succeed in our DC Business Unit, you will have:
- Relevant experience of working within the Pensions industry, with experience and knowledge of the provider market for DC schemes in the UK;
- An understanding of DC market including Auto-enrolment, Chair’s Statements, Disclosure Requirements, Statement of Investment Principles and Illiquid Investments;
- Strong commercial awareness of the pensions and employee benefits market, and you will enjoy keeping up to date with topical matters arising within this;
- Some experience of advising on DC provider’s investment strategies
- Exceptional communication skills, demonstrated through your ability to consult and influence successfully with stakeholders;
- A flexible, innovative approach to developing solutions for our clients and be enthused by the opportunity to solve complex problems for them;
- The ability to work well as part of a team in line with our firm’s values, and lead by example with a motivational, hands-on approach, including supporting with the coaching and development of junior colleagues within your Business Unit;
- The ability to work with large sets of detailed data and other forms of information;
- Strong attention to detail, with excellent organisational skills and the ability to work quickly and accurately.
It would also be great if you were IFoA, FFA/FIA or CFA qualified (or be working towards achieving this), particularly for those at Senior level preferably being authorised to give investment advice (either following one of these qualification paths or having an alternative qualification/experience).
For those at Senior Consultant level in addition to the above, we would also be looking for you to showcase expertise in advising a number of clients including providing advice to DC pension governance committees and/or trustee boards. We would also be looking for you to evidence an understanding and experience of providing advice in relation to pension providers offerings (including master trust and contract-based, regulatory governance (Chair’s statements, VFM assessments, etc.), benefit design and adequacy, pension governance committees).
A more detailed list of requirements for each level is available is available on request.
In addition to a competitive salary and access to our profit share scheme, 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, in addition to three days paid volunteering leave each year and a day’s leave to celebrate your birthday.
Our preference would be for this role to be based in our London office. 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.
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.
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