Pensions Management Consulting (Associate Consultant)
LCP is an award-winning consultancy providing advice on pensions, investments, insurance, energy, health analytics and employee benefits. We advise nearly one quarter of the FTSE and half of the FTSE firms. We are a team of over across our offices in London and Winchester.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual who is keen to develop a pensions career in a successful and growing firm, who has recent experience working in a pensions consultancy environment or large in-house pensions team, and is able to communicate well with colleagues, clients and/or advisers in person, by phone and email.
What will you be doing?
Getting involved in a broad mixture of client and non-client work
Joining a number of client teams of varying sizes, each made up of people ranging from analyst to partner level
You'll be encouraged to develop your skills, knowledge and understanding in all aspects of the pensions and benefits field
Participating in a training program covering technical, IT, consulting and soft skills.
Working with and learning from experienced colleagues
Receiving support in studying towards relevant professional exams including mentoring, study leave, study materials and tutorials
Developing, over time, the skills required to be an effective and successful consultant
To be able to take every opportunity to progress at LCP
You'll be rewarded for ability, commitment and performance
What skills and qualities are we looking for?
A key aspect of the role is to help deliver trustee secretarial and governance services to LCP’s clients. To be successful, you must have prior experience in providing trustee secretarial and scheme management services to trust-based pension arrangements. This should include:
Organising trustee meetings, drafting agendas, producing meeting packs, preparing trustee papers, producing and managing an actions log
Working knowledge of trustee documents such as a calendar of events, conflicts registers, risk registers and training logs
Dealing with regulatory bodies and third party providers
Experience in some or all of the following areas would be beneficial:
Acting as a named Trustee Secretary
Attending trustee meetings and presenting items
Preparing high quality trustee meeting minutes
Drafting communications and delivering presentations
Supporting trustee sub-committees
Managing member nominated trustee exercises
Managing the audit process
Monitoring invoices and budgets
Experience in some or all of these areas would be valuable (but is not essential). We will fully support staff in developing their skills and experience in any new areas.
Enthusiastic individual with experience in a similar role, must be comfortable working both independently and as part of a team
Excellent oral and written communication skills, with impressive grammar skills for proofreading and writing correspondence
Excellent attention to details
Numerate – knowledge of very basic accountancy would be helpful but not essential
Competent across Microsoft Office applications including strong knowledge of Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and willing to be trained on in-house systems, house style, billing process, D and potentially InDesign as need arises
Comfortable with multi-tasking at pace and highly skilled in prioritising tasks and organising work effectively to meet deadlines including in the presence of competing priorities and demand
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 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
