Senior DC Consultant

Location – London or Winchester (40% minimum in office)

Our DC (Defined Contribution) consulting department comprises of c.45 dedicated DC consultants. We advise over £25 billion in DC assets, including some of the largest DC schemes in the UK. Our strong position in the market is supported by our award-winning technology which helps clients improve governance, investment and communication in their DC schemes, with the ultimate aim of achieving better outcomes for their members. Because we don’t provide fiduciary management services or have links with a DC pension provider we are able to provide un-conflicted, independent advice.

We have an exciting opportunity for Senior DC Consultant to join our growing specialist DC division. Whilst the role covers the wide spectrum of advice required by a DC scheme, we are looking for someone with excellent relationship experience across both trust based and corporate clients in the areas of governance. Experience in investment and good technical pension investment knowledge would be advantageous, but is not a requirement for the role.

What will you be doing?

• Building and leading relations with clients, ensuring their needs are identified and met, as well as driving forward the client relationship where appropriate
• Getting involved with new business pitches for DC Consultancy work
• Lead and support on projects, including master trust / GPP reviews and selection exercises, advising on the buy-out and wind-up of pension arrangements, 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 investment colleagues providing investment advice on your clients, which could include:
  • 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 / DC provider selection exercises, leading clients to reach decisions on managers and / or a suitable investment strategy from a provider
• 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 junior team members

What skills, qualifications and experience will you bring?

• Demonstrable experience of working within the UK DC pension scheme advisory sector in a consultancy environment.
• Ideally PMI qualified with some years of post-qualification experience or other relevant qualifications such as FIA, FFA or CFA

What’s in it for you?

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)
• 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
• Cycle to work scheme
• Digital GP services
• 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 wealth:

• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 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.

LCP currently holds a sponsorship license for skilled worker visas, allowing us to assist with applications aligning with the UK Government’s criteria for skilled worker sponsorship. If you anticipate needing sponsorship for a skilled worker visa, we recommend reviewing the sponsorship criteria for your desired role before applying to LCP.

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