Pensions Management Consulting - Associate Consultant

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Overview 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 FTSE250 and half of the FTSE100 firms. 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, D365 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 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. 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 Digital GP services
For your wealth:
Discretionary bonus scheme
For others:
Volunteering opportunities
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 - accessibilityaware@lcp.uk.com to discuss how we can support you with your application. Recruitment agencies LCP operates a Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for recruitment agencies which is reviewed annually. We do not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies who are not part of our current PSL. LCP only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place, and the agency has been instructed by a member of our recruitment team to supply CVs via the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) for a legitimate, open vacancy. If this process is not adhered to, LCP reserve the right to contact these candidates directly and have discussions with them without paying any agency fees. We do not pay agency fees when speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to any employee or Partner at LCP. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Location:
London
Job Type:
PartTime