Senior Pensions Consultant

London 2 days

£75k - £90k, PMI, Bonus, Study Support

I’m working with a fast-growing London-based pensions consultancy, within their trustee-focused team, advising both trustee and corporate clients. They’re known for high-quality work and a collaborative, high-energy culture, and are looking to add strong talent.

As a Senior Consultant, you will take a leading role in winning and delivering trustee executive, governance and project support to clients. You will build strong client and industry relationships and contribute to the strategic growth of the department. You will support, motivate and empower others to deliver and develop to the best of their potential and be involved in managing resourcing.

• Act as lead trustee secretary to multiple clients, with responsibility for service delivery, commercial outcomes and relationship management.
• Lead or work as part of a wider team to deliver trustee executive services to large schemes.
• Manage projects to time and budget, including complex change programmes.
• Deliver governance consulting including providing strategic advice to clients on effective governance and scheme management, leading reviews (e.g. board effectiveness, risk management and cyber security) and support trustees in meeting the requirements of the General Code.
• Lead business development activity, including providing fresh ideas and strategic input to develop and promote the PMC department’s services and leading tenders, pitches, internal and external presentations and marketing initiatives.
• Take responsibility for managing your own workload and that of others, ensuring effective delegation and oversight.
• Actively develop junior staff, serving as a role model and supporting the growth of the department.

Qualifications and experience

• Preferably degree educated and holding a professional pensions qualification (e.g. APMI, FPMI).
• Proven experience in the pensions industry at a senior level, in-house or at another consultancy.
• Significant experience of delivering trustee secretariat, trustee executive and governance consulting in a lead role.
• Experience of management of complex projects.
• Demonstrable experience of building industry networks and converting them into business opportunities.
• Demonstrable experience of providing strategic advice to clients on effective governance and scheme management.
• Experience of pitching for and winning new business.

Technical knowledge

• Strong up-to-date technical knowledge of pensions legislation, governance and industry practice, with the ability to interpret and apply regulatory developments.
• Awareness of future developments in the pensions landscape, with the ability to anticipate their impact on clients and provide proactive advice and guidance.
• Ability to analyse and apply pensions knowledge to complex situations, providing clear and practical advice.
• Competence in Microsoft Outlook, Teams, Word, Powerpoint and Excel, with the ability to quickly learn new software and adapt to changing technology and AI advances as required.