Senior Consultant

LCP is a leading independent consultancy that uses powerful analytics fused with human expertise to shape a more positive future. We provide market-leading capabilities across pensions and financial services, energy, health, and analytics. Our technology and analytics capabilities are fundamental to what we do, helping us power the possibilities that provide solutions for tomorrow. We strive to help our clients leverage the latest technology and analytics across a range of industries to stay at the forefront of data-driven and digital solutions.  

We have a fantastic opportunity to join our growing Pensions Management Consulting department in London as an experienced and Senior Consultant. 

Key responsibilities

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. In this role, as a strong pensions generalist, you will deliver a broad range of services and will typically: 

• 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

What you can expect at LCP 

You can look forward to: 

• Exposure to a broad variety of work, spanning both client-facing and non-client initiatives
• Involvement in complex and high-profile projects, including a range of change programmes
• Opportunities to lead client relationships of high-profile clients
• The chance to shape and grow our offering, contributing strategic input and thought leadership
• A platform to develop your profile within the industry, including speaking at events and contributing to market insight
• Leadership opportunities, with responsibility for mentoring and developing more junior colleagues
• A culture of growth, where your contributions are recognised and you’re supported to continue your professional growth

What skills and qualities are we looking for?

We are looking for a senior pensions professional with broad industry experience, strong technical expertise, and a proven ability to lead clients and colleagues. The successful candidate will demonstrate thought leadership in our service areas and the commercial acumen to support business growth. 

Qualifications and experience 

• Degree educated and holding a professional pensions qualification (e.g. APMI, FPMI) or equivalent experience
• Proven experience in the pensions industry at a senior level, in-house or at another consultancy or specialist governance firm
• 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

Professional and interpersonal skills 

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence, negotiate and present confidently
• Strong stakeholder management, able to build lasting client relationships
• Leadership – capable of guiding teams, setting direction and ensuring delivery
• Effective project management, able to manage priorities to time and budget
• High level of commercial acumen, recognising opportunities and managing budgets
• Strong decision-making skills, balancing technical requirements with practical outcomes

Personal attributes and approach 

• Professional in conduct, acting as a senior ambassador for LCP
• Flexible and adaptable, able to respond to changing client and business needs
• Organised and proactive, with the ability to manage competing demands effectively
• Passionate about developing others and supporting the growth of the department
• Self-motivated, with the initiative to drive business development and strategic progress

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
• Eye care vouchers
• Digital GP services

For your wealth: 

• Competitive pension scheme
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• High street discounts

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 - [email protected] 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.