Pensions Consultant

Recruitment Manager (on behalf of The 3173 Group - Dalriada Trustees Limited, Spence & Partners and Mantle) About Us

3173 is a privately owned UK firm of pensions experts with clients throughout the UK, serviced from offices in London, Belfast, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and Leeds.

The 3173 Group of companies includes Dalriada Trustees Limited (Dalriada) one of the UK’s largest professional pension scheme trustee companies. Spence & Partners provides full pension actuarial, consulting, investment consulting and administration services that provide simply smarter solutions for trustees, employers and members and Mantle, which reimagines the traditional models of defined benefit pensions administration and actuarial valuation software.

Our primary aim is to provide interesting, worthwhile and healthy careers for all our people; we believe that this emphasis sets us apart from our competitors.

We are defined by our ethos and by our goal:

Our ethos is an individual and collective commitment achieved through carefully balancing responsibility with freedom and flexibility, all of which is underpinned by a willingness to work interdependently. When we get this balance right, it is how we do our best work.

Our goal is to provide interesting, worthwhile, and healthy careers for our people. Our graduate development programmes offer the opportunity to build a career in the pensions industry. You’ll get direct exposure to working with the directors of our business and the opportunity to really make your mark in a growing business.

We will support you every step of the way through our accelerated learning and development scheme.

We are looking to hire a Pensions Consultant who wants the opportunity to continue their career within an award-winning and growing organisation.

To make an impact in this role, you will be a highly motivated individual who is looking to take increased responsibility in the management of a portfolio of Defined Benefit (DB) pension schemes, acting as a day to day contact for our clients and supporting the management of the delivery of services through our cross-function client teams. Delivery of client projects will also be key to the role.

Over time, you will also have the opportunity to positively contribute to our drive to win new business – writing tender responses and participating in pitch activity. We would also be looking for you to use your experience to help us drive continuous improvement in our processes in order to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the Business.

Working in a flexible environment, you will be prepared to stay ahead of developments within the pensions industry, and the broader business environment, to support our Business in its commitment to excellent client service and our objectives for significant financial growth. You have the ability to share your technical knowledge efficiently and purposefully with clients and colleagues and understand the importance of building and maintaining relationships with clients, networking contacts and your colleagues.

This role will be attractive to an existing Pensions Consultant who wants to grow their experience or an individual with a background in DB pensions administration that would like to use their knowledge and experience and client management skills to develop as a Pensions Consultant. Proven client and project management skills, as well as evidence of the ability to build and manage relationships, will be key to your success in the role.

Previous experience and knowledge of the PPF assessment process is also desirable.

The Pensions Consultant will be a key part of our professional team, which includes actuaries, investment consultants and administration colleagues, in providing strategic and compliance-based pension advice to trustee and corporate clients.

The Pensions Consultant is responsible for a defined portfolio of clients, ensuring appropriate governance controls are followed, relationships are positively managed and scheme secretarial activities (where provided) are delivered effectively. Depending on your experience, you can expect…