Pensions Consultant

Pinsent Masons Pensions Solutions (PMPS)

Pensions Consultant -Birmingham or London

Overview

Were looking for a proactive and organised Pensions Consultant to join our friendly and growing PMPS team. Youll play a key role in managing largescale pension schemes and pensions projects working closely with our trustee directors senior consultants and partners plus the wider Pensions Group.

If you enjoy building relationships driving matters and projects and taking ownership of your work in a supportive environment this could be the perfect next step for you.

Who we are

PMPS provides practical commercially focused consultancy and governance services for large complex pension arrangements. Its multidisciplinary team combines legal consultancy and administrative expertise to support DB DC and master trust schemes. These reach across sectors including financial services energy manufacturing and retail typically ranging from 500M to 5BN in assets. Clients include high street banks large energy companies manufacturing companies and high street retailers.

PMPS works closely with senior stakeholders such as trustee Chairs HR and Finance Directors and business leaders. It also incorporates Trustee Solutions Limited a professional independent trustee responsible for large commercial group life master trusts covering over 750000 employees.

Led by Partner Christina Bowyer PMPS operates within one of the UKs leading pensions legal practices recognised for its collaborative culture and marketleading expertise and supporting trustees corporates and pension providers.

What youll be doing

This is a varied role where youll support the smooth running of pension schemes and help deliver a highquality service to clients. Key responsibilities include:

Scheme Management

• Working with trustee Chairs to draft agendas and prepare meeting papers
• Co-ordinating with trustee advisers to ensure appropriate adviser support
• Attending trustee board and committee meetings (both in person and virtual)
• Presenting reports at trustee board and committee meetings
• Preparing and agreeing formal minutes
• Driving meeting actions ensuring deadlines are met
• Organising trustee training
• Supporting senior consultants and partners with the day to day scheme management including:
  
  • Handling member complaints and supporting IDRP processes
  • Managing trustee discretion cases and trustee elections
  • Supporting regular projects (valuations accounts scheme returns)
  • Maintaining risk registers policies and internal controls
  • Preparing scheme business plans calendars and timelines
  • Managing scheme budgets invoices and routine payments
  • Preparing clear compliant member communications
  • Client mailbox management

You may also supervise Pension Officers and paralegals where appropriate.

Group Life & Excepted Group Life

• Supporting deathinservice cases sensitively and preparing recommendations
• Arranging benefit payments
• Managing the client mailbox and delegating work

Project Management

• Preparing project plans and attending/running project meetings
• Taking ownership of project plans actions and deadlines
• Monitoring project budgets

Business Development

• Supporting pitches for new work
• Attending conferences and webinars to raise personal and team profile
• Helping organise business development events with senior consultants and partners

Wed love to hear from you if you:

Qualifications & Experience

• Are working towards RPC or PMI qualification
• Have 3/5 years pensions experience
• Ideally have worked within a consultancy or administration practice
• Have experience in scheme management and client relationships
• Are comfortable supporting business development activity

Skills & Strengths

• A proactive flexible and confident individual
• Highly organised and content to work using own initiative and as part of a team
• Confident communicator both written and verbal with excellent attention to detail
• Strong pensions knowledge and a willingness to keep learning
• ITliterate particularly with Word Excel and PowerPoint
• Able to easily build rapport with a wide range of people
• Comfortable managing competing workloads and deadlines

What well offer you

• A welcoming collaborative team that genuinely supports each other
• Opportunities to take early responsibility and work closely with clients
• A clear career development path with access to training and 1:1 support
• Exposure to highprofile pensions projects across the industry
• A culture where your contribution is recognised and valued

Interested Wed love to hear from you

Please apply through our recruitment portal.

If youd like an informal chat about the role contact:
Steffy Lam Lateral Recruitment Advisor
commitment to inclusion

At Pinsent Masons we want everyone to feel they belong. We value individuality and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds identities and experiences. If this role excites you we encourage you to apply.