Description

The Vacancy

What will your role look like?

Our Defined Contribution Consulting (DCC) Business Unit sits at the heart of our consulting services and is recognised as a UK market leader. We're proud to advise a diverse portfolio of corporate and trustee clients across multiple sectors, including local government pension schemes.

We're delighted to welcome applications for a Senior DC Investment Consultant to join this high-performing team. At Hymans, we want you to thrive-supported by a culture that is friendly, partnering, straight-forward and confident.

You can be based in any of our UK offices-London, Birmingham, Edinburgh or Glasgow-and enjoy the flexibility of hybrid working. This role offers the best of both worlds: the wellbeing benefits of working from home and the energy of our sociable, modern office environments.

Though this is a varied role, your key tasks will include:

• Providing high-quality, tailored investment advice to trustee and corporate clients, drawing on strategic insight and innovative thinking.
• Managing a portfolio of clients, nurturing relationships and ensuring their needs are met with clarity and confidence.
• Playing an active role in new business activity-contributing ideas, developing tenders, preparing pitches and presenting as part of the team.
• Helping raise the profile of the DCC team and the wider Firm through networking and speaking opportunities at industry events.
• Supporting the development of our consulting capability by coaching and mentoring colleagues.
• Upholding the Firm's professional standards, as well as those of any relevant professional bodies.

To enjoy and succeed in this role, you will have:

Skills & Experience

• Experience working within the pensions industry.
• Knowledge of the DC market-covering areas such as auto-enrolment, Chair's Statements, disclosure requirements, Statements of Investment Principles and private market investments.
• A track record of providing investment advice to corporate and/or trustee clients.
• Confidence using Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of DC providers' investment strategies (advantageous).
• Experience of advising on AVC arrangements (advantageous).

Qualifications

• Likely to be FFA/FIA or CFA qualified, or otherwise appropriately authorised to provide investment advice.

Personal Qualities

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to consult, build relationships and influence effectively.
• A flexible, proactive and innovative mindset.
• Strong analytical ability.
• Effective project management and multi-tasking skills.
• A collaborative approach, combined with confidence to work independently.
• Leadership qualities-both in role-modelling behaviours and contributing creative ideas.
• The ability to engage, motivate and bring people with you.

We would also encourage applications from candidates who perhaps do not possess all the attributes and experience listed above but are competent with the majority and would be able to quickly develop the additional skills and experience required in post with our full support. We would also love to hear about other knowledge and experience you may have that is not listed but could be of interest.

In addition to a competitive salary and access to our profit share scheme, we offer:

• A flexible selection of employee benefits, so you can choose a package that best matches your lifestyle and needs.
• A collaborative and encouraging work environment where your thinking and ideas are encouraged.
• On site mental health and wellbeing assistance.
• A commitment to helping you develop both personally and professionally, with mentoring opportunities and access to our award-winning learning portal, Aspire.
• Regular social activities, in addition to three days paid volunteering leave each year and a day's leave to celebrate your birthday.
• Hybrid working so you can enjoy the positive wellbeing of working from home as well as the benefits of meeting colleagues in our sociable, modern office environments - with the expectation of two 'in-office' days per week.
• A flexible working window, allowing colleagues the freedom to work flexibly between the hours of 7am and 7pm.

Please note, we recruit on a rolling basis so early applications are recommended to avoid disappointment.

About Us

Together, we've been building better futures for over 100 years. For our people, our clients and their people, our communities and the environment.

We thrive on tackling complex problems. And we believe those problems are best solved by diverse teams - diverse in skills, approaches and backgrounds. Our independence lets our people be themselves and think freely, while working in a collaborative, supportive environment. We love innovative, independent thinking and want everyone to share their ideas.

Working alongside employers, trustees and financial services institutions, we offer pensions, investments, benefits and risk consulting services, as well as data and technology solutions. With over 1000 employees and counting, we're one of the leading consultancies in our field and are proud to be recognised by numerous industry awards.

We're committed to developing our people and encourage everyone to carve out their own career path. We've many colleagues who started out in one team in the business and have ended up somewhere completely different, having had the chance to develop new skills and explore new passions.

We are continually working to improve our inclusive culture and employ diverse talent. We therefore welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, which includes but isn't limited to: age, disability, ethnic heritage, gender, marital or civil partnership status, neurodiversity, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic background.

Our hybrid working model offers the best of both worlds - home working as well as a fun, collaborative office environment - meaning flexible working patterns to accommodate individual needs. Find out more about our careers here .

If you need any assistance in relation to a personal requirement, medical condition or neurological difference during our selection process then please let us know.

Together, we can make this the best job you'll ever have.

We Offer

Our culture

We live and breathe our four values - friendly, confident, partnering and straightforward - and genuinely care about out people, clients, community and the environment.

Job satisfaction

Every employee can genuinely make a difference and contribute towards achieving our purpose - together, building better futures. Whether that's helping our clients build more secure financial futures, using your 3 days volunteering or helping us reduce our carbon footprint.

Reward and wellbeing

We offer competitive salaries, a share of company profits and an award-winning benefits package. We also take your mental, physical, social and financial wellbeing seriously, both in and outside of work.

Flexible working

We trust our people to work in a pattern that suits their circumstances with a healthy balance of home and office working.

Latest technology

We use the most up-to-date technology and software to match our ground-breaking business solutions that make life easier for us and our clients.

Career development

There is no linear path - learning opportunities are plentiful and empower you to carve out your own career.