Senior Pensions Consultant

Introduction

Discover a world of endless possibilities at Gallagher Benefit Services, where you’ll have the power to shape the future of workplaces across industries. As a member of our team, you become the driving force behind positive change, helping clients build environments where employees thrive. Embrace the opportunity to impact lives, unlock potential, and create a legacy of remarkable transformation.

We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.

Overview

Elevate your career with Gallagher as a Senior Pension Consultant. In this pivotal role, you will play a key role in delivering outstanding client services and strategic consultancy for mid-to-large Defined Benefit Pension schemes. You will lead a diverse portfolio of clients, offering expert guidance on pension schemes and benefits, while actively pursuing new business development through cross-selling opportunities and engaging with potential new clients.

This position provides the chance to lead client strategy, coordinate client teams, and participate in key meetings, all while upholding the highest standards of service delivery. Join us and be at the forefront of innovation and excellence in the industry.

How you’ll make an impact

This is a phenomenal opportunity for individuals from all backgrounds to elevate their careers by contributing to the future of pension consultancy. In this dynamic role, you will build and maintain strong client relationships, ensuring their happiness and dedication. You will have the chance to negotiate service provisions and fee budgets, coordinate billing processes, and carefully plan and document client and trustee meetings. Your expertise will be instrumental in crafting impactful reports and communications, both written and verbal, while growing Gallagher’s reach through strategic cross-selling initiatives.

As a valued advisor, you will offer consultancy on scheme design, modifications, and regulatory changes, participate in trustee meetings, and coordinate trustee training sessions. Your new way will guide the recommendation and implementation of insurance and benefit solutions, drafting and reviewing explanatory literature for schemes, and collaborating with solicitors, insurers, and regulatory bodies. You will also deliver engaging presentations to scheme members and potential members.

Embrace this exciting chance to create a meaningful impact and drive success in the world of pension consultancy, welcoming diverse perspectives and experiences.

About You

• Validated management experience.
• Extensive experience with occupational pension schemes.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to establish relationships.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to meet deadlines.
• Proactive, diligent, and a great teammate.
• Proficient in numeracy, literacy, and computer skills.
• Gallagher Behaviors
  • Leading Self: Demonstrates integrity, trust, and personal responsibility.
  • Leading Others & Relationships: Builds diverse networks, collaborates optimally, and communicates clearly.
  • Prioritizing outcomes: Puts emphasis on client excellence, planning, and achieving results.
  • Demonstrates a strong understanding of the business, critical thinking, and inventive methods.

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Compensation and benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
• Critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
• Season ticket loan
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
• Emergency back-up family care
• And many more…

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with TAGlobalSupport@ajg.com . If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

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