Senior Project Consultant

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Senior Project Consultant

Do you have a background in the pensions industry and are you looking to specialise further? Are you looking to work with market leaders on wide-ranging projects and clients? We may have the role for you!

Aon are recruiting Consultants to join our market leading Project Consultancy team, which is part of our broader UK Retirement consulting business supporting clients through projects.

What the role will look like

Common responsibilities within our Project Consultancy team include:

• Building strong relationships with clients, their administrators and other advisors, other stakeholders and teams within Aon.
• Developing client action plans and ensuring timely and efficient project management of across multiple specialist teams within Aon.
• Producing and delivering clear and accurate internal and client correspondence, reports and presentations.
• Attending client meetings to deliverer project updates and consult on all aspects of ongoing projects.
• Using knowledge of pension practices to help design and implement efficient processes including taking ownership to improve any standard processes in place.

You can choose to be based in any of the following UK offices: Birmingham, Bristol, Epsom, Farnborough, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester or St. Albans, with a mix of home and office working.

We will offer you a competitive total rewards package, offer you with comprehensive study support for professional exams, provide structured training and the potential to advance within a growing worldwide organisation.

We’re also happy to talk flexible working – if you need to flex your working pattern, Aon offers flexible and agile working policies, including part-time opportunities, and we’re happy to discuss options with you upon application.

How this opportunity is different

Aon is a recognised market leader on Risk Settlement, GMP Equalisation, Member Options and Pensions Dashboards. The Project Consultancy team will allow you to support clients in one of these specialist areas providing you with the opportunity to become an expert in a thriving area of the industry and develop long lasting and transferable skills. You will have the opportunity to deal with clients each day delivering our Project Management offering or you can focus on delivering internal project management support working with the vast specialist teams at Aon – which ever best suits you.

Delivering projects is becoming increasingly important to clients and we’ll provide you with comprehensive support and training to allow you to broaden you skillset and carry out the role.

Skills and experience that will lead to success

We are hiring for roles where individuals may have previous experience in project management, actuarial pension consultancy, insurance in pensions, pensions administration or working as an IFA. Key skills will include:

• Relevant industry knowledge and preferably some previous consulting knowledge.
• Good understanding of defined benefit pensions.
• Good knowledge of Aon’s products, people and tools or a willingness to learn.
• Ability to deliver effective client service to multiple clients within agreed financial and time budgets.
• Experience or a track record in
• Relationship management; and/or
• Project management; and/or
• Technical analysis.
• You may be part or fully qualified in a relevant Professional qualification (e.g. APMI, FIA, PRINCE2 etc.) although this is not a requirement.

How we support our colleagues

In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage a diverse workforce. Plus, our agile, inclusive environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two “Global Wellbeing Days” each year, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself. We offer a variety of working style solutions, but we also recognise that flexibility goes beyond just the place of work… and we are all for it. We call this Smart Working!

Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. As a result, at Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued.

Aon values an innovative, diverse workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Aon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. 

Aon provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran, marital, domestic partner status, or other legally protected status. 

We welcome applications from all and provide individuals with disabilities with reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application, interview process and to perform essential job functions once onboard. If you would like to learn more about the reasonable accommodations we provide, email ReasonableAccommodations@Aon.com

Aon is in the business of better decisions

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world. As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive, diverse team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

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