Senior Pension Consultant

Who are Benifex? We are a fast-moving technology company, and one of the most successful providers of online reward and benefits solutions in the world. We believe that everyone deserves an exceptional experience at work, every day, and build workplace technology that makes this happen. Benifex’s mission is to build remarkable experiences that employees love. Today Benifex supports more than five million employees in over 3,000 organisations across more than 100 countries. To help us on our quest to be the best, we need brilliant people on board and that’s where you come in. Why should you apply? • Autonomy: manage your own workload and decide best to deliver exceptional experiences to our customers • Team: be part of a friendly, supportive and high performing team who work together effectively to deliver for our customers • Impact: you'll be responsible for securing the future finances of employees across the country through your expertise and guidance • Top 10 Employer, Sunday Times Best Places to Work Awards • Work for a profitable, fast-growingmarket leader in the online reward and benefits space Role Overview The Senior Pension Consultant will manage a portfolio of customers and will be the subject matter expert for their pension arrangements. They will be responsible for ensuring that their schemes are compliant and through a comprehensive governance process will advise the client on industry updates, legislation, benchmark their schemes and devise engagement and communication plans for their employees. • *Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship and require to people to be based in the UK or Ireland for this position** Great benefits: £60,000-70,000 Flexible work – choose a working setup that works for you, our only ask is to see you once a month in the office and you must be based in the UK or Ireland. Full access to our comprehensive benefits package, including discounts from hundreds of high street brands, salary sacrifice schemes across Finance, Health, Tech, and more ✈️ 25 days holiday plus your local bank holidays Your birthday off ❤️ Two half day wellbeing days Healthcare cash plan to cover the costs of day-to-day healthcare Employee Assistance Plan 24/7 365 support Income Protection (75%) and life assurance (4x salary) Referral bonuses Enhanced parental leave package - 26 weeks fully paid maternity leave and 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave ✈️ Work from Anywhere policy for 90 days ️ Buy and Sell scheme for holidays £50 monthly allowance to spend on whatever takes your fancy, your very own Benifex card will be topped up at the start of each month! Responsibilities • You will be responsible for ensuring that the customers in your portfolio remain compliant with the changing UK pension legislation and be confident in challenging customers should they be at risk of non-compliance. • Through regular pension governance meetings, you will be able to ensure that the schemes are not only compliant but also providing positive member outcomes for the employees. Through a robust governance process with follow up actions, you will provide advice as to where improvements could be made either through reviews being undertaken (both provider and default investment) but also where additional engagement services can be provided • You will liaise with other customer facings teams to ensure that you are joined up across the business and the wider benefits planning that is ongoing. • Identifying areas of cross-selling and, through a consultancy approach, enhance the services that we provide to customers to drive revenue growth whilst improving outcomes for members. • As a Senior Consultant you will support other consultants to develop as well as be an advocate for Benifex and the Workplace Savings Team through producing thought leadership articles and at attendance of industry events. What are we looking for? • Extensive experience of a consultancy environment specifically working with and advising DC pension scheme clients. • Proven experience of managing a portfolio of customers. • Customer facing experience, and experience of dealing with Board Level decision makers. • Demonstrable experience of building relationships with internal and external stakeholders within organisations. • A relevant UK Pension / Financial planning qualification (such as FPC, PMI or a Diploma in financial planning) Nice to have: • Experience presenting to employees either face to face or remotely. • Sales experience and the ability to drive revenue through consultative conversations. • Knowledge and experience of TUPE legislation. Even if you don't meet all of the requirements for this role, we encourage you to apply! We are looking for talented and passionate individuals who are eager to learn and grow. We also offer a variety of other roles, so please check out our careers page to see if there is something else that might be a good fit for you. Our interview process ✌ Benifex understands the need to have a fast and efficient process, the below will all be completed in the shortest time possible. Initial informal call with the Talent team Online tests in numeracy and logical reasoning ⏳ Interview with the hiring manager and a member of the team Final interview with the Director We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome and respected. We believe that diversity and inclusion are essential to our success, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 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