Pensions Project Consultant

Are you an experienced pensions professional looking to move into a varied project-focused role? We're partnering with a leading UK pensions consultancy seeking a Project Consultant / Senior Project Consultant to join their specialist nationwide Pension Projects team.

This is an excellent opportunity to work on high-profile pension projects, collaborating with clients, trustees, and internal stakeholders while leading project delivery from inception through to completion.

The Opportunity

You'll join a dedicated team responsible for delivering a broad range of pension administration projects, including:

• GMP Rectification and Equalisation
• Buy-in and Buy-out projects
• Data Cleansing exercises
• Benefit Rectifications
• Liability Reduction Exercises
• Pension Dashboards
• McCloud-related projects
• Scheme Closures and other bespoke client initiatives

This role offers a mix of technical pensions work, client engagement, project management, and team leadership within a collaborative and supportive environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver pensions projects from start to finish, ensuring deadlines, budgets, and objectives are met.
• Act as a key point of contact for clients and trustees, providing regular project updates and resolving complex queries.
• Attend and contribute to client and trustee meetings.
• Review, authorise, and quality-check project work and calculations.
• Support and mentor junior team members.
• Manage project budgets and identify opportunities for additional project work.
• Work closely with administration and client management teams to ensure successful delivery.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and operational excellence across project processes.
• Analyse and manipulate pension data using spreadsheets and reporting tools.

About You

We're keen to speak with candidates who have:

• Previous experience within pensions administration projects or a strong Defined Benefit (DB) pensions administration background.
• Solid technical pensions knowledge and the ability to explain complex issues to stakeholders.
• Experience managing projects, workloads, and competing deadlines.
• Strong Excel skills, including VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables, Index functions, and data analysis.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• A proactive, solution-focused approach and a passion for delivering high-quality client outcomes.
• Professional qualifications such as PMI, QRA, RPC, DPC, or DPA would be advantageous but are not essential.

Apply Now

If you're an experienced pensions professional looking to join a market-leading consultancy and work on some of the industry's most interesting project work, we'd love to hear from you.