The Law Debenture Group

Pension Trustee Director

The Law Debenture Group

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Delivery of Pension Trustee services: Developing a portfolio of pension scheme trusteeships and taking day-to-day responsibility for the schemes in your portfolio
  • Providing support as “cover” for other designated schemes in accordance with Law Debenture’s policy statement in relation to peer reviews and peer support
  • Working with colleagues on pension schemes where there are multiple Law Debenture trustees, for example, acting on a corporate sole trustee appointment or as chair or co-trustee on sub-committees or working parties where you may have particular expertise
  • Working alongside colleagues in our Pegasus (governance) business on project work on pension schemes involved in particular exercises, e.g. buy-ins and other insurance transactions, funding discussions, liability management exercises, corporate restructurings, service provider reviews
  • Taking responsibility for collecting and disseminating information on one or more technical areas relating to pension trusteeship
  • For the purposes of the above, to act as a director of The Law Debenture Pension Trust Corporation p.l.c.
  • Business development and client care: Helping to grow and market our pension trustee and Pegasus businesses, including securing new client opportunities from own personal network
  • Networking, maintaining and developing external relationships to support business growth
  • Developing marketing content – LinkedIn, website, service line brochures, case studies, blog content
  • Managing client/commercial relationships (e.g. responding to RFPs, client agreements, invoicing)
  • Representing Law Debenture on external bodies and at external events, e.g. conferences, seminars, debates
  • Team Management & Leadership: Participate and assist in the development of the Pension Trustee Team, including providing support, sharing knowledge and developing practices and procedures
  • General Duties: Contribute fully to the development and growth of the LawDeb business
  • Undertake training and development as appropriate and engage fully in the performance management process
  • Contribute to the LawDeb culture positively, attend meetings as required, and carry out duties willingly and diligently
  • Where regulatory rules apply, abide by these in spirit and fact
  • Carry out such other tasks as you may be reasonably directed to do by the senior management team from time to time

Requirements

  • Appropriate professional qualifications, APMI, actuarial, legal depending on area of specialisation
  • Completion of TPR’s Trustee Toolkit and PMI Award in Trusteeship (or willingness to do so within 6 months of appointment)
  • Existing Pensions Trustee experience (for example as a member or employer-nominated trustee) highly desirable as well as relevant experience at a senior level in the Pensions Industry
  • Demonstrable commercial approach
  • Strong experience of all types of occupational pension schemes/knowledge of pensions market
  • Business development experience
  • Ability to lead Board meetings and work well at Board level
  • High standards of professionalism, integrity and ability to maintain confidentiality
  • Generously collaborative, with excellent relationship- building ability and a clear focus on client care
  • A confident, articulate communicator both written and oral
  • Able to work with little supervision on own initiative and outside of comfort zone
  • A “sleeves-rolled-up” style of working; pro-active in continuously striving for improvements
  • Comfortable expressing an alternative view, evaluating advice (and advisers) and proposing a way forward
  • Taking accountability for own professional knowledge and progress
  • Resilience, willingness to listen, learn and incorporate feedback
Benefits
  • Competitive salary with performance bonus scheme
  • Generous pension contribution
  • Full healthcare cover
  • Health cash plan
  • Life assurance
  • Buy/sell annual leave scheme
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Pensions Trustee experienceOccupational pension schemesTrustee ToolkitPMI Award in TrusteeshipActuarial knowledgeLegal knowledgeBusiness developmentClient careProject managementLiability management
Soft Skills
LeadershipCollaborationRelationship buildingCommunicationInitiativeAccountabilityResilienceProfessionalismIntegrityAdaptability
Certifications
APMITrustee Toolkit completionPMI Award in Trusteeship