Pensions Governance Consultant

Company: BWD Search & Selection
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Location: Manchester
Job Description:

Pensions Governance Consultant | Manchester | Hybrid (2 days/week in office)

A well established, award winning professional trustee firm is looking to add to their governance team.

This is a business that supports trustees and sponsors across a growing book of occupational pension schemes, from ongoing schemes through to wind ups and PPF assessment cases.

What you’ll be doing:

You’ll take ownership of good governance across a portfolio of schemes, including:

  • Adviser reviews and benchmarking exercises
  • ESOG requirement reviews
  • Member case reviews, including option and liability management exercises
  • Scheme secretarial duties, working closely with a Trustee Manager or Director on strategic decisions
  • Trustee board effectiveness and skills assessments
  • Annual regulatory reporting

You’ll also get involved in wider governance projects, so the ability to plan and deliver to deadline matters.

What they’re looking for:

  • Experience with DB or DC occupational pension schemes
  • Secretarial responsibilities including minute taking, agenda setting and meeting arrangements.
  • Comfortable across the full Microsoft Office suite
  • PPF experience is a plus
  • Project management experience
  • Working towards or holding a relevant qualification (PMI Award in Pensions Trusteeship, Associateship, or similar), with evidence of ongoing CPD

On offer:

26 days holiday, group life assurance, income protection, private medical insurance, discretionary bonus, pension contribution, salary and bonus sacrifice, yearly health assessment, support with professional qualifications, and a flex benefits platform to tailor the package to you.

Hybrid working, 2 days a week in the Manchester office.

Posted: July 5th, 2026