Redington is an award-winning, independent Investment Consultancy that designs, develops and delivers investment and risk management strategies to pension funds, insurance companies and wealth managers, and helps them to define and reach their goals. The firm focuses on understanding clients’ needs and provides bespoke, outcome-oriented advice supported by market-leading analytics

Since 2006 Redington has grown to a team of 125 individuals, including 65+ investment professionals. The team has a combined total of over 300 years of investment consulting, actuarial, capital markets and asset management experience. The firm provides advice to 80 clients, ten of the top 30 pension funds in the UK, and has over £400bn in assets under consulting.

Redington is looking for Investment Consultants (Analyst level) to join the team

The Investment Consulting Analyst Role

The Investment Consulting (IC) team is the face of Redington. The IC team delivers all of Redington’s Investment Consulting advice.

As a member of the IC team you will be responsible for:

• Work on delivering investment advice to the Firm’s clients, both large and small. We offer as much responsibility as you are ready for
• The preparation of client presentations and reports
• Attendance at client meetings and presenting to clients

• Helping to produce "iRIS", our bespoke risk and performance monitoring tool.

• Working closely with Asset Liability Management & Investment Strategy, and Manager Research teams in order to develop investment strategies that meet our clients’ needs
• Addressing day-to-day client queries
• Aiding senior consultants in preparing pitch books and responding to Requests for Proposals
• Writing thought-pieces, articles and blogs for our publications and website

• Keeping up to date with financial markets across all asset classes and understanding how changes in these markets will impact pension funds.

• Attendance at industry events, such as education sessions, conferences, etc.

The work will be primarily with Defined Benefit pension schemes but there will also be the opportunity to work on Defined Contribution pensions.

Essential Skills

• Excellent academic record (minimum 2.1 undergraduate degree awarded/to be awarded) and a highly analytical mind;
• Strong Interest in finance and capital markets;
• Commitment to learning about pensions (if no prior pensions experience);
• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills;
• A flexible approach, high personal standards and attention to detail;
• Possess initiative and an ability to work well under pressure;
• Be willing to question conventional wisdom and to suggest creative solutions;
• Ability to distil complex concepts in a clear and succinct way to audiences of varying technical expertise;
• Ability to work independently on assignments (e.g. client papers and reports) after an initial training period.

Why work for Redington?

• This is an excellent opportunity for the right candidate to join a dynamic and rapidly expanding firm with an enjoyable, friendly and collegiate culture.
• The company is able to offer a highly competitive salary and benefits package to include discretionary annual bonus consideration.
• Redington operate a genuinely flat structure enabling exceptional performers to progress quickly.
• Redington prides themselves on being at the cutting edge of the investment consulting industry. All of our employees have the opportunity to get involved in developing the latest solutions to our clients’ challenges.
• You will also have the opportunity to get involved in extra-curricular areas, such as RedStart, the financial education initiative for young people that was launched by Redington employees in 2013, or one of Redington’s sports teams.

Benefits

Our current benefits for all our grad/ analysts roles include:

• Life Assurance – 4 x basic salary
• Critical Illness – 2 x basic salary
• Private Medical Insurance – cover for employee and his/her family
• Cycle Scheme – option to buy a bike via the company over a 12 month period, tax and ni free
• Childcare vouchers – option to buy tax/NI free vouchers to pay for registered childcare
• 25 days holiday plus 3 days over Christmas and day off for birthday
• Season Ticket Loan
• Stock Options – these are generally awarded as part of the annual salary review process

If you are interested in this opportunity, please click on the apply now button.

Please refer to our website for further details about the company: www.redington.co.uk