Covenant & Financial Analysis Analyst

Lane Clark & Peacock LLP.; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent financial consultancy firm in London seeks a financial analyst to join the Covenant & Financial Analysis team. The role involves supporting defined benefit pension schemes and analyzing financial data across various sectors. The ideal candidate has a degree in finance or accounting and excellent analytical and communication skills. A hybrid working model is available, along with a competitive benefits package.

Benefits

Professional study support

Life assurance

Income protection

Private medical insurance

Volunteering opportunities

Qualifications

• Degree in accounting, finance, economics, or a related subject.
• At least one year of experience in a financial analysis role.
• Excellent analytical skills with knowledge of financial accounts and data.

Responsibilities

• Support DB pension schemes with financial strength assessments.
• Analyze company accounts and market data for advice.
• Communicate financial narratives clearly to clients and colleagues.

Skills

Analytical skills

Clear communication

Team player

MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint)

Attention to detail

Education

Degree in accounting, finance, or economics

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

Salary - 35-38K DOE plus benefits (please see bottom of the advert for a summary of benefits)

Hybrid Working - in keeping with departmental requirements

Closing date for applications - 5pm on Friday 1 August (may close earlier due to volume of applications)

At LCP we love what we do, and it shows. We help our clients make good decisions based on insightful analysis, industry expertise, and game-changing technology. We’re a firm of over 1200 people, united by a clear purpose: we fuse human expertise with powerful analytics to shape a more positive future to help our clients make better decisions. Working across a wide range of sectors - including pensions, investments, insurance, energy, health, sports and data analytics, we help our clients navigate complexity to take the actions that matter.

What\u2019s the role?

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Covenant & Financial Analysis team.You’ll support our continued growth in our core market (defined benefit (DB) pensions) while also contributing to our diversification strategy into fast-growing areas such as the energy transition and sports advisory.

We apply our financial analysis expertise across a number of different areas at LCP, which makes the work varied, intellectually stimulating and a great opportunity to learn. You’ll be part of a friendly and ambitious team that is growing rapidly and doing work that makes a difference.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a background in accounting, finance or economics, who is excited to join an ambitious and fast-moving business.

Responsibilities

What will you be doing?

• Supporting DB pension schemes by assessing and giving opinions on the financial strength of sponsoring employers
• Analysing company accounts, forecasts and wider market data to support advice
• Assessing and commenting on company sustainability strategies
• Communicating the financial story of a company clearly and visually to clients and colleagues
• Working with colleagues across LCP to provide financial input into broader consultancy projects
• Supporting our energy transition research with analysis on financial trends of key players in the sector
• Contributing to the development of internal tools, marketing material and new business proposals

As an analyst, you will focus on data collection and analysis, supporting your colleagues in delivering strategic and commercial advice to clients. There is a huge opportunity to develop your consulting skills with a view to be delivering advice directly to clients.

You will be trained and supported in building your knowledge of DB pensions regulation and guidance, which plays a key role in shaping our advice, and have ongoing access to technical and non-technical training.

Qualifications and experience

What skills, qualities, qualifications and experience are we looking for?

• A degree in accounting, finance, economics or a related subject, or a relevant professional accounting or finance qualification
• Some experience (ideally at least one year) working in a financial analysis role
• Excellent analytical skills, with a strong understanding of financial accounts and data
• Clear communication skills both written and verbal
• A team player who enjoys working with others to solve complex problems
• Confidence to suggest new ways of working and explore innovative ideas
• Excellent MS Office skills, in particular Excel and PowerPoint
• An openness to using new technologies (such as AI tools) to enhance team efficiency and impact
• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
• An ability to work across multiple sectors and adapt quickly
• A genuine interest in finance is essential; knowledge or interest in DB pensions or the energy transition is a plus but not essential as full training will be given
• A commitment to delivering high quality work to clients and developing your career at LCP

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to undertake and complete a work related task for submission. Selected candidates will then have a 1st interview on Teams and a 2nd interview will be in person at our London office

What\u2019s in it for you? Benefits

Take a look at our Glassdoor and Career stories pages to see why our people love being here! As well as joining a multi-award winning, fun, collaborative, people first organisation where your personal and professional skills will be developed to make you the best you can be, we offer an attractive benefits package designed to promote your overall wellbeing so that you are able to perform to your full potential both in and out of work. Currently our core benefits package includes:

For you:

• Professional study support (where applicable)
• Access to our internal Wellbeing, LGBTQ+, Multicultural and Women\u2019s networks

For your family:

• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption and shared parental leave

For your health:

• 26 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time working) plus bank holidays (most of which can be taken flexibly!) with options to buy & sell holiday
• Private medical insurance
• Discounted gym memberships, critical illness and dental insurance through our flexible benefits
• Cycle to work scheme
• Digital GP services

For your wealth:

• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Season ticket loans

For others:

• Volunteering opportunities

And much more!

We continuously strive to build an inclusive workplace where all forms of diversity are valued, including age, background, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or sexual orientation.

LCP is committed to making our opportunities accessible to all and would welcome you getting in touch to let us know if an adjustment can be made to help with your application. This may be extra time for assessments, pre-interview site visits, interview structure or questions, or asking us about building accessibility. Whatever it may be, please get in touch via our dedicated email address - [e-mail] to discuss how we can support you with your application.

Recruitment agencies

LCP operates a Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for recruitment agencies which is reviewed annually. We do not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies who are not part of our currentPSL. LCP only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place, and the agency has been instructed by a member of our recruitment team to supply CVs via the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) for a legitimate, open vacancy. If this process is not adhered to, LCP reserve the right to contact these candidates directly and have discussions with them without paying any agency fees. We do not pay agency fees when speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to any employee or Partner at LCP.