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Our Pensions Managers provide strategic leadership and hands-on support. We can step in during periods of absence or organisational change, supporting strategic projects or working alongside your existing team when additional capacity is needed.
Flexible to the needs of your organisation, your Pensions Manager is backed by IGG’s wider team of specialists, providing continuity and access to additional pensions expertise whenever it is needed.
combined years of Pensions Manager experience within our independent team of governance experts.
Our Pensions Managers combine hands-on experience with the depth and specialist expertise of the wider IGG team.
A Pensions Manager supports day-to-day management, governance and delivery of pension arrangements, coordinating trustees, sponsors, advisers and providers to progress priorities ad ensure decisions are implemented effectively.
IGG can provide flexible, experienced support during recruitment gaps, extended leave, restructuring, strategic projects or periods of increased activity. Our professionals work as an extension of your team, maintaining continuity while bringing additional capacity and experience from UK and offshore pension arrangements.
Our Pensions Managers can supplement or take ownership of the day-to-day operation of your pension arrangements including scheme governance, business planning, risk and compliance, accounts, budgets, adviser and provider management, member communications, financial wellbeing and project delivery.
Our team has experience across DB, DC, hybrid, UK and offshore arrangements, enabling us to match the right skills and level of seniority to your requirements.
Our support is tailored to your needs. We can provide interim cover, work alongside your pensions, HR or governance team on a co-sourced basis, deliver a standalone project, or provide a fully outsourced Pensions Manager service.
Appointments can be short or long term, virtual or on-site, with the timing, seniority and mix of resource adjusted as your priorities evolve.
Outsourcing gives you immediate access to experienced pensions professionals without a lengthy recruitment process. With a dedicated Pensions Manager as your central point of contact, you can also draw quickly on the resource and specialist expertise of IGG’s wider team. This provides continuity, reduces key-person dependency and gives you flexible access to additional support whenever you need it.
Yes. Our Pensions Managers can access additional capacity and expertise for strategic pensions projects, governance improvement programmes, risk transfer activity and other scenarios of increased demand. We can lead the project or work alongside your existing team, scaling our support as the project progresses.
Our guiding principle is to provide the right person for the right work at the right level, with the flexibility to adapt the appointment as your needs change. We combine practical, hands-on delivery with the depth and strategic insight of IGG’s wider team. Structured support, peer oversight and ongoing regulatory training ensure our Pensions Managers understand your requirements and deliver consistently high-quality support.
This gives you an experienced professional who understands your organisation and operates as an extension of your team, supported by access to more than 80 pensions professionals with a broad range of skills and experience.
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