Benefits

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. You're part of Standard Life on a daily basis, and that's why we make our working environments places where you can be happy, involved, and supported.

Competitive salary and benefits package
Right from the start, your salary will be one of the best in the market for your role. We'll review it annually, and add performance related bonuses based on how well the company does, and how much you contribute to that success. The package includes generous annual leave, a pension, and flexi-time (for some roles) as well as the opportunity to choose many other benefits. The list below gives an idea of what is available - the full package is explained to you at your induction session.

  • Group Flexible Retirement Plan
  • Private medical insurance
  • Personal accident insurance
  • Employee share purchase scheme
  • Life assurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Health assessments
  • Credit Expert
  • Service awards
  • Holiday buy/sell
  • Holiday banks
  • Language training
  • Lifestyle management
  • Cycle to work
  • Wine
  • Retail vouchers
  • Parking discounts
  • Catering
  • Season ticket loan
  • Childcare vouchers
Lifelens is our new employee wealth and benefits platform. It's the only fully integrated benefits platform, which lets employees manage their benefits, save and invest. Lifelens integrates seamlessly with our HR and payroll systems, and gives each employee a single, personalised view of all their benefits - and a snapshot of why Standard Life is a great place to work. Above all, it makes managing your own package at Standard Life easy and flexible.
Leadership development
Developing future leaders supports our own aspirations as a company. We've developed our own award winning programme that helps you find your own style of leadership, and play to your strengths in the context of our strategic agenda.
Training and professional qualifications
Our Qualifications Centre is a kind of in-house college where we can help you with your professional aspirations with certificates, diplomas or NVQs in a variety of subject areas, right through to full qualification as a Finance Professional. We'll also support you with study leave and financial help for professional qualifications.
Recognition
Special recognition events take place throughout the year where you could be nominated by colleagues or managers in recognition of your contribution to Standard Life or to team and volunteer activities outside of work. One example is The Chairman's Awards, where the efforts of our people in education, environment, fundraising and volunteering are celebrated.
Retirement
As you'd expect from a leading financial services provider, our Group Flexible Retirement Plan is one of the best around. The company makes a 9% monthly contribution into the plan on your behalf - you can join and make no payments from your salary and still benefit from our contributions of 9%. If you do choose to join you will make savings on tax and national insurance. You have complete freedom and control over how the payments are invested, and you can pay additional lump sums into this at any time (subject to Inland Revenue maximum limits and the plan's minimum limits). With this generous pension scheme you can feel confident that you are planning well for your retirement.