Pensions Actuarial Consultant (Winchester)
LCP is an award-winning actuarial and analytics consultancy providing advice on pensions, investments, employee benefits, insurance, health and energy.
We have an exciting opportunity for a technically strong and experienced nearly/newly qualified Consultant to join our team. This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious career minded individual wanting a challenging and rewarding career.
The team
Our pensions actuarial department is very well known and very highly respected within our industry. We advise a large range of clients, both Trustee and Corporate, and count a significant share of the FTSE companies receiving advice from across our business.
If you desire to be part of a client and people focussed organisation where opportunities to work with senior, well known industry professional are the rule, not the exception and where you will be supported to develop your skills to make you the best you can be then we would love to hear from you.
As a consultant joining the pensions actuarial department what can you expect?
1. Working with a variety of clients, some trustee and some corporate, for a range of scheme types and sizes
2. Attending client meetings with the client partner
3. Presenting technical issues at a client meeting from time to time
4. Acting as a key point of contact for clients on a day-to-day basis, by phone and e-mail
5. Managing a small team of actuarial staff to produce client work on time and within budget
6. Providing training from time to time to more junior actuarial staff
7. Leading the core work on actuarial valuations for funding purposes, solvency testing and buy-in analysis
8. Drafting pieces of advice, either from scratch or using template documents or precedents, to a standard where they are ready to be sent out
9. Reviewing draft trust deeds and rules and member booklets
10. Reviewing individual member calculations including transfers-in, transfers-out, early retirements, benefit augmentations, maximum authorised cash lump sums and taxation limits
11. Producing sets of factors for transfers-in, transfers-out, early retirement, commutation etc and specifying benefit calculations for pensions administrators
12. Drafting announcements to members and advising on member communications
13. Calculations for disclosure in company accounts (under IAS19 and/or US GAAP)
14. Estimating Pension Protection Fund levies and calculating Actuarial Certificates of Deficit Reduction Contributions
15. Preparing cash flows for use in asset-liability models
16. Monitoring pension scheme funding levels on an ongoing basis - this might be used as part of a dynamic investment strategy
17. Taking a pro-active role in keeping clients up-to-date on technical developments and anticipating their needs, and keeping the client partner informed of progress
18. Liaising with other client advisers, both internal and external, to ensure efficient provision of advice
19. Helping respond to invitations to tender for new business and potentially being involved in business pitches
What essential skills and personal qualities do I need to apply for this role?
20. You must be about to become a qualified FIA / FFA or have post qualification experience
21. Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
22. Be fully conversant with all technical aspects of UK pensions work
23. Supervisory experience of more junior actuarial staff
24. Ability work to tight deadlines
25. Commitment to delivering high quality work to clients and developing your career at LCP
26. Ability demonstrate commercial awareness and be pro-active with clients.
What’s in it for you?
Take a look at our 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:
27. Hybrid working (varies by role and department)
28. professional study support (where applicable)
29. Access to our internal Wellbeing, LGBTQ+, Multicultural and Women’s networks
For your family:
30. Life assurance, income protection, enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption and shared parental leave
For your health:
31. 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
32. Private medical insurance
33. Discounted gym memberships, critical illness and dental insurance through our flexible benefits
34. Eye care vouchers
35. Cycle to work scheme
36. Digital GP services
For your wealth:
37. Competitive pension scheme
38. Discretionary bonus scheme
39. High street discounts
40. Season ticket loans
For others:
41. Volunteering opportunities
For the environment:
42. Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme (qualifying period applies)