Our client has an opportunity for an Actuarial Analyst to join them on a permanent basis. We are looking for someone with DB pensions experience to join the Special Project's team, and ideally you will come from a technical or administration pensions background with experience of pensions calculations and advanced excel skills (vLookups/Macros).
Role: Actuarial Analyst
Location: Fully Remote
Hours: Monday to Friday, 09:00-17:30
Salary: Up to £48,000 DoE
Responsibilities:
Taking a significant role on a wide range of DB pensions projects for occupational DB pension clients, public sector DB pension clients and bulk annuity providers and may include any/all of the below plus other project types as they arise:
Benefits and data due diligence
Benefit calculation audits
Data validation and improvement/creation projects
Calculations testing (both doing calculations to test against automated results and using pensions knowledge to identify errors in/improve automated calculations)
Benefit summary specification creation or review
Attending client meetings or calls
Acting as the client's primary point of contact on some projects
Documenting issues/results with clear communication style by email and phone
Producing/reviewing consulting reports on projects, as requiredWork includes:
Benefit calculation audits
Data validation/audits and improvement/creation projects
Benefits and data due diligence
Benefit correction/rectification exercises
Benefit calculation proforma for administration teams to use on smaller clients
Calculations testing (both doing calculations to test against automated results and using pensions knowledge to identify errors in/improve automated calculations)
Benefit summary specification creation or review
Documenting issues/results with clear communication style by email and phone
Liaising with internal contacts across the wider pensions business
Drafting consulting reports on projects, as required
Requirements:
Experience in a technical or administration role in DB pensions or currently working in an actuarial team this could be part qualified or qualified by experience
18-24 months experience working at a checking level
Advanced Microsoft Excel
Pensions calculations
Experience with public sector pensions is an advantage
A practical, wide/deep knowledge of occupational DB pensions
Flexibility to work on different types of DB pensions projects, sometimes simultaneously
Ability to deliver to tight timescales
Clear communication with actuaries and non-actuaries
Meticulous attention to detail
Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
Experience of supporting and developing analysts through project work
Good team player, with excellent attitude and flexible approach to work
What's in it for you?
23 days' holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave
Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks' fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks…and plenty more
Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform