Actuarial Consultant

Job Description:

Our client, a leading financial services firm, have an exciting opportunity for an Actuarial Consultant to join their team in either Edinburgh, London, Glasgow, or Birmingham.

• Professional qualification (or part-qualification) in pensions (e.g.
  
  APMI, AFPC or IFoA).


• Educated to at least A' level/Scottish Higher level or with demonstrable equivalent experience - ideally an Honours Degree holder.


• Experience of operating successfully in a previous consultancy role or else have experience of leading and advising UK pension funds within a complex pension's environment in a Trustee Executive or Pension Scheme Management role.


• Technical competence and solid understanding of the legislative framework for UK pension schemes including disclosure requirements and statutory reporting requirements.


• Have some broader experience in areas such as corporate transactions, risk transfer, liability management exercises, pensions aspects of sale agreements, or dealing with the practical aspects of bulk transfers.


• Understand related employee benefits issues to advise clients on strategy and liaise effectively with other disciplines within the Firm.


• Strong influencing skills and ability to positively and sensitively work with senior stakeholders.


• Strong organisational and analytical skills, with the ability to deal with ambiguity and rapid change.


• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders with varying objectives.


• Ability to find ways of solving or pre-empting problems.


• Ability to align people behind a vision and motivate them to achieve it.


• Good written communication skills.

• Leading (or supporting) on strategic and technical aspects related to wind ups, e.g.
  
  comparing scheme factors to insurer factors, carrying out winding up lump sum exercises, inputting into funding reserves and providing surplus balance sheets.


• Helping to develop the Scheme wind ups proposition, build relationships within the team and share ideas.


• Working collaboratively as part of the team in the preparation of advice including reviewing/checking calculations undertaken by more junior team members, and peer review of client work for other colleagues.


• Providing oversight and direction when both planning for and carrying out scheme wind up projects.


• Encourage effective communication within client teams to support the delivery of work and understanding of client commercials.


• Provide leadership, role modelling and mentoring to all members of the client team, including helping to proactively identify and uncover client development opportunities and/or potential threats and weaknesses.


• Prospecting for future wind-up cases and helping them plan for their end game.


• Prepare client invoices within the internal deadlines and subject to internal procedures.


• Leading on several wind-up projects including being the direct contact for the trustees/working party and liaising with other relevant stakeholders.


• Delivering training to clients.

• A highly competitive salary


• Wider Benefits package

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

Job reference: 15759

To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

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