Pensions Actuarial Consultant - London, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast, Birmingham
Mercer is seeking a Pensions Actuarial Consultant to join our multi-disciplinary team who provides clients with leading edge advice across funding, investment, risk transfer and covenant.
What can you expect:
As a Pensions Actuarial Consultant you will be working in a team to develop and deliver customised advice and solutions to clients (trustee and corporates) with a primary focus on DB pension schemes as many navigate the journey towards their long-term objective.
What’s in it for you:
Execllent work life balance with the option to work on a hybrid basis
Competitive salary + discretionary bonus, comprehensive benefits programs including: excellent pension contributions, private health insurance, flexible benefits, full study support and much more!
25 days’ holiday with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year
We will count on you to:
Lead on the preparation and delivery of both day-to-day, and strategic advice, with a focus on finding tailored solutions that meet clients’ needs
Lead client meetings and presentations
Provide an informed view on current topics based on client circumstances, and tailoring advice as appropriate
Utilise strong technical actuarial skills used to consult with clients, and the ability to communicate with clients in a clear and succinct manner
Act as final technical reviewer for actuarial calculations
Agree the strategy, direction and resourcing for client work
Perform supervision, appraisals and act as a mentor for employees under supervision (if applicable) or informally via feedback on client work
Act as day to day contact for clients responsible for ensuring problem resolution
Be involved in new business prospect activity
Participate in setting and negotiating fees, where appropriate and monitoring of fee budgets
Provide guidance to and peer review the work of colleagues
What you need to have:
Fully qualified Actuary/ nearing qualification
An awareness of current pension issues and how these impact clients, including key considerations and ability to talk about these and tailor your response to specific circumstances
Excellent communication skills, strong analytical, numerical and critical thinking skills, including a good understanding of actuarial approaches for pensions
Ability to manage projects, including distribution of work to junior colleagues
A good understanding of a range of ways in which UK pension schemes operate
What makes you stand out:
Significant experience working with trustees and/or corporates on DB pensions within an actuarial consultancy role
Excellent communication skills
Demonstrated business acumen, adaptability and a desire to be in front of clients, all underpinned by the required technical skills
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Mercer believes in building brighter futures by redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and well-being. Mercer’s more than 20,000 employees are based in 43 countries and the firm operates in over 130 countries. Mercer is a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), the world’s leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people, with more than 85,000 colleagues and annual revenue of over $23 billion. Through its market-leading businesses including Marsh, Guy Carpenter and Oliver Wyman, Marsh McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment. For more information, visit mercer.com. Follow Mercer on LinkedIn and X.
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