Associate Actuarial Consultant

Job Description:
We are working on a role for a nearly or recently qualified Associate Actuarial Consultant to join one of the UK’s leading pensions and investment firm. This role will sit in the consulting team and primarily focussing on UK defined benefit pension schemes. This is a great opportunity for an individual who is looking to grow and develop their career within the Actuarial space.
The successful candidate will have experience in within UK pension schemes and have relevant experience as an actuary.
Essential Skills/Experience:
* Near completion of the Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries exams (or equivalent recognised actuarial qualification).
* First class interpersonal and client relationship management skills.
* First class organisational and communication abilities.
* Proven ability to manage multiple and sometimes conflicting demands.
* Experience within the pension sector, ideally within Defined Benefits schemes
* Able to demonstrate a proactive approach in developing consultancy and management skills.
* A sound grounding in actuarial and computer techniques
Core Responsibilities:
* Managing the delivery of multiple actuarial projects across a portfolio of clients and responsibilities, ensuring that work is done on time, within budget, and to a high standard. Where multiple services are provided, work across all practices to ensure that the same standards are met.
* Taking on a wide-ranging portfolio of work while developing client exposure and essential business skills.
* Preparing client communications, presentations and reports and attending meetings with clients.
* Developing and maintaining a good working relationship with clients and third parties. Proactively raise topical issues and new ideas with clients in conjunction with the Client Director.
* Review or check actuarial calculations. For example (but not limited to) in respect of scheme funding, company accounting work, actuarial factors, and individual member calculations.
* There may also be opportunities to support other areas of the business (for example in DC, risk transfer, governance, proposition development and new business).
* Mentoring and supporting the development of less experienced members of the team and checking/reviewing their calculations where necessary.
* Working with teams to ensure that client invoices are completed within internal deadlines and subject to internal procedures.
* Ensure that appropriate scoping of work is carried out at the outset.
* Cascade all relevant information to the wider client team.
* Ensuring all work is undertaken in a rigorous, accurate and methodical manner.
* Ensuring comprehensive audit trails are maintained.
* Being aware of deadlines and planning work to meet deadlines.
* Maintaining a record of status of all work requested in accordance with agreed procedures.
* Presenting work in a clear and understandable manner to clients and colleagues as requested.
* Liaising with client managers and team leaders if there are conflicting demands from clients.
* Working with colleagues when necessary, on technical or client matters.
* Timely and careful time recording against appropriate client, matter, and job codes.
* Adhering to the firm's Information Security standards, policies, and procedures.
Benefits:
* 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: 15515
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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