Public Services Pensions Advisory Specialist

3 weeks ago

Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom KPMG-UnitedKingdom Full time
Job Description

KPMG is expanding its Tax and Legal practice by enhancing its ability to offer support to clients in connection with their pensions obligations. Our pensions team collaborates with 2,400 plus Tax and Legal colleagues, and the new roles we are adding to the team will focus on delivering advice across our client base to advise them on matters relating to their pension provision and other pensions-related issues.

Key Responsibilities
  • Deliver high-quality actuarial pensions advice in relation to defined benefit pension schemes, with a focus on the public sector but also schemes in the private sector.
  • Work closely with senior members of the team in this service line, providing strategic journey planning, risk management, and endgame options, including the use of surplus.
  • Provide strategic funding advice to sponsors and advice on compliance with the DB funding code.
  • Pension due diligence on mergers and acquisitions.
  • Provision of member education and communication.
  • Advice on benefit change, benefit design, and implementation.
  • Advice on good governance and compliance.
  • Pensions accounting advice.
Requirements
  • Experience of working in pensions actuarial at either an employee benefit consultancy or other Big 4 firm.
  • Basic knowledge of defined benefit pension scheme valuations, roll-forward methodologies, LGPS funding methodologies, and actuarial techniques.
  • Understanding of the wider UK pensions landscape.
  • IT literate with sound knowledge and experience of MS Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word).
Technical Core Competencies
  • Understands relevant technical actuarial, accounting, and financial reporting standards, pension regulations, public service pension scheme, LGPS funding methodologies, and literature.
  • Exhibits and stays current on appropriate industry and specialized knowledge, and leverages KPMG methodologies.
  • Uses firm-approved tools and innovative technology solutions to increase quality, productivity, and data insights.
  • Applies professional scepticism, objectivity, and independence to pensions actuarial and accounting work.
  • Completes documentation and audit trails demonstrating an unwavering focus on quality and in line with the actuarial standards.
People & Culture
  • Embracing and embedding our culture ambition of high challenge, high support, which is grounded in Our Values.
  • Operating with a curious and sceptical mindset, ensuring that this is embedded in your everyday work.
  • Actively leading and embedding a coaching culture to get the best out of others in an environment where everyone in the team feels empowered to speak up or challenge where appropriate.
  • Being accountable, professional, and acting in the public interest, working for the benefit of shareholders of audited entities and wider society.
  • Being inclusive and embracing the opportunity to work with other teams across the firm in an integrated way. Having a sense of community, purpose, and fun.

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