Senior Pensions Actuarial Specialist

4 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom GB035 Mercer (UK) Limited Full time

About the Role:

Mercer is seeking a Senior Pensions Actuarial Consultant to join our multi-disciplinary team who provides clients with leading edge advice across funding, investment, risk transfer and covenant.

Key Responsibilities:

  • 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.
  • 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, providing 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, agreeing 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, and be involved in new business prospect activity.
  • Participate in setting and negotiating fees, where appropriate and monitoring of fee budgets, providing guidance to and peer review the work of colleagues.

Requirements:

  • 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 strong understanding of a range of ways in which UK pension schemes operate.
  • A willingness to learn new skills and be adaptable in a changing environment.
  • Proven ability to build relationships with colleagues and clients.
  • Excellent planning and organisational abilities, in order to prioritise and complete work.

About Mercer:

Mercer is a global consulting leader in helping clients navigate complexity.



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