Associate (Placement) - Actuarial (Original)

2 weeks ago

Belfast, United Kingdom XPS Pensions Group Full time

**Contractual hours**

36.25

**Basis**

Full time

**Region**

Northern Ireland

**Job category/type**
- XPS Pensions

**Date posted**

02/10/2025

**Job reference**

REQ003184

**Student Placement - Actuarial Team**

**Location**:Belfast

**Grade**:Associate

**Employment Type**:Full-time, Permanent

REQ003184

**About**XPS Group**:
XPS Group is a prominent UK consultancy and administration firm within the pensions and insurance sectors.

As a FTSE 250 company with over 2000 employees, we leverage expertise alongside advanced technology to serve over 1,400 pension schemes and their sponsors. Our goal is to foster a workplace where diverse talents thrive.

**About the Team**:
Our actuaries work closely with trustees and plan sponsors to devise a funding plan suited to each scheme - within the constraints of legislation. The Belfast office provides actuarial and consultancy advice to a range of trustee and corporate clients and is part of a larger actuarial community across our other UK office locations. We use plain English believing that clarity is as important as accuracy in the delivery of actuarial advice.

**About the Role**:
Our placement students are exposed to a variety of real client issues and from the start you will become a valuable member of a motivated, supportive and sociable team. Our students are exposed to all aspects of the work of our actuarial team, for example carrying out valuations of benefits for pension schemes and individual members. We believe that the experience we offer our placement students allows them to develop invaluable skills that will help them greatly with their future studies and career.

**Your Profile**:
**Essential**:

- Excellent interpersonal skills
- A client-focused approach with the potential and desire to deliver excellent client service
- Well-developed communication skills, both orally and in writing, and suitable for a diverse range of people
- An ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and an aptitude for working with people
- An eagerness to take on responsibility and an ability to manage multiple demands on your time
- Ideally, you will be competent in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, and have a general interest in our industry.

**Qualifications**:

- You will also need to have achieved an A grade (or higher) at A-Level (or equivalent qualification) in mathematics.

**What We Offer**:
**How to Apply**:
**Equal Opportunity Statement**:
**Eligibility**:
Any employment offer made will be conditional upon you satisfying DBS Disclosure checks, Employment or educational references, Satisfactory credit checks and eligibility to work in the UK before an offer can be made. XPS Group is not able to provide sponsorship to employees.

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