Actuarial Analyst

Canadian Pacific Railway; Calgary; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join CPKC as an Actuarial Analyst at their Calgary office. You will play a crucial role in managing and analyzing data for pension plans, ensuring benefit security while contributing to a culture that values inclusion and accountability. This full-time position offers growth opportunities within a recognized actuarial team.

Benefits

Flexible and competitive benefits package

Employee share purchase plan

Annual fitness subsidy

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in defined benefit pension preferred.

Responsibilities

• Compile and validate data for actuarial valuations.
• Prepare financial statements for pension and benefit plans.
• Develop actuarial assumptions and conduct experience studies.

Skills

Analytical skills

Financial modeling

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Education

Undergraduate degree in actuarial science, finance, or mathematics

Job description

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Actuarial Analyst

Join CPKC, North America’s first transnational railroad connecting U.S. Canada and Mexico, where your career drives progress and safety is paramount. We connect communities, fuel economic growth, and provide meaningful work in a culture that values diversity, accountability, and pride. With opportunities for training, development, and advancement, you’re not just building a career—you’re part of something bigger. Together, we move goods, connect people, and create lasting change. Your future starts here.

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:

CPKC’s internal actuarial team oversees the company’s defined benefit pension and other post-retirement benefit plans across Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, including the Canadian pension plan – one of the oldest and largest corporate plans in the country with over $14 billion in assets. As part of CPKC’s broader pension team, which was recently recognized with a 2025 CEO Award for Excellence, the actuarial team provides strategic guidance to executive leadership and ensures benefit security for over 30,000 plan members. Supporting the actuarial team across its broad range of core functions and special projects, the Actuarial Analyst will analyze complex data, prepare financial reports and communicate actuarial insights to stakeholders. This full-time, permanent role is based at CPKC’s global head office in Calgary, Alberta, and reports to the Advisor Pension Plan Management.

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Compile and validate data for actuarial valuations
• Prepare financial statements for pension and other post-retirement benefit plans
• Develop actuarial assumptions and conduct experience studies
• Document internal controls for Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) compliance
• Support asset-liability studies, plan design reviews and other special projects
• Perform additional duties as needed

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Undergraduate degree in actuarial science, finance, mathematics or other relevant field
• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience; defined benefit pension experience strongly preferred
• Excellent analytical, financial modelling and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail

WHAT CPKC HAS TO OFFER:

• Flexible and competitive benefits package
• Competitive company pension and/or retirement plans
• Employee share purchase plan
• Performance incentive plan
• Annual fitness subsidy

PRE-EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS:

• Criminal history check
• Education verification
• Professional references

BECOMING A RAILROADER:

As an employee with a North American presence, the possibility does exist that the location of your position may be changed based on organizational requirements.

Management Conductor Program

Becoming a qualified conductor or locomotive engineer is the single best way for a management employee to learn the business at CPKC. You may be required to obtain a certification or to maintain your current certification/qualification as a conductor or locomotive engineer.

CULTURE OF INCLUSION:

For our U.S. applicants, CPKC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, inclusive of protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For Canadian applicants CPKC is an employment equity employer committed to the principles of employment equity and inclusion. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply including: women, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), members of the LGBTQ+ community and people with disabilities. Accommodations for the job application process can be provided, as appropriate, upon request. All applicant information will be managed in accordance with the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).