Remote Pension Calculation Implementation Lead

TELUS; Edmonton; Hybrid; CAD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Work from anywhere in Canada

Job summary

Telus Health seeks a Functional Lead to drive defined benefit pension plan implementations across North America. You will oversee a skilled team of analysts and verifiers, configuring the retirement benefit engine and ensuring accurate calculations.

The role requires extensive actuarial expertise, project leadership, and strong Excel/VBA skills. Travel to Canada and the United States may be needed; remote work is supported from anywhere in Canada.

Qualifications

• University degree in actuarial science, mathematics, project management, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in defined benefit pension plans.
• Experience with Canadian and/or American pension plans.
• Mastery of retirement benefit calculations and calculation engine configuration.
• Proficiency in Excel; ability to travel to Canada and the United States.
• Knowledge of Azure DevOps or similar work management tools; VBA programming.
• Continuing education in actuarial science; strong organizational skills and problem-solving ability.

Responsibilities

• Represent the benefit calculation implementation team to project management.
• Determine and manage the priorities of their implementation team.
• Plan deliverables considering the project scope and schedule.
• Identify potential risks and issues proactively.
• Be responsible for pension plan rules analysis documents.
• Provide technical support and supervise the configuration of the benefit calculation engine.
• Position themselves as the calculation engine expert within implementations.
• Support data conversion and data collections with technical stakeholders.
• Work closely with the product development team.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of implementation processes.

Skills

Pension calculation

Stakeholder management

Project leadership

Excel

Education

Actuarial science degree

Mathematics background

Project management

Continuing actuarial education

Tools

Azure DevOps

VBA programming

Job description

Telus Health seeks a Functional Lead to drive defined benefit pension plan implementations across North America. You will oversee a skilled team of analysts and verifiers, configuring the retirement benefit engine and ensuring accurate calculations.

The role requires extensive actuarial expertise, project leadership, and strong Excel/VBA skills. Travel to Canada and the United States may be needed; remote work is supported from anywhere in Canada.