Associate Director, Pension Actuary, Assurance

Deloitte LLP; Manchester, Leeds, Greater London, Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial consulting firm is seeking Actuarial Associate Directors. This role involves testing pensions liability calculations, managing client relationships, and leading teams while working on audits for pension schemes. Qualifications include a recognized actuarial qualification, leadership experience, and strong communication skills. The position offers hybrid working options in cities like Manchester, ensuring a diverse and dynamic working environment.

Qualifications

• Be FIA, FFA, AIA or AFA qualified or making good progress towards an actuarial qualification.
• Experience delivering defined benefit pension work streams.
• Experience working with trustees or corporate sponsors.

Responsibilities

• Independently test pensions liability calculations.
• Investigate and challenge actuarial assumptions used by advisors.
• Prepare and review audit documentation.

Skills

Excellent facilitation and communication skills

Experience managing client relationships

Solid team leadership experience

Advanced level of Microsoft Excel

Education

FIA, FFA, AIA or AFA qualified

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Coding software (e.g., VBA, R, or Python)

Job description

The Actuarial, Pensions and Rewards Practice within the Audit and Assurance line is a rapidly growing team of actuaries, employee benefits specialists and modelling experts.

The team provides audit and assurance services to trustees and corporate sponsors of pension schemes.

The team has collectively over 200 years’ experience and has an ambitious 5-year growth plan. In light of this we are currently seeking new members of staff to work within our pensions team.

From the outset, you'll enjoy exposure to a broad and varied client base, enabling you to increase your market knowledge across a wide range of industries.

Actuarial Associate Directors Responsibilities

• Independently test pensions liability calculations and benchmark proposed assumptions for corporate accounts.
• Investigate and challenge the actuarial assumptions and methodologies used by corporate actuarial advisors.
• Prepare and review audit documentation.
• Present findings to Deloitte audit teams, corporate pension managers, financial controllers, finance directors and/or audit committees.
• Work on wider pensions, reward, HR, and analytics projects from time to time.
• Participate in structured appraisal, continuous training and ongoing supportive feedback to achieve personal and team goals.

Qualifications

• Be FIA, FFA, AIA or AFA qualified or making good progress towards an actuarial qualification or equivalent.
• Experience delivering defined benefit pension work streams or projects, in a consulting or in‑house environment.
• Experience with trustees and/or corporate sponsors.
• Excellent facilitation and communication skills.
• Experience managing client relationships.
• Solid team leadership experience.
• Advanced level of Microsoft Excel.
• Knowledge of coding software (e.g., VBA, R and/or Python) is desirable but not essential.

Location

You’ll be based in Birmingham, Leeds, London or Manchester with hybrid working.