Pensions Consultant - Actuarial

Core-Asset Consulting Ltd; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services consultancy is looking for an experienced Pensions Consultant - Actuarial to join their team in various locations including Edinburgh. This role involves supporting clients in wind-up projects, managing teams, and developing client relationships while offering a highly competitive salary and a broader benefits package.

Benefits

Highly competitive salary

Wider benefits package

Qualifications

• Qualified Actuary with experience in consultancy or pension fund roles.
• Strong analytical, organisational, and influencing skills.
• Excellent written communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Leading and supporting strategic and technical aspects related to wind ups.
• Consulting with clients to agree on deliverables and budgets.
• Managing project delivery efficiently and within budget.

Skills

Organisational skills

Analytical skills

Influencing skills

Written communication skills

Education

Honours Degree

Professional qualification in pensions (APMI, AFPC, IFoA)

Job description

Job Description:

Our client, an esteemed financial services consultancy, is seeking an experienced Pensions Consultant - Actuarial to join their team in Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, or London.

This is an excellent opportunity to build relationships with key decision makers and support the progression of less experienced colleagues.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Qualified Actuary.
• Ideally, a professional qualification (or part-qualification) in pensions (e.g.APMI, AFPC or IFoA) and holder of an Honours Degree.
• Experience of operating successfully in a previous consultancy role or else have experience of leading and advising UK pension funds within a complex pension's environment in a Trustee Executive or Pension Scheme Management role.
• Strong organisational and analytical skills.
• Strong influencing skills.
• Good written communication skills.

Core Responsibilities:

• Leading and supporting on strategic and technical aspects related to wind ups.
• Consult with client contacts to agree budgets and deadlines for work, ensuring necessary service agreements are in place.
• Leading on a number of Buy-out and Wind-up projects including being the direct contact for the trustees/working party and liaising with other relevant stakeholders.
• Prospecting for future wind-up cases and helping them plan for their end game.
• Encourage effective communication within client teams to support the delivery of work and understanding of client commercials.
• Providing oversight and direction when both planning for and carrying out scheme wind up projects.
• Working collaboratively as part of the team in the preparation of advice including reviewing/checking calculations.
• Pitching for new business and supporting business development opportunities.
• Prepare client invoices within the internal deadlines and subject to internal procedures.
• Managing the delivery of our core services efficiently and in line with agreed utilisation and recovery objectives.
• Manage all work on nominated clients to ensure that work is done in a timely, efficient way and within budget including maintaining project plans.

Benefits

• A highly competitive salary
• Wider Benefits package

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

Job reference: 16118

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