Senior Actuarial Analyst - Pensions (Hybrid, Leeds)

XPS Group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary

25 days holidays

Pension matching

Healthcare plans

Life assurance

Retailer discounts

Flexible benefits

Volunteer days

Referral bonuses

Job summary

XPS Group in Leeds is seeking Actuarial Analysts to join the Pensions Technical Team. This role focuses on providing technical calculations for actuarial work and supporting the wider team.

You will receive on-the-job training, work with Radar funding software, and help develop standard calculation tools used across the actuarial business. The role offers hybrid work, a competitive salary, and opportunities for progression.

Qualifications

• Broad understanding of how UK pensions schemes operate and how to value pension scheme benefits for different purposes.
• Excellent planning skills with the ability to prioritise and complete work in accordance with deadlines.
• Experience with large datasets and actuarial software.
• Strong IT skills with good working knowledge of MS Office suite of products, in particular Excel.

Responsibilities

• Data analysis and manipulation.
• Running and understanding our calculation software.
• Calculating the total value of pension schemes’ benefits for various purposes.
• Processing a wide variety of individual pension scheme member calculations.
• Drafting written advice to clients following our various standards.
• Regular liaising and communicating within the team and with other departments at XPS, in addition to the opportunity to work alongside some of our other specialist teams.
• Reviewing the work of our apprentices and junior team members.
• Training junior team members.
• Developing internal standard processes and identifying new ways to work more efficiently.

Skills

Pensions knowledge

Planning skills

Data analysis

Excel

Tools

Actuarial software

Radar software

Job description

XPS Group in Leeds is seeking Actuarial Analysts to join the Pensions Technical Team. This role focuses on providing technical calculations for actuarial work and supporting the wider team.

You will receive on-the-job training, work with Radar funding software, and help develop standard calculation tools used across the actuarial business. The role offers hybrid work, a competitive salary, and opportunities for progression.