Senior Pensions Actuarial Consultant (6DE2590)

Referment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Referment is collaborating with a UK analytics and actuarial consultancy to support trustees and sponsors on defined benefit issues. The department covers valuations, member options, and strategic advice, with a focus on growing its risk transfer practice.

You will split time between pensions actuarial work and pension risk transfer, tailoring your client mix and leveraging opportunities to broaden exposure.

Qualifications

• Qualified pensions actuary with UK experience in actuarial consulting.
• Excellent UK pensions technical knowledge including valuations and member options.
• Strong communication and ability to draft clear client-facing materials.
• Experience delegating tasks and mentoring junior colleagues.
• Commercial awareness, with ability to manage budgets.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate actuarial calculations and review advice with junior colleagues.
• Lead in pension risk transfer broking, liaising with insurers and managing projects.
• Work across schemes from small to large and complex.
• Collaborate with other specialist teams on longevity, GMP equalisation, etc.
• Attend industry networking events and build client relationships.

Skills

Pensions actuarial knowledge

Client advisory

Communication skills

Team leadership

Project coordination

Education

Qualified pensions actuary

Job description

Referment is working with a UK analytics and actuarial consultancy whose pensions actuarial department advises trustees and sponsors on a wide range of defined benefit issues. The team spans core actuarial valuations and member options advice through to strategic advice and project work, and sits alongside a specialist pension risk transfer practice. The department is growing, with a varied client mix from small schemes to those with over a billion pounds in assets.

The Role

You'll work across a range of clients, each with their own priorities, dividing your time between pensions actuarial and pension risk transfer work - the split is flexible depending on your strengths and interests. Everyone in the department has their own client mix, so you'll work with lots of different people to advise a range of clients.

• Coordinate actuarial calculations with less experienced colleagues and review those calculations along with the associated advice.
• Within the pension risk transfer team, take a central role in broking insurance transactions, liaising and negotiating with insurers, attending meetings and managing projects.
• Work on schemes of varying size, from small to large and complex.
• Take opportunities to join other specialist teams, for example covering longevity, GMP equalisation and Collective Defined Contribution schemes.
• Attend industry networking events.

What We're Looking For

• A qualified pensions actuary with demonstrable experience working in the UK pensions actuarial consulting environment.
• Excellent UK pensions technical knowledge, with the ability to review core technical work such as actuarial valuation and member options calculations and pensions accounting.
• Awareness of current issues and key hot topics in the UK pensions industry.
• Ability to draft clear communications and presentations.
• Ability to delegate tasks to less experienced team members, explaining the wider context.
• Commercial awareness, including the ability to consider agreed budgets when carrying out work.
• Excellent organisational skills and a team-player mentality, able to build strong relationships both within and outside the firm, and happy to support less experienced team members.

No prior experience of pension risk transfer work is required - training is provided; you simply need to be keen to learn and get involved. This could suit a qualified pensions actuary who wants broader client exposure, or one interested in developing de-risking expertise alongside core actuarial work. #Referment