Associate Actuarial Consultant (Public Sector Consulting)

Hymans Robertson; Glasgow (KY); Hybrid; USD 56,000 - 83,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits package

Mentoring opportunities

Aspire learning portal access

Volunteer leave

Birthday leave

On-site mental health support

Job summary

Hymans Robertson seeks an Associate Actuarial Consultant to join our Actuarial Public team supporting LGPS funds and public sector clients. You will work across actuarial and consulting work, building technical expertise, and developing client relationships.

You will help manage a portfolio of LGPS authorities, contribute to valuations and funding discussions, and grow your consulting and leadership skills within a collaborative, supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Progress toward actuarial qualification (IFoA)
• Pensions actuarial work experience preferred
• Strong technical actuarial skills and modelling capability
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
• Interest in LGPS and public sector pensions

Responsibilities

• Act as client coordinator across accounts, delivering on time and within budget
• Prepare and check actuarial calculations including valuations and disclosures
• Develop client communications, reports and presentations
• Build and maintain strong client relationships and understand client objectives
• Coach and support junior colleagues and contribute to process improvements

Skills

Actuarial calculations

Funding valuations

Client management

Excel

Education

Part-qualified actuary

Tools

Actuarial software

Job description

The Vacancy

Our Actuarial Public team sits at the heart of our public sector consulting practice, partnering with Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds and other public sector clients to provide trusted advice on some of their most important pension challenges. They combine strong technical expertise with commercial and strategic thinking, helping clients manage funding, risk and regulatory requirements while keeping member outcomes at the forefront. Their work is diverse and rewarding, often bringing together specialists from across our actuarial, investment, administration and technology teams to deliver innovative solutions and make a lasting impact in the public sector pensions landscape.

We have an exciting opportunity for an Associate Actuarial Consultant to join our growing team. This is an ideal role for a part-qualified actuary looking to build on their technical expertise, develop strong client relationships and gain exposure to a broad range of actuarial and consulting work across the LGPS.

What will your role look like?

As an Associate Actuarial Consultant, you'll work closely with colleagues across our Actuarial Public Business Unit, as well as others from our investment, governance, administration and technology teams, to deliver high-quality advice and excellent outcomes for our clients.

You’ll support a portfolio of clients, predominantly LGPS administering authorities and participating employers, helping them navigate complex pensions challenges and make informed decisions. You'll have the opportunity to develop your technical expertise, consulting skills and client management experience, while contributing to innovative projects and service developments across the business.

Though this is a varied role, your key responsibilities will include:

• Acting as a client co-ordinator on a portfolio of client accounts, ensuring work is delivered on time, within budget and to a high standard.
• Preparing and checking a range of actuarial calculations, including funding valuations, accounting disclosures and calculations in respect of employers joining or leaving LGPS funds.
• Preparing client communications, reports and presentations and attending client meetings.
• Building and maintaining strong client relationships, developing an understanding of clients' wider challenges and objectives.
• Managing aspects of client account administration, including monitoring work in progress and liaising with internal and external stakeholders.
• Supporting and developing less experienced colleagues through coaching, training and sharing knowledge.
• Contributing to proposition development, process improvement initiatives and the delivery of wider business objectives.
• Undertaking people management responsibilities where appropriate.
• Acquiring and maintaining a strong understanding of the firm's products, services and areas of expertise.

If you enjoy and have experience of the following, we think you'll love this opportunity:

• Making progress towards qualification with the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.
• Experience of pensions actuarial work and an understanding of the legislative framework affecting UK pension schemes.
• Strong technical actuarial skills, including experience of actuarial calculations and pension valuations.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build trusted relationships with clients and colleagues.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and competing deadlines.
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills.
• A proactive approach to learning and developing technical, consulting and leadership skills.
• The ability to work collaboratively and contribute positively to team success.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, supported by excellent attention to detail.
• An interest in developing a career within the Local Government Pension Scheme and wider public sector pensions market.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and confidence working with large datasets.

We would also encourage applications from candidates who may not yet meet every requirement listed above. If you have a solid foundation of relevant experience, are progressing with your actuarial qualifications and are motivated to learn and develop, we'd love to hear from you. We provide a supportive environment, excellent coaching and a range of opportunities to help you build a rewarding actuarial career with us.

In Addition To a Competitive Salary, We Offer

• A flexible selection of employee benefits, so you can choose a package that best matches your lifestyle and needs.
• A collaborative and supportive work environment where your thinking and ideas are encouraged.
• A commitment to helping you develop both personally and professionally, with mentoring opportunities and access to our award-winning learning portal, Aspire.
• Regular social activities, in addition to three days paid volunteering leave each year and a day’s leave to celebrate your birthday.
• On site mental health and wellbeing support.

We are looking for the successful candidate to be based in our Glasgow or London office. We offer hybrid working so you can enjoy the positive wellbeing of working from home as well as the benefits of meeting colleagues in our sociable, modern office environments.

We are continually working to improve our inclusive culture and employ diverse talent. We therefore welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, which includes but isn’t limited to age, disability, ethnic heritage, gender, marital or civil partnership status, neurodiversity, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic background.

About Us

Together, we’ve been building better futures for over 100 years. For our people, our clients and their people, our communities and the environment. We thrive on tackling complex problems. And we believe those problems are best solved by diverse teams – diverse in skills, approaches and backgrounds. Our independence lets our people be themselves and think freely, while working in a collaborative, supportive environment. We love innovative, independent thinking and want everyone to share their ideas.

Working alongside employers, trustees and financial services institutions, we offer pensions, investments, benefits and risk consulting services, as well as data and technology solutions. With over 1000 employees and counting, we’re one of the leading consultancies in our field and are proud to be recognised by numerous industry awards.

We’re committed to developing our people and encourage everyone to carve out their own career path. We’ve many colleagues who started out in one team in the business and have ended up somewhere completely different, having had the chance to develop new skills and explore new passions.

We are continually working to improve our inclusive culture and employ diverse talent. We therefore welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, which includes but isn’t limited to: age, disability, ethnic heritage, gender, marital or civil partnership status, neurodiversity, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic background.

Our hybrid working model offers the best of both worlds – home working as well as a fun, collaborative office environment - meaning flexible working patterns to accommodate individual needs. Find out more about our careers here .

If you need any assistance in relation to a personal requirement, medical condition or neurological difference during our selection process then please let us know.

Together, we can make this the best job you’ll ever have.

We Offer

Our culture

We live and breathe our four values – friendly, confident, partnering and straightforward – and genuinely care about out people, clients, community and the environment.

Job satisfaction

Every employee can genuinely make a difference and contribute towards achieving our purpose – together, building better futures. Whether that’s helping our clients build more secure financial futures, using your 3 days volunteering or helping us reduce our carbon footprint.

Reward and wellbeing

We offer competitive salaries, a share of company profits and an award-winning benefits package. We also take your mental, physical, social and financial wellbeing seriously, both in and outside of work.

Flexible working

We trust our people to work in a pattern that suits their circumstances with a healthy balance of home and office working.

Latest technology

We use the most up-to-date technology and software to match our ground-breaking business solutions that make life easier for us and our clients.

Career development

There is no linear path – learning opportunities are plentiful and empower you to carve out your own career.