Senior Consulting Actuary | DB Pensions

Barnett Waddingham • Cheltenham Township, PA

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About The Position

Howden is seeking a Senior Consulting Actuary to join its team, providing consulting services to trustees and employers. The role is suited to an actuarial team member keen to pursue consulting, typically with a Scheme Actuary certificate or experience acting as lead consultant on corporate projects. It may include Team Leader responsibilities, working with Client Consulting colleagues to manage the team's day-to-day operational tasks and liaising with Partners to agree priorities. Progression opportunities through to Partner are available.

The firm provides pragmatic advice on complex pension issues, including investment, de-risking, longevity, risk management and legislative change. Services include full-service actuarial consulting, investment consultancy and standalone projects such as mergers and acquisitions. The Senior Consulting Actuary may develop their own portfolio of Scheme Actuary/Adviser or corporate appointments and contribute to client relationship management, new business development and marketing initiatives.

Requirements

• Qualified actuary with Fellowship Actuarial Qualifications FIA/FAA or equivalent.
• Defined benefit (DB) pension experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading a team and excellent people-management skills.
• Good IT skills.
• Project-management and time-management skills.
• Excellent communication and networking skills.
• Ability to take forward new ideas.
• Willingness to communicate and share knowledge and develop junior team members.

Nice To Haves

• A Scheme Actuary certificate or experience acting as lead consultant on corporate projects is typical for candidates suited to the role.

Responsibilities

• Act as the main contact for a range of clients and provide advice.
• Manage a client team, ensuring work is high quality and completed within agreed timescales.
• Support Partners with client relationships, identify issues such as fee levels or poor service, and help resolve them promptly.
• Design and manage surveys and apply statistical techniques to analyse and interpret collected quantitative data.
• Attend client meetings, identify ways to help clients and report new initiatives.
• Apply techniques and theoretical principles to establish probability and risk in areas such as pensions.
• Review the work of other team members for accuracy and compliance with scheme rules, procedures and legislation.
• Advise clients on achieving their objectives while meeting the requirements of relevant external parties, such as The Pensions Regulator.
• When leading a corporate accounting appointment, identify opportunities to provide the company with other relevant services.
• Work toward or develop a portfolio of Scheme Actuary/Adviser or corporate appointments.
• Give external talks as required.
• Identify ways the firm and its other practice areas can help clients and report initiatives to the Trustee or Corporate Consulting Board.
• Manage and develop marketing initiatives, identify new business opportunities, and assist with tenders and pitches.
• Where the role includes Team Leader duties, coordinate the team's day-to-day operational tasks and liaise with Partners on priorities.
• Communicate knowledge and support the development of junior team members.

Benefits

• Competitive discretionary annual bonus.
• Life assurance of four times salary.
• Income protection of 75% of salary for up to five years.
• Single private medical insurance cover.
• Pension scheme with 5% employee contributions matched by a 10% employer contribution.
• 25 days' annual leave, increasing to 27 days after five years' service.
• Access to the Howden flexible benefits programme, including benefits and discounts supporting wellbeing, family life and lifestyle.
• Career development opportunities in a growing global business that encourages collaboration and innovation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed