Scheme Actuary - Pensions Consolidation Solutions

Scheme Actuary

This role sits within Isio’s Enplan team, part of the wider Actuarial & Consulting business. Enplan is one of the fastest-growing defined benefit pension consolidators in the market, currently managing over 65 pension schemes with many different sponsoring employers and a variety of sizes. The team continue to regularly attract and win new schemes into Enplan with further information on our Platform page here:
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We advise on everything from helping trustees and sponsors to manage their defined benefit plans from routine actuarial valuations, to complex technical projects regarding benefit rectification work, GMP equalisation, insurance and end-game planning, in addition to supporting our clients with alternative reward and pension provision. The range of work we get involved with is vast and there’ll be opportunities for you to gain lots of great, new experiences and put your skills to the test.

Isio’s Actuarial & Consulting business consists of over 400 pensions consultants and actuaries advising a diverse range of clients and stakeholders across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors and remains one of Isio’s primary service lines.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Scheme Actuary to take on a senior, visible role within a fast‑growing consolidation proposition, combining high‑quality technical delivery, trustee‑facing advice, leadership of client teams and the opportunity to help shape and expand Enplan’s offering.

Day to day, you will:

• Act as Scheme Actuary to a portfolio of Enplan schemes, providing clear, credible and confident actuarial advice to the Trustee and other stakeholders.
• Be responsible for the delivery of high‑quality, complex actuarial calculations and written advice, often across multiple concurrent projects, ensuring appropriate standards of risk management, governance and compliance.
• Lead and manage key client engagements, including responsibility for project planning, timescales, budgets and stakeholder management, working closely with the Trustee contacts at Entrust, the junior team and scheme sponsors.
• Manage and develop teams on each project, providing regular on‑the‑job coaching and feedback to Analysts, Assistant Managers and Managers to support their technical and professional development.
• Build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with Entrust, sponsors and internal Isio teams, acting as a senior point of contact.
• Proactively look for opportunities to expand the scope of work on schemes and support the continued growth of the Enplan proposition, bringing a commercial and entrepreneurial mindset.
• Share your specialist technical knowledge across the wider actuarial pensions team, contributing to thought leadership, internal training and development of best practice.
• Play an active role in shaping and improving how the Enplan team and proposition continue to develop as the market evolves.

We’re looking for the following skills and expertise – but, please do apply if you don’t hit every requirement and still think you would be a great fit for the role. Our business is better with a diverse range of experience, so we’ll consider each application on its own merits.

• Experience – a qualified actuary FIA/FFA with Scheme Actuary certification (or ability to obtain a Scheme Actuary certificate immediately). You will have a strong track record of advising Trustee Boards, managing a portfolio of Scheme Actuary appointments and trustee relationships, and a strong understanding of the UK DB pensions landscape and the challenges facing schemes and consolidators.
• A great communicator – Strong technical pensions and actuarial capability, with the ability to explain complex issues clearly and pragmatically to a broad range of stakeholders.
• Enthusiasm and motivation – Highly motivated and able to work at pace across multiple projects, taking ownership of outcomes while consistently delivering high‑quality, professional advice.
• Excellent project management and client delivery skills – with experience balancing competing demands, stakeholders and deadlines across multiple engagements.
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