Technical Calculations Actuarial Consultant - Team Leadership - Nationwide

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Technical Calculations Actuarial Consultant - Team Leadership - Nationwide

Mercer Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Are you a talented and ambitious actuary looking to take the next step in your career? At Mercer, we are expanding our dynamic team by welcoming skilled part-qualified or qualified actuaries to a pivotal role that drives revenue and fosters professional growth and collaboration.

This is your chance to be part of an established centre of excellence, specialising in a diverse array of retirement solutions. You will provide technical expertise and support to our UK Retirement market while working alongside a passionate team dedicated to excellence.

• Collaborate and Lead:
  Work within a multi-disciplinary team on complex defined benefit modelling, utilising advanced actuarial skills and techniques to specialise in intricate UK pension solutions
• Quality Assurance:
  Check and review complex calculations, ensuring accuracy and clear communication of results to consultants and wider support teams
• Drive Improvement:
  Contribute to continuous improvement by developing and delivering knowledge-sharing initiatives, training sessions, and coordinating new process rollouts across locations
• Build Relationships:
  Partner with internal teams to deliver a seamless service across different lines of business within Mercer
• Support and Develop:
  Play a key role in developing junior colleagues, supporting performance reviews, training, and personal development plans; inspire and motivate the team fostering a culture of excellence and accountability
• Client Engagement:
  Develop consulting skills by engaging directly with clients on actuarial projects
• Project Involvement:
  Participate in actuarial projects including pension scheme valuations, risk assessments, and benefit design initiatives, applying actuarial techniques to deliver tailored solutions
• Team Leadership:
  Set clear objectives for the team, facilitate regular meetings, discuss progress, share insights, and address challenges to ensure alignment with organisational goals

• Qualified or part-qualified actuary
• Experience in technical calculations for actuarial projects
• Strong understanding of UK Defined Benefit pension schemes and experience in benefit calculations
• Excellent analytical, numerical, and critical thinking skills with a solid grasp of actuarial approaches for pensions
• People management skills

• Previous experience in a similar actuarial role within a pensions team, with focus on technical aspects and exposure to consultants and client support teams
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to inspire and motivate a team while fostering collaboration and high performance

• We support your development through professional opportunities, interesting work, and supportive leaders
• We foster an inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities
• Our scale provides a range of career opportunities, benefits, and rewards to enhance well-being

Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is a global leader in helping clients realise their investment objectives, shape the future of work and enhance health and retirement outcomes. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses:
Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. For more information, visit  or follow on Linked In and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at rea

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.

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