Pensions Actuarial Consultant

Company:

Mercer

Pensions Actuarial Consultant

We are looking for Pensions Actuarial Consultants to join our team and help provide high quality support and advice to our clients to make sure their scheme members receive their benefits as planned.

As a Pensions Actuarial Consultant, you will be working in a team to develop and deliver customized advice and solutions to clients (trustee and corporates) with a primary focus on DB pension schemes. You will also have the opportunity to work with colleagues across funding, investment, risk transfer and covenant to bring the best solutions to our clients.

• Lead client meetings and presentations

• Provide an informed view on current topics based on client circumstances, and tailoring advice as appropriate

• Utilise strong technical actuarial skills used to consult with clients on technical topics

• Communicate with clients in a clear and succinct manner

• Act as final technical reviewer for actuarial calculations

• Agree the strategy, direction and resourcing for client work

• Perform supervision, appraisals and act as a mentor for employees under supervision (if applicable) or informally via feedback on client work

• Participate in setting and negotiating fees, where appropriate and monitoring of fee budgets

• Fully qualified Actuary/ nearing qualification

• Excellent communication skills, strong analytical, numerical and critical thinking skills, including a good understanding of actuarial approaches for pensions

• Ability to manage projects, including distribution of work to junior colleagues

• A good understanding of a range of ways in which UK pension schemes operate

• Significant experience working with trustees and/or corporates on DB pensions within an actuarial consultancy role

• Excellent communication skills

• Demonstrated business acumen, adaptability and a desire to be in front of clients, all underpinned by the required technical skills

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.

• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.

• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at rea

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.