Defined Benefit - Technical Services Manager

Company Description Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor. We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders. We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.

L&G Institutional Retirement looks after around 700,000 institutional customers who have their retirement benefits secured with us. Operating continuously in the UK market from our entrance in 1987, we are the UK’s longest-running insurer. Our Institutional Retirement business is the UK’s longest-serving active bulk annuity provider.

Who we are Institutional Retirement is the only insurer to have been operating continuously in the UK market from our entrance in 1987 to the present day. Our UK retirement annuity book stands at an estimated 86.1 billion at 31 December 2023. Across our retail and institutional retirement businesses, we look after more than 1 million customers, around c.700,000 of whom are institutional customers who have had their retirement benefits secured with us.

Job Description We’re looking for a Defined Benefit - Technical Services Manager to join our Award-Winning Pension Risk Transfer business.
In this role you will support the development and ongoing improvement of our key in-house systems for pensions administration, retirement calculations and payments.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys the detail of defined benefit pensions, actuarial calculations and systems development. You do not need to be a hands-on developer, but you will need to be comfortable working close to system design, calculation specifications and technical delivery teams.

You’ll be tasked with helping translate complex pension scheme benefits into clear, robust logic that developers can build from, while working with actuarial, technology and client services colleagues to make sure our systems are accurate, secure and fit for purpose.

This is a hybrid working opportunity, which will allow you to work flexibly between your home and the office, to help you find a work-life balance that works for you.

What you'll be doing:

Translating defined benefit pension scheme rules into detailed system and calculation specifications

Supporting the development and release of changes to integrated calculation systems, applications and supporting services

Working with developers and technical partners to explain calculation logic and expected system behaviours

Reviewing system outputs and testing results to make sure calculations are accurate and fit for purpose

Applying actuarial judgement to complex pensions, systems and testing queries

Collaborating with stakeholders across Institutional Retirement, Group IT and operational teams

Identifying opportunities to improve processes, controls, documentation and customer outcomes

Supporting operational readiness for system changes, releases and wider business needs

Who we're looking for:

Qualified actuary or strong actuarial systems/development experience

Strong knowledge of defined benefit pensions, including scheme benefits and calculation rules

Experience interpreting pension scheme requirements and turning them into clear technical or calculation specifications

Confidence working with complex integrated systems, including calculation engines, databases, web-based applications and connected services

Strong analytical judgement, attention to detail and problem-solving ability

Ability to work autonomously while collaborating well with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Understanding of testing, change delivery, Agile, Lean or business analysis principles

Familiarity with Java, SQL or similar languages would be advantageous although hands on development experience is not required

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