Group Benefits Consultant; Actuarial

At Eckler, we know it’s our people that make us great at what we do.

To help support our continued growth, we are looking for an Actuarial Consultant to join our Group Benefits Practice. The role can be based in any one of our EB1 offices located in Canada, preferably in Toronto or Vancouver.

Our Group Benefits Consultants are committed to providing clients with unsurpassed advice on their group benefits plans. Our team advises on a wide range of employee benefits for active, disabled or retired employees and workers’ compensation benefits across multiple sectors, including corporate, multi-employer trusteed, and public sector.

A typical day-in-the life of a Group Benefits Consultant involves performing and managing actuarial projects relating to employee benefits. You will work with our sophisticated valuation software and support ongoing refinement of our valuation data cleansing, assumption setting, processing and modelling tools for post-employment and workers’ compensation valuations. Additionally, you may also be involved with group insurance renewals and financials, working with various pricing and claims experience trends and forecasting tools.

To support the management of our clients’ overall benefit programs, you will assist with research, analyses, and draft and deliver reports and presentations to share key findings with clients.

We are looking for an individual with a strong actuarial background and practical experience in either group insurance or the healthcare field. The ideal candidate is an effective communicator with strong interpersonal, analytical, problem solving, and team management skills. They will fit into a tightly knit team and are expected to effectively manage competing priorities and take ownership and pride in their work, in a busy consulting practice.

If you are looking to hone your actuarial and group benefits skills, and work with some of the best in the industry to deliver customized solutions to Eckler’s varied client base, then this may be the right role for you!

This posting is for an existing vacancy that we are actively seeking to fill.

• Provide exceptional support to our national team of consultants
• Have the opportunity to work on, and manage, plans in multiple sectors
• Work collaboratively with, coach, and mentor, junior analysts in the practice
• Work directly and communicate with various group insurance providers in the Canadian marketplace
• Effectively manage complex projects, balancing oversight with delegating work as appropriate, and ensuring deadlines are met while complying with professional and Eckler standards
• Present or take lead in both internal team meetings and external client meetings
• Manage and support client communications and build direct relationships with clients
• Collaborate with our benefits consultants to support group insurance renewals, financials, and day-to-day plan management activities.
• Contribute to the ongoing success of the practice and the firm
• Receive exposure to other practice areas within Eckler

• Collaborative and engaging atmosphere
• Variety in work and ability to evolve and grow your career
• Working with colleagues across Canada
• Opportunities to help build and evolve our practice
• An entrepreneurial, collegial work environment
• Hybrid work environment and dress for your day approach (3 days in office minimum)

• 4+ years of progressive experience in a consulting environment or related insurance field
• Obtained ASA/ACIA designation, or working toward FSA/FCIA designation
• Real passion for their work and a desire to contribute to Eckler’s leading culture
• Proven ability to work as part of a team
• Superior communication skills, both…