(Senior) Retirement Actuarial Consultant / Scheme Actuary

The Actuary Group
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1 month ago
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TAG is actively recruiting forRetirement Consulting Actuarieson behalf of a multi-national consulting and broking business that works with some of the largest companies in the UK. Our client is seeking talented and ambitious pensions actuaries from nearly/newly qualified level through to Scheme Actuary level. This could be someone who is either working towards attaining or has recently attained a Scheme Actuary certificate. There’s significant opportunity and scope to work with a range of UK-based clients to offer bespoke end-to-end advice about the retirement programs on offer to employees, specialising in clients’ actuarial needs. Positions are available in any of our client's regional offices across the UK, with the flexibility for hybrid working available as well.


As a Consulting Actuary, you’ll be helping clients define strategy, design retirement plans, manage plan finances, meet regulatory requirements, manage risk, and will have a direct impact on your teams’ performance and client outcomes. Those seeking to apply for the Senior Retirement Actuarial Consultant positions, will be expected to make an impact leading client relationships as seasoned, professional individual contributors. You should be ready to manage projects working independently, whilst simultaneously helping teammates thrive and collaborating with stakeholders across the company.


This is an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic and expanding team within a progressive and forward-thinking consultancy that is at the of the forefront of the pensions and investment sectors. The scale and size of the organisation means there is a huge breadth of opportunities and areas across the business to get involved in and plenty of operational/specialist support to leverage. This ensures you’re free to focus on solving client needs, adding value by developing innovative client solutions, and providing best-in-class advice.


If you’re client oriented and have experience working with Trustees and/or Corporates on DB pensions within an actuarial consultancy role, we want to speak with you.


Key responsibilities:

  • Work as a trusted advisor to engage clients effectively on a wide range of complex DB pensions focussed projects. Leading on day-to-day and long-term strategic advice
  • Leverage market leading expertise, scale, brand, and infrastructure; to design and facilitate the implementation and delivery of sophisticated pensions actuarial solutions to a range of DB pension scheme clients
  • Act as a representative and figurehead throughout the pensions industry; providing informed views on current topics and trends affecting clients – tailoring advice as appropriate to reflect these
  • Lead on BAU workflows, escalation of client queries, delivery of advice/strategy, and be an SME and point of escalation for collaborating departments’ team members
  • Oversee client projects relating to the delivery of strategic advice, that’s focussed on finding bespoke solutions that meet their needs and exceed their expectations
  • Drive key business relationships in order to help identify and develop revenue generating opportunities with new and existing clients
  • Take responsibility for people management and new business activities, including fee negotiating and setting where required
  • Act as a mentor to junior members of the team, checking the technical accuracy of their work, delivering training sessions, delegating tasks, as well as completing other management tasks as required. Whilst maintaining your own competency and ongoing professional development
  • Syndicate and manage internal resources with other critical business functions to deliver advice, standout service, and add value to clients


Essential/desired experience:

  • Significant experience working with Trustees and/or Corporates on DB pensions with a well-rounded knowledge of the broader UK pensions landscape
  • Organisational skills to manage multiple tasks and oversee multiple projects simultaneously, while prioritising workload
  • A collaborative mindset with the ability to work within a team, support other business functions and act as a mentor to junior colleagues
  • Strong technical actuarial fundamentals coupled with demonstrable business acumen
  • An ability to troubleshoot and think laterally with excellent analytical and problem-solving fundamentals
  • A strong client focus with the ability to assimilate and then consultatively communicate key concepts and advice to clients
  • Strong communicator with well-developed written skills and effective listening skills, who is able to clearly articulate complex issues and ideas to clients and colleagues
  • Strong leadership qualities are essential for the Senior Retirement Actuarial Consultant positions
  • Proficient in MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Experience with other actuarial/modelling tools is desirable
  • Nearly/newly qualified actuary or fully qualified actuary with post qualification experience (for Senior Consultant and Scheme Actuary positions)
  • A self-starter who is confident working on projects independently and as part of a collaborative team


There are plenty of experienced senior consultants and business leaders already in-situ that you’ll have the opportunity to work closely with and learn from. Your professional development will be paramount and nurtured from day one, regardless of the level of seniority you join the team. Fantastic compensation, rewards and benefits packages are available for ambitious candidates that are ready to up-skill and help support the organisation’s continued growth at this extremely exciting time.


We have a number of unadvertised roles at varying degrees of seniority within this market, so if this market or these specific positions sound exciting to you, please get in touch with us –

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