Associate Actuarial Consultant

at  Hymans Robertson LLP

We have excellent opportunities for a nearly or recently qualified Actuary to join our consulting team, providing high quality actuarial and consulting services to our clients. This role is suited to a committed individual looking to develop their career, with a primary focus on UK defined benefit pension schemes working with both Trustee Boards and Sponsoring Employers. You will get exposure to a varied range of work that will allow you to grow and develop a career in areas that suit your own particular skills.

SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• First class interpersonal and client relationship management skills.
• First class organisational and communication abilities.
• Proven ability to manage multiple and sometimes conflicting demands.
• Able to co-ordinate activity, and delegate effectively, amongst individual client teams and effectively manage upwards.
• Driven and motivated to develop actuarial career in a client focused consultancy.
• Able to demonstrate a proactive approach in developing consultancy and management skills.
• Associate or fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (or equivalent recognised actuarial qualification) with relevant pensions experience. Scheme Actuary certificate not required.
• Relevant pensions experience and an understanding of the legislative framework for UK pension schemes, commensurate with the level of experience in pensions actuarial work.
• A sound grounding in actuarial and computer techniques.

• Managing the delivery of multiple projects across a portfolio of clients and responsibilities, ensuring that work is done on time, within budget, and to a high standard. Where multiple services are provided, work across all practices to ensure that the same standards are met.
• Taking on a wide-ranging portfolio of work while developing client exposure and essential business skills.
• Preparing client communications, presentations and reports and attending meetings with clients.
• Developing and maintaining a good working relationship with your clients and third parties. Proactively raise topical issues and new ideas with clients in conjunction with the Client Director.
• Review or check actuarial calculations. For example (but not limited to) in respect of scheme funding, company accounting work, actuarial factors and individual member calculations.
• There may also be opportunities to support other areas of the business (for example in DC, risk transfer, governance, proposition development and new business).
• Mentoring and supporting the development of less experienced members of the team and checking/reviewing their calculations where necessary.
• Working with your teams to ensure that client invoices are completed within internal deadlines and subject to internal procedures.
• Ensure that appropriate scoping of work is carried out at the outset.
• Cascade all relevant information to the wider client team.
• Ensuring all work is undertaken in a rigorous, accurate and methodical manner.
• Ensuring comprehensive audit trails are maintained.
• Being aware of deadlines and planning work in order to meet deadlines.
• Maintaining a record of current status of all work requested in accordance with agreed procedures.
• Presenting work in a clear and understandable manner to clients and colleagues as requested.
• Liaising with client managers and team leaders if there are conflicting demands from clients.
• Working with colleagues when necessary on technical or client matters.
• Timely and careful time recording against appropriate client, matter and job codes.
• Adhering to the firm’s Information Security standards, policies and procedures.