About Us:
Discover a world of endless possibilities at Gallagher Benefit Services, where you’ll have the power to shape the future of workplaces across industries. As a member of our team, you become the driving force behind positive change, helping clients build environments where employees thrive. Embrace the opportunity to impact lives, unlock potential, and create a legacy of remarkable transformation.
We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.
Overview:
Following a period of sustained growth and success, and whole host of award wins (inc. the one mentioned about), we are looking to expand our actuarial consulting and analyst teams in our London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Ipswich offices.
If you have a handful of actuarial qualifications and experience of working in the UK Defined Benefit/Final Salary Pension world then let us tell you about all of the great things that we can offer you when it comes to a supportive, collaborative culture, genuine career progression, vastly-varied work and clients to work with.
We are open to any flexible working and part time working requests, and will be as accommodating as possible on these points!
Responsibilities:

To summarise the role, you will be working within an established team of qualified and part qualified actuaries; acting as an actuarial and consulting assistant for portfolio of clients. This will include:

• Handling the preparation of valuations and cost estimates
• Undertaking and supervising accounting disclosures (FRS17, IAS19 and USGAAP).
• Coordinating data collection including editing and testing data received from clients.
• Undertaking and checking all aspects of actuarial work associated with pension schemes.
• Preparing letters, reports and other client materials.
• Checking day to day individual calculations as requested.
• Participating in Buck internal projects, handling special projects or assignments as needed.
• Assisting scheme consultants with the consultancy aspects of pension schemes; inc. attending client/trustee meetings as required.
• Providing leadership, feedback and training to actuarial analysts.

We will fully support you in obtaining a fully-qualified Actuary status (although that’s not a necessity, in the event of taking further exams not being of interest to you), and at this point we can give you all of the guidance and tools towards towards obtaining a Scheme Actuary certificate and holding responsibility for a portfolio of clients and acting as a client manager for a number of these.

Qualifications:

• Good numerical/mathematics based degree
• Good progress through the actuarial exams, generally to have completed CT exams and CA1

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Additional Information:
On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ 5 more days
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

• Handling the preparation of valuations and cost estimates
• Undertaking and supervising accounting disclosures (FRS17, IAS19 and USGAAP).
• Coordinating data collection including editing and testing data received from clients.
• Undertaking and checking all aspects of actuarial work associated with pension schemes.
• Preparing letters, reports and other client materials.
• Checking day to day individual calculations as requested.
• Participating in Buck internal projects, handling special projects or assignments as needed.
• Assisting scheme consultants with the consultancy aspects of pension schemes; inc. attending client/trustee meetings as required.
• Providing leadership, feedback and training to actuarial analysts