Pensions Actuary in Birmingham

We’re growing and want you to be a part of our journey. As part of this role you’ll be working in Isio’s Actuarial & Consulting team – over 400 pensions experts – actuaries and consultants, advising a diverse range of clients and stakeholders across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. We advise on everything from helping trustees and sponsors to manage their defined benefit plans, running large scale communications projects and implementing alternative reward and pension provision. The range of work we get involved with is vast and there’ll be opportunities for you to gain lots of great, new experiences, focus on working towards specialising in particular roles and put your skills to the test.

We’re looking for qualified pensions actuaries or those with significant UK DB pensions experience to join our team. As a challenger in the industry, we are looking for individuals with excellent pensions consulting and technical skills, a commercial outlook and an entrepreneurial mindset.

Day to day, you will be:

• Driving key initiatives in the delivery of UK DB Pensions advice to clients – this may include managing key client projects directly, and/or supporting our partners and directors to deliver to our clients.
• Being involved in the technical aspects of projects, working with and building relationships with clients directly, working as part of a team and developing those around you.
• Assisting in the development of new business, both with existing and new clients.

As a Manager, you will take the lead and delegate responsibilities to junior colleagues on projects such as, but not limited to:

• Performing actuarial valuations and calculations for Trustees and advising them on how to run their schemes.
• Developing pensions strategies for corporate, public and not for profit organisations.
• Writing and delivering communications projects for members.
• Insurance transaction and scheme consolidation advice.
• Data projects such as benefit rectifications, pensions dashboards and GMP equalisation.

We can offer a range of locations for you to choose from – we have Isio offices in Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Croydon, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester and Reading. We work on a hybrid basis, offering the opportunity for colleagues to split their working time between working in the office and at home. As a business we are great at building strong communities amongst our employees – both across locations and teams, hosting regular team building, charity, and social events.

Key skills and experience we’re looking for:

• A great communicator – someone who can explain complex problems in a simple way to help everyone around the table understand.
• Enthusiasm and motivation - a great deal of desire to solving problems and delivering excellent advice.
• Excellent project management and client delivery skills – especially when balancing multiple demands.
• A great team worker – likely to have experience in performance management or a willingness to do so, delegating to junior colleagues and supporting the development of others.
• Commercial skills – a curious mind, to help us develop our business and look for new opportunities.
• Technical experience – significant experience of working in the UK DB pensions industry or individuals with highly relevant transferable skills.

Qualifications – Likely to be a qualified pensions actuary FIA/FFA or equivalent.

Isio is a people business, and we’re committed to helping our great colleagues gain a wide variety of experience, significant development opportunities and progression through the business. The variety of work that’ll be available to you will enable you to do this.

Isio was ‘born’ in 2020 from the sale of KPMG UK’s Pension Practice to a private equity firm. An industry-leading challenger, we provide diverse expertise spanning Pensions, Investment, Benefits and Wealth to give clients an integrated experience. Isio is built by challengers, innovators and forward-thinkers, grounded around a vision which strives to deliver greater financial confidence for everyone. We empower and develop those who join us – valuing curious minds and giving people the freedom to outperform. Known and respected for our agility, we harness specialist experience, bold thinking and the desire to push the boundaries of what we can achieve for our clients, from small to blue chip, public to private.

At Isio, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and diverse workplace, in which our colleagues feel they belong, regardless of background or difference. We uphold the values of respect, fairness, and inclusion in our actions and decisions. We believe that by adhering to these principles, we will create a stronger, more innovative, and supportive environment for all, as well as ensuring that the advice and support we provide to our clients is more creative, more insightful and leaves a lasting impact.

We have offices across the UK and many of our roles offer a hybrid, flexible approach to work to help create a work-life balance that works for you. Isio Group is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.