Manager - Actuarial Life in England

The KPMG Actuarial Consulting function is a cornerstone of our business. Operating from our major UK offices, we do work that matters, serving the country with diligence and expertise.

KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancies. We've supported the UK through times of war and peace, prosperity and recession, political and regulatory upheaval. We've proudly stood beside the institutions and businesses which make the UK what it is.

As a Fully Qualified Actuarial Consultant at KPMG, you take a lead delivery role, managing small teams across a wide range of client projects such as IFRS 17 impact assessments and implementations, finance transformations, companies mergers and acquisitions, providing advice on capital models or supporting our own Audit colleagues.

In this role, you will be leading project teams in the delivery of client engagements and providing technical input to a number of projects and drafting reports and presentations.

We provide a wide variety of Actuarial Consulting services and current projects include:

• IFRS 17 impact assessments which have also led to IFRS 17 implementation projects.
• Provision of actuarial expertise on finance transformation projects.
• Providing assistance to Companies undertaking mergers and acquisitions.
• Helping Companies with their capital models.
• Provision of actuarial expertise to support our Audit colleagues.

What will you need to do it?

• Be a fully Qualified Actuary, with experience of working in a Life Actuarial function or life consultancy.
• Experience gained as an Actuary in Life across a mix of UK products, financial reporting, capital and some modelling experience would be useful.
• The capability to manage concurrent engagements and play a part in shaping and implementing KPMG's tailored solutions.
• Be an accomplished communicator (both written and oral) and have the ability to deal with clients and senior personnel from day one.
• Demonstrable experience of project and people management skills, and an ability to structure task allocations around critical goals.
• Experience in coaching and developing the capabilities of junior team members.

Skills we’d love to see/Amazing Extras:

• Previous experience gained within a consultancy, but we are open to considering Fully Qualified Actuaries who come from within industry, but can demonstrate the abilities needed to work supporting senior management efforts to cultivate and maintain target client relationships, including assisting with proposals and the development of sales materials.

We are open to talk to Qualified Actuarial talent across the country but our core hubs for this role are: Edinburgh, London Canary Wharf, Manchester, Bristol. With 20 sites across the UK, we can potentially facilitate office work, working from home, flexible hours, and part-time options. If you have a need for flexibility, please register and discuss this with our team.