Actuarial Manager - Pensions Consolidation Solutions in Stockport

As part of this role, you’ll be working in the Actuarial & Consulting team, consisting of over 400 pensions consultants and actuaries advising a diverse range of clients and stakeholders across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. They 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 they get involved with is vast and there’ll be opportunities for you to gain lots of great, new experiences and put your skills to the test.

This role will sit in one of the fastest growing DB Pension consolidators in the market. The team are currently managing over 60 pension schemes of different shapes and sizes and continue to regularly attract new schemes. This is a great place to develop your actuarial career – whether that’s getting more client exposure or taking on Scheme Actuary appointments. It’s a fast-growing team and one that gives everyone the chance to influence how they develop the offering going forward.

What’s the role:

They’re looking for qualified or nearly qualified pensions actuaries with significant industry experience to join their team. As a challenger in the industry, they are looking for individuals with excellent pensions consulting and technical skills, a commercial outlook and an entrepreneurial mindset.

Day to day, you will be:

• Leading the delivery of advice to clients – this may include managing key client projects directly, or with support.
• 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.

Schemes vary significantly in size, therefore in your role, you will have numerous opportunities to engage and consult with schemes varying in asset size from as little as £1m to over £200m.

Where is the role:

The schemes are serviced by a dedicated team with hubs based in Manchester and Scotland. They 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 they are great at building strong communities amongst their employees – both across locations and teams, hosting regular team building, charity, and social events.

Key Skills & Experience

They’re looking for new colleagues with the following skills and expertise – but, please do apply if you don’t hit every requirement and still think you would be great for the role. Their business is better with a diverse range of experience, so they’ll consider each application on its own merits.

• Experience – a qualified or nearly qualified actuary FIA/FFA or equivalent with relevant industry experience.
• 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 – this will either be as part of a team, or managing a team, depending on your experience.
• Commercial skills – to help them develop their business and look for new opportunities.

Demonstrated Commitment to their Core Purpose

• Power in Partnership: They work in partnership with their clients & each other – building open and trusted relationships. Working together allows them to deliver the best for their clients.
• Future Focus: They want to push their industry forward by solving problems in better ways that benefit both their clients & society.
• Strength in Difference: They work with diverse perspectives to find better solutions. Working with differences makes them stronger.
• People First: They recognise that pensions is a people business. People are the source of our client's expertise and it is people’s lives that we affect through their advice.

What they offer you

Our client is a people business, and they’re committed to helping their 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.