Senior Pension Consulting Actuary

London, England, United Kingdom

12/16/2024

Introduction

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

GBS-Buck is looking for a Senior Pension Consulting Actuary to join our team. As a Senior Actuary, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our corporate consulting practice and driving our ambitious growth targets.

How You'll Make An Impact

• Developing GBS-Buck's corporate consulting practice by contributing significantly to business development, attending meetings with prospects, and fashioning tools and marketing collateral.
• Providing advice and consulting services to corporate clients, ensuring flawless attention to detail and accuracy.
• Advising clients on pension scheme funding, including statutory and reporting figures, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Guiding clients on non-actuarial issues, including legislative changes affecting the operation of their schemes
• Preparing and presenting materials for new business and existing client pitches, showcasing our world-class expertise.
• Addressing internal actuarial and general pensions queries from consultants and actuarial staff with precision and clarity.
• Responding to clients' queries regarding the operation of their pension arrangements, including funding, asset allocation, and legislative changes, ensuring efficient solutions are provided.
• Attending client meetings to present findings and recommendations, nurturing strong client relationships.
• Speaking at marketing seminars to promote GBS-Buck’s services and thought leadership in the industry.
• Conducting peer reviews and ensuring own work is peer-reviewed as appropriate, maintaining our flawless standards.
• Maintaining accurate time recording and charging to clients where applicable, demonstrating meticulous record-keeping.
• Staying current with applicable regulatory bodies and adhering strictly to Corporate Policies and Procedures (CCPs).
• Reporting any suspected breaches to management/compliance department upon discovery, ensuring full compliance with all regulations.
  
  

About You

• Substantial experience in actuarial consultancy with a consistent track record of success.
• Outstanding communication skills, capable of articulating complex concepts clearly and effectively.
• Strong organisational abilities, able to prioritise and handle tasks within deadlines.
• Excellent numeracy and literacy skills, ensuring precision in all work.
• Proactive and dedicated to fostering collaboration and inclusion.
• Meticulous attention to detail, ensuring flawless delivery of services.
• Proficient in computer applications relevant to actuarial work.
• Strong management skills, with the ability to lead and mentor junior staff.
• FIA/FFA qualification is essential, reflecting your dedication to professional excellence.
• Eligible to work in the UK.
  
  

Compensation And Benefits

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’ extra 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
  
  

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
• Critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
• Season ticket loan
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
• Emergency back-up family care
• And many more…
  
  

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with TAGlobalSupport@ajg.com . If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.