Pension Actuarial Analyst

AXA UK; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000

Job description

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

Following a period of sustained growth and success, and a whole host of award wins, 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 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 obtaining a Scheme Actuary certificate and holding responsibility for a portfolio of clients and acting as a client manager for a number of these.

We are open to any flexible working and part-time working requests and will be as accommodating as possible on these points!

How you'll make an impact

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 a 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, including attending client/trustee meetings as required
• Providing leadership, feedback, and training to actuarial analysts

About you

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

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 [e-mail]. 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.