Edinburgh

Ipswich

Manchester

Graduate

Part Qualified

Qualified

Pensions

Consulting

Excel

Buck is a global HR consulting firm, specializing in pensions, benefits, and employee engagement. With over a century of experience, they offer innovative solutions to help organizations attract and retain top talent. Their services include actuarial consulting, retirement planning, health and wellness programs, and data analytics. Buck is known for their expertise and client-centric approach.

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Here at Buck, following a period of sustained growth and success, and whole host of award wins, we are looking to continue this growth with making a number of graduate hires into our actuarial consulting team to support our future growth plans. With most of our recruitment wrapped up for our other offices, this role is specific to our Edinburgh location. It's an office right in the centre of town, and being home to teams of actuaries, consultants, administrators and others, it offers a fantastic, collaborative working environment for you to develop your skills in!For this role, we’re looking for self-motivated, personable, and driven individuals with a solid numerical background (a 1st or 2:1 degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Economics etc.), and in return, we’ll deliver to you an unrivalled training and exam support programme, as well as the opportunity to forge a career within a well-regarded, long-established organisation operating in the UK Pensions and Benefit consulting world, even if we do say so ourselves!To give you a flavour of a typical week within this role, here are some of the responsibilities:<ul><li>Working within a diverse team of qualified and part qualified actuaries to support our pension scheme clients</li><li>Handling the preparation of valuations</li><li>Undertaking accounting disclosures</li><li>Coordinating data collection; including editing and testing data received from clients</li><li>Preparing letters, reports, and other client materials</li><li>Assisting in developing administrative procedures and forms used by clients</li><li>Checking day to day member calculations</li><li>Participating in Buck internal projects, handling special projects or assignments as needed</li><li>Assisting scheme consultants with the consultancy aspects of pension schemes</li><li>Establishing strong working relationships with clients and colleagues, with early access to clients thought preparing for and attending client meetings</li><li>Day-to-day correspondence with clients and third parties</li><li>Building up consulting knowledge on actuarial and non-actuarial aspects of pension plans</li></ul>The longer-term objective of this role is for you to progress towards qualifying as an Actuary and obtaining a Scheme Actuary certificate and holding responsibility for managing a portfolio of clients as well as supporting individuals within the team and acting as a client manager for a number of these. We will fully support and sponsor the attainment of these actuarial qualifications – both financially and with surrounding you with colleagues that can help you develop and expand your learning.Why join Buck:<ul><li>Your Career is our motivation – working as part of a small but highly collaborative, you get the level of responsibility and client exposure rarely experienced working for some of our larger competitors. At Buck, we pride ourselves on providing excellent support at all levels to drive your ambitions and career developments goals.</li><li>Our commitment to you as a Buck employee – we offer a competitive and comprehensive benefit package and are committed to providing a highly collaborative, stimulating working environment and are committed to flexible working and diversity & inclusion.</li><li>Diversity of clients – we work with leading UK and international corporations, across a variety of sectors and industries, where no two clients are the same!</li><li>We are client focussed – unlike some of our competitors, we offer bespoke and tailored solutions to our clients, not a one size fits all solution.</li><li>Excellent client exposure from the start of your career – we believe that it is important for individuals to have direct client exposure at the start of their career. This provides you with the opportunity to develop client relationships and provides you with a greater understanding of your clients’ long term objectives.</li></ul>In return, alongside training, support and career progression, we will also offer you:<ul><li>Highly competitive salary;</li><li>Minimum 25 days Annual leave (excluding Bank holidays);</li><li>Holiday trading - (10 days – buy option) or (5 days – sell option);</li><li>Private Medical cover</li><li>Health-checks / Screening;</li><li>Defined Contribution pension provisions;</li><li>Comprehensive Life Assurance coverage;</li><li>Vision Plan;</li><li>Company bonus scheme;</li><li>Interest-free season ticket loan;</li><li>Gym subsidy;</li></ul>Additional flexible benefits Scheme to support you and your family in and out of work encompassing; Health & Wellbeing, Protection, and Lifestyle covering; additional Life assurance, Travel insurance, Dental insurance, Medical Cash Plan, Critical Illness cover plus many more.At Buck, we pride ourselves in our Diversity and Inclusion and are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable UK law.Unfortunately, these roles cannot be offered as fully-remote positions and we cannot provide visa sponsorship at this time.

The 2022 Pensions Consultancy of the Year continues to recruit! Following a period of sustained growth and success, and whole host of award wins (inc. the one mentioned about), we are looking to expand our actuarial consulting and analyst teams in our Manchester office.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 are open to any flexible working and part time working requests, and will be as accommodating as possible on these points!Job purpose and objectivesWorking within a team of qualified and part qualified actuaries:<ul><li>Acting as a key contact when it comes to being an effective actuarial and consulting assistant for portfolio of clients</li><li>Handling the preparation of valuations and cost estimates</li><li>Undertaking and supervising accounting disclosures (FRS17, IAS19 and USGAAP)</li><li>Coordinating data collection; including editing and testing data received from clients</li><li>Undertaking and checking all aspects of actuarial work associated with pension schemes</li><li>Preparing letters, reports and other client materials</li><li>Assisting in developing administrative procedures and forms used by clients</li><li>Checking day to day individual calculations as requested</li><li>Participating in Buck internal projects; handling special projects or assignments as needed</li><li>Assisting scheme consultants with the consultancy aspects of pension schemes</li><li>Preparing for and attending client meetings</li><li>Providing leadership, feedback and training to actuarial analysts</li><li>Building up consulting knowledge on actuarial and non-actuarial aspects of pension plans</li><li>On qualification, to progress 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</li></ul>Why join Buck:<ul><li>Excellent client exposure from day one – we are looking for an experienced individual who is comfortable owning and leading client relationships.</li><li>Unrivaled Leadership team – Our Retirement practice is led by experienced ‘’functional experts’ who are all qualified members of the Institute & Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) and Pensions Management Institute (PMI).</li><li>Our Pedigree - we are an industry-leading mid-tier Consultancy with a history dating back over 105 years.</li><li>Diversity of Clients – we work with leading UK and International corporations, across a variety of sectors and industries, where no two are the same!</li><li>We are Client focused – unlike some of our competitors, we offer bespoke and tailored solutions to our clients, not a one size fits all solution.</li><li>Your Career is our motivation – working as part of a small but highly collaborative team, you get the level of responsibility and client exposure rarely experienced working for some of our larger competitors. At Buck, we pride ourselves on providing excellent support at all levels to drive your ambitions and career development goals.</li><li>Our commitment to you as a Buck employee – we offer a competitive base salary & comprehensive benefits package; are committed to providing a highly collaborative, stimulating, sociable working environment, and are committed to flexible working and diversity & inclusion.</li></ul>What we offer:As an established company with a start-up mentality, we know that our employees are key to our success. We offer a comprehensive remuneration package while taking into consideration aspects such a flexible working and factors key to a good work-life balance.<ul><li>Highly competitive salary;</li><li>Minimum 25 days Annual leave (excluding Bank holidays);</li><li>Holiday trading - (10 days – buy option) or (5 days – sell option);</li><li>Private Medical cover including partner/spouse and children;</li><li>Health-checks / Screening;</li><li>Excellent Defined Contribution pension provisions;</li><li>Comprehensive Life Assurance coverage;</li><li>Vision Plan;</li><li>Company bonus scheme;</li><li>Interest-free season ticket loan;</li><li>Gym subsidy;</li><li>Additional flexible benefits Scheme to support you and your family in and out of work encompassing; Health & Wellbeing, Protection, and Lifestyle covering; additional Life assurance, Travel insurance, Dental insurance, Medical Cash Plan, Critical Illness cover plus many more.</li></ul>At Buck, we pride ourselves in our Diversity and Inclusion and are an Equal Opportunity Employer.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable UK law.

Here at Buck, following a period of sustained growth and success, and whole host of award wins, we are looking to continue this growth with making a number of graduate hires into our actuarial consulting team to support our future growth plans. With most of our recruitment wrapped up for our other offices, this role is specific to our Ipswich location. It's an office right in the centre of town, and being home to teams of actuaries, consultants, administrators and others, it offers a fantastic, collaborative working environment for you to develop your skills in!For this role, we’re looking for self-motivated, personable, and driven individuals with a solid numerical background (a 1st or 2:1 degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Economics etc.), and in return, we’ll deliver to you an unrivalled training and exam support programme, as well as the opportunity to forge a career within a well-regarded, long-established organisation operating in the UK Pensions and Benefit consulting world, even if we do say so ourselves!To give you a flavour of a typical week within this role, here are some of the responsibilities:<ul><li>Working within a diverse team of qualified and part qualified actuaries to support our pension scheme clients</li><li>Handling the preparation of valuations</li><li>Undertaking accounting disclosures</li><li>Coordinating data collection; including editing and testing data received from clients</li><li>Preparing letters, reports, and other client materials</li><li>Assisting in developing administrative procedures and forms used by clients</li><li>Checking day to day member calculations</li><li>Participating in Buck internal projects, handling special projects or assignments as needed</li><li>Assisting scheme consultants with the consultancy aspects of pension schemes</li><li>Establishing strong working relationships with clients and colleagues, with early access to clients thought preparing for and attending client meetings</li><li>Day-to-day correspondence with clients and third parties</li><li>Building up consulting knowledge on actuarial and non-actuarial aspects of pension plans</li></ul>The longer-term objective of this role is for you to progress towards qualifying as an Actuary and obtaining a Scheme Actuary certificate and holding responsibility for managing a portfolio of clients as well as supporting individuals within the team and acting as a client manager for a number of these. We will fully support and sponsor the attainment of these actuarial qualifications – both financially and with surrounding you with colleagues that can help you develop and expand your learning.Why join Buck:<ul><li>Your Career is our motivation – working as part of a small but highly collaborative, you get the level of responsibility and client exposure rarely experienced working for some of our larger competitors. At Buck, we pride ourselves on providing excellent support at all levels to drive your ambitions and career developments goals.</li><li>Our commitment to you as a Buck employee – we offer a competitive and comprehensive benefit package and are committed to providing a highly collaborative, stimulating working environment and are committed to flexible working and diversity & inclusion.</li><li>Diversity of clients – we work with leading UK and international corporations, across a variety of sectors and industries, where no two clients are the same!</li><li>We are client focussed – unlike some of our competitors, we offer bespoke and tailored solutions to our clients, not a one size fits all solution.</li><li>Excellent client exposure from the start of your career – we believe that it is important for individuals to have direct client exposure at the start of their career. This provides you with the opportunity to develop client relationships and provides you with a greater understanding of your clients’ long term objectives.</li></ul>In return, alongside training, support and career progression, we will also offer you:<ul><li>Highly competitive salary;</li><li>Minimum 25 days Annual leave (excluding Bank holidays);</li><li>Holiday trading - (10 days – buy option) or (5 days – sell option);</li><li>Private Medical cover;</li><li>Health-checks / Screening;</li><li>Defined Contribution pension provisions;</li><li>Comprehensive Life Assurance coverage;</li><li>Vision Plan;</li><li>Company bonus scheme;</li><li>Interest-free season ticket loan;</li><li>Gym subsidy;</li></ul>Additional flexible benefits Scheme to support you and your family in and out of work encompassing; Health & Wellbeing, Protection, and Lifestyle covering; additional Life assurance, Travel insurance, Dental insurance, Medical Cash Plan, Critical Illness cover plus many more.At Buck, we pride ourselves in our Diversity and Inclusion and are an Equal Opportunity Employer.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable UK law.Unfortunately, these roles cannot be offered as fully-remote positions and we cannot provide Visa sponsorship at this time.

<div>Here at Buck, following a period of sustained growth and success, and whole host of award wins, we are looking to expand our actuarial consulting team in Manchester. If you have a handful of actuarial qualifications and experience of working in the UK Defined Benefit/Final Salary Pension world then we'd love to hear from you.Within this role, you will take a lead role in delivering accurate, unrivaled consultancy services to a range of clients; relating to their Pension schemes. It is imperative that we get things right for the client; the team that you would be joining pride themselves on the accuracy and effectiveness of the service that they deliver to their clients, as well as their long-standing record of retaining clients from this!The other aspect that we pride ourselves on is the variety that these roles offer. If you feel stifled or bored or pigeon-holed within your current position, rest assured; that doesn't happen here. You will be involved in a whole host of actuarial consultancy activities; a handful of which are outlined here:Delivery/Subject Matter Expertise<ul><li>Supervises phases of actuarial valuations and special projects</li><li>Prepares material for and attends client meetings; makes presentations to clients and prospects</li><li>Manages implementation of new services</li><li>Coordinates and reviews project assignments to ensure timely and accurate work product</li><li>Assists in the development and presentation of proposals for consulting services</li><li>Takes personal responsibility for the timeliness and quality of the work performed and for completing the work within budget</li><li>Able to explain and to help clients analyse the pros and cons of alternative means available for addressing client needs and to describe and, when appropriate, to demonstrate relevant software and related tools</li></ul>Client/Market<ul><li>Where necessary, maintains contact with clients regarding work product as well as client inquiries</li><li>Seeks to grow client relationships and proactively and continuously improve the efficiency of our services so that we remain competitive</li><li>Consults with other Buck lines of businesses regarding projects and/or expanded client relations</li></ul>Contribution to Firm<ul><li>Assists in hiring, training, and motivating junior level staff; provides feedback and helps to terminate employees who are not suited for their role or manage them to a more appropriate role , as necessary</li><li>Responsible for organising, delegating and supervising the work of junior level staff</li><li>Maintains in-depth knowledge of types of benefits products available in the marketplace</li><li>Increases knowledge by participating and running training activities</li><li>Pursuing actuarial credentials through continual professional development.</li></ul>To be a fit for this role, we're looking for applicants that have experience within a similar role in the UK Pensions world. Whether that's as an Analyst or a Consultant, or something else; we want to hear from you if you can demonstrate experience similar to what we have listed here. Being FIA or FFA qualified (or nearing this) would also be a requirement.We are open to applicants that are looking for full time or part time roles - we will do all that we can to be as accommodating as we need to be for you - and we would love the opportunity to tell you all about the fantastic, engaging, collaborative culture that we offer, as well as genuine opportunities for career advancement and training and development.Other benefits include:<ul><li>Highly competitive salary;</li><li>Minimum 25 days Annual leave (excluding Bank holidays);</li><li>Holiday trading - (10 days – buy option) or (5 days – sell option);</li><li>Private Medical cover including partner / spouse and children;</li><li>Health-checks / Screening;</li><li>Excellent Defined Contribution pension provisions;</li><li>Comprehensive Life Assurance coverage;</li><li>Vision Plan;</li><li>Company bonus scheme;</li><li>Interest free season ticket loan;</li><li>Gym subsidy;</li><li>Additional flexible benefits scheme to support you and your family in and out of work encompassing; Health & Wellbeing, Protection and Lifestyle covering; additional Life assurance, Travel insurance, Dental insurance, Medical Cash plan, Critical Illness cover plus many more.</li></ul>At Buck, we pride ourselves in our Diversity and Inclusion and are an Equal Opportunity Employer.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable UK law.</div>

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