Business Development Director (Actuarial & Consulting)

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Business Development Director - Actuarial & Consulting

We are looking for an experienced consulting actuary to help grow our Leeds office and support our wider national sales efforts.

Role and Responsibilities

• Drive forward new business activities, build relationships with potential clients, produce tender submissions and lead pitches.
• Use an existing relationship network with independent trustees and other key stakeholders to develop new opportunities.
• Lead client relationships – coordinating multiple Isio service lines, developing new opportunities with existing clients, managing commercial and personal relationships with clients.
• Support the Leeds Office Head with regards to cross-service line sales activity.
• Support Isio with the ambitious growth plans for the actuarial and consulting business – feed into the strategic plans for the growth of the business and support with how Isio articulates its growth message to the market.
• Be willing to raise new ideas internally and challenge thinking to ensure our work is robust and joined-up across multiple specialist teams.
• Support the development of our team members through coaching and mentoring, including performance management responsibilities.

Key Skills & Experience

• Experienced Scheme Actuary with a current practising certificate (or ability to obtain Scheme Actuary certificate in time) and a track record of leading a range of trustee clients.
• Experience of journey planning advice – setting long term targets, aligning funding and investment strategies, de-risking activity, liability management exercises and settlement/insurance transactions.
• Ideally, but not essential, experience of working on larger schemes (>£1bn) perhaps as a number 2 or supporting actuary if not the scheme actuary.
• Applicants are expected to be FIA/FFA qualified (or equivalent).
• The ability and experience to play a lead consulting role on a wide range of clients in terms of size and complexity, drive forward strategic actuarial thinking and provide high quality client service.
• Extensive previous experience of relevant consulting and relationship management.
• Appetite to drive forward innovative thinking on strategy development.
• Proven network of relationships to develop business.
• Business development experience and a commercial mindset.
• Extensive leadership skills.
• The ability and willingness to take on a high level of responsibility and work effectively in a team.
• Excellent communication skills.

Demonstrated Commitment to our Core Purpose

• Power in Partnership: We work in partnership with our clients & each other – building open and trusted relationships.
• Future Focus: We want to push our industry forward by solving problems in better ways that benefit both our clients & society.
• Strength in Difference: We work with diverse perspectives to find better solutions.
• People First: We recognise that pensions is a people business. People are the source of Isio’s expertise.

What we offer you

Isio is a people business, and we’re committed to helping our great colleagues gain a wide variety of experience, significant development opportunities and progression through the business.

On top, we also offer:

• A competitive remuneration package, including a bonus scheme.
• A defined contribution pension scheme.
• Life insurance.
• Healthcare benefits.
• Income protection benefits.
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) as standard with the option to purchase additional days of holiday.
• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) allowance.
• Flexible working opportunities.
• A flexible benefits package.
• Internal development programmes including (technical and non-technical) training support and mentor programmes.
• Where required study support including study days, materials and exam entry support.

About Isio

Isio was ‘born’ in 2020 from the sale of KPMG UK’s Pension Practice to a private equity firm. An industry-leading challenger, we provide diverse expertise spanning Pensions, Investment, Benefits and Wealth to give clients an integrated experience.

Isio is built by challengers, innovators and forward-thinkers, grounded around a vision which strives to deliver greater financial confidence for everyone.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion – bringing your whole self to work every day. We have hubs across the UK and many of our roles are flexible in location to help create a work-life balance that works for you.

Isio Group is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.