Actuarial Consultant (Manager)

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Actuarial Consultant - Manager

As part of this role, you’ll be working in Isio’s Actuarial & Consulting team – over 400 pensions experts – actuaries and consultants, advising a diverse range of clients and stakeholders across the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors.

We 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 we get involved with is vast, and there’ll be opportunities for you to gain lots of great, new experiences, focus on working towards specialising in particular roles, and put your skills to the test.

What’s the role?

We’re looking for qualified pensions actuaries or those with significant UK DB pensions experience to join our team.

As a challenger in the industry, we are looking for individuals with excellent pensions consulting and technical skills, a commercial outlook, and an entrepreneurial mindset.

Day to day, you will be:

• Driving key initiatives in the delivery of UK DB Pensions advice to clients – this may include managing key client projects directly, and/or supporting our partners and directors to deliver to our clients.
• Being involved in the technical aspects of projects, which will also involve 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.
• As a Manager, you will take the lead and delegate responsibilities to junior colleagues on projects such as, but not limited to:
• Performing actuarial valuations and calculations for Trustees and advising them on how to run their schemes.
• Developing pensions strategies for corporate, public, and not-for-profit organisations.
• Writing and delivering communications projects for members.
• Insurance transaction and scheme consolidation advice.
• Data projects such as benefit rectifications, pensions dashboards, and GMP equalisation.

Whatever you’re looking for, we can build a role to suit you and help you develop.

Where is the role?

We can offer a range of locations for you to choose from – we have Isio offices in Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Croydon, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, and Reading.

We 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, we are great at building strong communities amongst our employees – both across locations and teams, hosting regular team building, charity, and social events.

Key skills and experience

We’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. Our business is better with a diverse range of experience, so we’ll consider each application on its own merits.

• 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 solve problems and deliver excellent advice.
• Excellent project management and client delivery skills – especially when balancing multiple demands.
• A great team worker – likely to have experience in performance management or a willingness to do so, delegating to junior colleagues and supporting the development of others.
• Commercial skills – a curious mind, to help us develop our business and look for new opportunities.
• Technical experience – significant experience of working in the UK DB pensions industry or individuals with highly relevant transferable skills.
• Qualifications – likely to be a qualified pensions actuary FIA/FFA or equivalent.

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 and it is people’s lives that we affect through our advice.

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, as well as two additional ‘Company’ days – a celebration day for your birthday and an extra day over Christmas.
• 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 empower and develop those who join us – valuing curious minds and giving people the freedom to outperform.

Isio is growing and we are looking for people who share our purpose and behaviours to join us on this journey, as we continue driving exceptional results for both our clients and people.

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.