Risk Management Specialist (Pension schemes)

As a Risk Management specialist in the Defined Benefit Retirement Team you will be a key member of the team responsible for developing the operating model and delivering Risk Management services for our Trustee clients. 
 
Your role will involve:

• Assisting in the development of our Risk Management proposition for clients and prospects;
• Working with overseas colleagues to share information and best practices across each territory;
• Developing the operating model for provision of Risk Management services to clients to ensure that the services are provided as efficiently as possible;
• Assisting in the development of the modelling and analysis that will be provided to clients as part of the Own Risk Assessment;
• Participating in new business tenders to outline why the prospects should use our Risk Management proposition.

As well as operating as a Risk Management specialist, the successful candidate will also be part of our corporate consulting team. This team provides strategic advice to companies in relation to their pension schemes. The key elements of this role will involve:  

• Contributing to the delivery of complex project work such as pension change, enhanced transfer value and pension increase exchange projects. This will require a large amount of modelling to determine the financial outcome of the projects under various scenarios, development of communication materials to members and meetings with senior stakeholders within companies;
• Assisting our team by developing further and maintaining a model which allows them to efficiently produce customised reports and financial advice to all members of a pension scheme who are offered and Enhanced Transfer Value or a Pension Increase Exchange.  

Given the very wide variety of work carried out in the Retirement Business, there is some flexibility on these additional roles, and we would be open to discussing with the successful candidate the other areas of our business they may have a preference for getting involved in. 
 
The Requirements 

• Bachelor’s Degree required;
• Nearly/Newly Qualified Actuary
• Strong analytical skills including the ability to draw conclusions and identify trends from data in a logical, systematic way;
• Well organised and detail oriented;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills;
• Ability to ask the right questions and seek help where appropriate;
• Ability to respond to all communications effectively and in a timely manner;
• Flexibility and proven ability to diagnose and resolve issues; strong client service orientation;
• Ability to work both independently and on client teams and enjoy a fast-paced environment;
• Sense of accountability; owning one’s work and taking pride in it;
• Self-starter; interest in continually challenging oneself and willingness to step outside of one’s comfort zone;
• Interest and ability to think beyond the task at hand and understand how one’s work fits into the broader landscape;

Please contact [email protected] or 016099404 for further information.

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