Pensions Actuarial Manager (Manchester, United Kingdom) found on KPMG UK
Manchester
About the Job
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The Team
KPMG Pensions is a leading edge strategic pensions’ advisory, actuarial, administration and investment practice. We deliver advice to employers and trustees and their senior people on all aspects of their pension arrangements
The Manchester pensions team is growing significantly due to substantial new business wins. We are recruiting at all levels within our trustee services team to help deliver actuarial and administration advice to a large portfolio of clients in new and innovative ways. This is the opportunity to be part of this exciting and growing business.
The Role
We are seeking to expand our Actuarial team and wish to recruit an experienced and professional Pensions Actuarial Manager to be based in our Manchester office and act as Scheme Actuary.
This role will be suitable for senior experienced pensions consultants who are FIA/FFA qualified with a scheme actuary certificate (or the ability to obtain one), and who have experience of leading client relationships and advising Trustee boards. In addition to proven technical and client consulting experience, individuals are to have strong communication skills and be able to demonstrate that they can develop the people they work with in order to deliver quality work to clients.
Responsibilities
Some of the responsibilities include:
- Building and managing relationships with trustee boards
- Delivering professional pensions consulting advice on all aspects affecting trustees
- Acting as Scheme Actuary to a number of smaller DB Pension schemes
- Providing pension accounting disclosures where required by pension scheme’s sponsoring Employers
The Person
Qualifications and Skills
- Professional qualifications either FIA or FFA.
- Scheme Actuary certificate held for two years (or the equivalent experience obtained)
- Excellent client management relationship skills.
- Proactive and commercial approach.
Knowledge/Experience
- The ability to act as a Scheme Actuary to defined benefit pension schemes
- An ability to understand how a trustee board can meet their statutory and fiduciary objectives in the context of the scheme sponsor and the regulatory environment.
- Experience of providing pension accounting disclosures for company accounts
- A proven track record in consulting with clients in a mainstream employee benefits firm
- The ability to work within a multi-disciplinary professional services firm
- Ability to lead and coach less experienced staff and work closely with colleagues in multi-disciplinary client service teams.
The Team
KPMG Pensions is a leading edge strategic pensions’ advisory, actuarial, administration and investment practice. We deliver advice to employers and trustees and their senior people on all aspects of their pension arrangements
The Manchester pensions team is growing significantly due to substantial new business wins. We are recruiting at all levels within our trustee services team to help deliver actuarial and administration advice to a large portfolio of clients in new and innovative ways. This is the opportunity to be part of this exciting and growing business.
The Role
We are seeking to expand our Actuarial team and wish to recruit an experienced and professional Pensions Actuarial Manager to be based in our Manchester office and act as Scheme Actuary.
This role will be suitable for senior experienced pensions consultants who are FIA/FFA qualified with a scheme actuary certificate (or the ability to obtain one), and who have experience of leading client relationships and advising Trustee boards. In addition to proven technical and client consulting experience, individuals are to have strong communication skills and be able to demonstrate that they can develop the people they work with in order to deliver quality work to clients.
Responsibilities
Some of the responsibilities include:
- Building and managing relationships with trustee boards
- Delivering professional pensions consulting advice on all aspects affecting trustees
- Acting as Scheme Actuary to a number of smaller DB Pension schemes
- Providing pension accounting disclosures where required by pension scheme’s sponsoring Employers
The Person
Qualifications and Skills
- Professional qualifications either FIA or FFA.
- Scheme Actuary certificate held for two years (or the equivalent experience obtained)
- Excellent client management relationship skills.
- Proactive and commercial approach.
Knowledge/Experience
- The ability to act as a Scheme Actuary to defined benefit pension schemes
- An ability to understand how a trustee board can meet their statutory and fiduciary objectives in the context of the scheme sponsor and the regulatory environment.
- Experience of providing pension accounting disclosures for company accounts
- A proven track record in consulting with clients in a mainstream employee benefits firm
- The ability to work within a multi-disciplinary professional services firm
- Ability to lead and coach less experienced staff and work closely with colleagues in multi-disciplinary client service teams.