Join EY in London (25 Churchill Place) as a Senior Manager, Pensions, Actuarial. In this role, you will lead client projects, provide expert corporate pensions advice, and build trusted relationships with key stakeholders in a growing multi-disciplinary team.
Requirements
Previous experience of working in a consulting environment, ideally on corporate work or BPA transactions.
Deep knowledge and experience of the UK pensions environment.
Actuarial modelling experience and an ability to oversee actuarial calculations.
Strong oral and written communication skills and project management capabilities.
No specific degree or minimum years of experience are explicitly stated.
Skills & Responsibilities
Actuarial Modelling: Oversee complex calculations and review numerical and written advice for pension schemes and corporate clients.
Project Management: Manage client projects within agreed scope, budget, and timelines with minimal supervision.
Relationship Building: Establish trusted relationships with CFOs, pension managers, trustees, and pension providers.
Team Leadership: Lead client project teams, delegate work effectively, and mentor junior team members.
Potential transition routes: People from pensions consultancy, actuarial, or accounting backgrounds may bring strong numerical and advisory skills, alongside meeting the required UK pensions and project management experience.
Job description
At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.
We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.
Join EY and help to build a better working world.
EY is accelerating the growth of our Pensions Consulting team and are looking for self-starting, diligent individuals from a consultancy, actuarial or accounting firm who can contribute to our growth plans and who wish to be part of a successful business with a strong, established brand, now in it’s fourth year of double digit growth.
We offer our clients expert-led advice wherever pension risk touches their business and our teamwork within a multi-disciplinary environment across a number of specialist areas, including providing funding and risk management advice for corporates, and advising on risk transactions.
The opportunity We are now looking to grow our consulting business. In order to achieve this growth, we are looking for quality individuals with core pensions knowledge and who have demonstrable experience of working with and building trusted relationships including CFOs of corporate sponsors, pension managers, trustees and pension providers.
We are seeking individuals with expertise in the following areas:
Ongoing corporate pensions strategy
Pension end-game solutions including both run-on strategies and risk transfer solutions
Pension risk transfer transactions in particular experience of implementing pension buy-in transactions and supporting schemes in the period between buy-in and buyout
Scheme wind up experience
Data and analytics
Leveraging corporate and pension scheme data for value
Actuarial Modelling and valuations
Your Key Responsibilities
Review of numerical and written advice, as well as liaising directly with clients
Management of client projects within agreed scope and budget with minimal supervision from senior management
Leading client project teams and delegating work effectively
Creation of work deliverables based on requirements of the client
Providing pensions expertise / opinions whilst working in larger cross service line projects
Providing support to the senior management team with marketing initiatives
Building effective relationships in the market and within the EY network
Helping develop team members through mentoring, feedback and training
Maintaining our very high professional standards
To qualify for the role you must have:
Have a passion for providing outstanding client service and quality client advice
Strong oral and written communication skills
Previous experience of working in a consulting environment, ideally on corporate work or BPA transactions
A strong understanding of how to build client relationships
A demonstrable track record of achieving value outcomes for clients and evidence of working effectively with multiple stakeholders on complex assignments
Be a self-starter, with can-do attitude and energy who is willing to try new things
Enjoy working with people from range of backgrounds and disciplines
Deep knowledge and experience of the UK pensions environment
Actuarial modelling experience and an ability to oversee actuarial calculations
Have good commercial awareness
Project management skills
Demonstrate initiative and creativity
Be comfortable with complexity and ambiguity and recognises the world is changing and will continue to change
What we offer We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:
Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.
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