Consulting Actuary

Description:

We have an exciting opportunity for a Consulting Actuary to join our team in Bristol on a hybrid working basis. Our services are designed to support trustees and employers by delivering pragmatic advice which brings clarity to complex issues such as investing assets, de-risking, longevity, risk management and the impact of legislative changes.
With over 1700 people across 9 UK offices, Barnett Waddingham are proud to be a leading independent UK consultancy at the forefront of risk, pensions, investment and insurance. Each individual delivers on our shared values and our commitment to ensuring the highest levels of trust, integrity and quality.
Responsibilities:
* Act as the main contact for a range of clients. Provide advice to clients on how they might achieve their objectives while satisfying the requirements of relevant external parties
* Assist Partners in managing client relationships, identifying any problems that arise and helping resolve them as soon as possible
* Attend client meetings
* Identify ways that Barnett Waddingham can help our clients and report new initiatives.
* Review draft client reports and advice
* Proactively advise clients on relevant developments in the pension’s world
* Use of a variety of techniques and theoretical principles to establish probability and risk in respect of areas such as pensions
* Check work of other team members, ensuring accuracy and compliance with scheme rules, procedures and legislation
* This role may include working toward developing own portfolio of Scheme Actuary/Adviser appointments or Corporate appointments
* Assist in new business tenders, including participating in the pitch to the potential client
* Develop relationships with introducers and potential clients
* Identify opportunities for new business
Experience/Qualifications:
* Qualified FIA/FAA
* Strong IT skills
* Project management experience is desirable
* Good networking skills
* Ability to take forward new ideas
* Excellent communication skills
Benefits Summary
* Competitive discretionary annual bonus.
* Core benefits paid for by BW including life assurance, group income protection, private medical cover and 25 days holiday per year with holiday trading.
* A generous pension scheme where we contribute 8% of your salary from day one of your employment.
* Employee Assistance Programme to support you and your family through any concerns or challenges you may experience.
* A comprehensive range of voluntary benefits to suit your life stage and lifestyle including a tech scheme, cycle to work scheme, dental cover, healthcare cash plan, health assessments, critical illness cover, extension of private medical cover or life assurance to family members, gym membership, travel insurance and a broad range of discounts at hundreds of retailers including supermarkets, fitness centres, travel and leisure companies.
Accessibility
We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you have a disability, learning difficulty, medical condition, or individual need, which you believe may affect your performance during our selection process, we’ll be happy to make adjustments to our processes to enable you a fair opportunity to showcase your skills. Please visit AbilityNet should you benefit from advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability. Should you require information in a different format, have other accessibility or reasonable adjustment requirements or if you find any problems not listed on this page, please contact us