Job Description:

Our client, a UK leading investment and pensions consultancy, have an exciting opportunity for a high calibre nearly/newly qualified actuary to join their London, Edinburgh, or Glasgow offices. The position presents opportunities to get involved in a diverse range of projects, particularly in the areas of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance), reserving, risk and capital and investment strategy.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Experience in insurance focused actuarial work, either 'in-house' at an insurer or reinsurer, or in consulting
• Self-starter, who is able to drive a project forward, sometimes with limited guidance.
• Experience of planning projects and track record of delivering work on schedule
• A strong track record of achievement and delivery
• Flexible in approach and comfortable with working in a changing environment
• Proven ability to manage multiple and sometimes conflicting demands
• Strong personal values, including a commitment to professional and ethical behaviour
• Collegiate worker with high emotional intelligence, able to quickly establish rapport with new colleagues
• Enthusiasm for developing a strong network of contacts in the life insurance industry
• Experience in core actuarial practices - particularly in relation to one or more of reserving, pricing, capital and risk modelling.
• Sound grounding in actuarial techniques and strong IT skills, experience of computer programming or modelling would also be desirable.
• Dependent on experience, but candidates are likely to be newly or nearly qualified UK actuaries, or hold another professional or quantitative risk qualification

Core Responsibilities:

• Providing high quality support to our insurance and reinsurance clients both in the UK and globally, either on a consulting basis or via secondment to the client, delivering projects on time and within budget
• Developing and maintaining a good relationship with nominated clients, building a strong network of contacts in the insurance industry
• Identifying and developing further consultancy opportunities with new and existing clients
• Collaborating across the business, particularly with our digital teams, to deliver on cross-business unit projects
• Helping to promote our insurance offerings to a wider audience, including presenting at conferences and involvement in drafting thought leadership

Benefits:

• A highly competitive salary
• Wider Benefits package

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

Job reference: 15707

To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

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