Job Description:

A leading Pensions and Investment firm is seeking an enthusiastic individual to look after their Excel models within their UK defined benefit pension scheme practice. This is a a great opportunity if you are looking to build and lead a team of people to create new Excel models as well as developing and maintaining existing ones. The role will focus on providing high-quality service using your actuarial and Excel skills to enable high quality delivery of projects.

This role can be based in London, Birmingham, Glasgow, or Edinburgh.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Relevant pensions experience. We are seeking applicatns who are either taking exams as well as those who have decide not to take exams.
• Have a good understanding of valuing UK pension scheme defined benefits.
• Strong technical actuarial skills and a preference to work on technical actuarial matters.
• Excellent Excel and VBA skills.
• R coding experience.
• Working knowledge of the legislative framework for UK pension schemes.
• Knowledge of Technical Actuarial Standards as it pertains to actuarial models.
• Aptitude in working with detailed actuarial calculation models.

Core Responsibilities:

• Leading the delivery of modelling projects to help meet a high-quality standard of service for clients.
• Regularly review and validate existing models to ensure accuracy and relevance.
• Providing technical specialist expertise working collaboratively alongside client and technical teams. Work collaboratively in the preparation of models including checking work undertaken by more junior team members.
• Ability to work independently to proactively resolve complex modelling cases relating to pension scheme specific features.
• Ability to explain and resolve technical matters for the client and technical teams.
• Develop internal networks and work across teams.
• Provide leadership, role modelling and mentoring to members of the technical team.

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: 15646

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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