[Hiring] Actuarial Analyst @Capita

Role Description

We are looking for an Actuarial Analyst to join the team and work on a wide range of DB pensions projects for DB pensions clients and bulk annuity providers. This role would suit someone with pensions experience looking to move into an actuarial career that has worked on DB pensions calculations, has strong excel and ideally worked on pensions projects. If you want to study for the actuarial exams, study support is available.

Work includes:

• Benefit calculation audits
• Data validation/audits and improvement/creation projects
• Benefits and data due diligence
• Benefit correction/rectification exercises
• Benefit calculation proforma for administration teams to use on smaller clients
• Calculations testing (both doing calculations to test against automated results and using pensions knowledge to identify errors in/improve automated calculations)
• Benefit summary specification creation or review
• Documenting issues/results with clear communication style by email and phone
• Liaising with internal contacts across the wider pensions business
• Drafting consulting reports on projects, as required

Key Duties/Responsibilities:

• Working directly with actuaries and consultants within the team and, if required, more widely within the actuarial department
• Liaising with administration teams to resolve identified issues in a pragmatic yet technically accurate way
• Providing an audit trail on all work activities
• Supporting the management of the team’s workflow to achieve client delivery
• Taking responsibility for own learning and development, keeping up to date with pensions’ regulatory developments

Qualifications

• Currently working in a pensions actuarial team or someone with DB pensions experience looking to move into an actuarial career
• Strong Excel skills – vlookups and macros
• Good team player, with excellent attitude and flexible approach to work
• Experience in using PFaroe actuarial software (preferable)

Benefits

• 23 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave
• Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme
• 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• Paternity pay of two weeks
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform