[Hiring] Financial and Actuarial Consultant @Gallagher

Role Description

At Gallagher, we help businesses grow, communities thrive, and people prosper. As a Financial Actuarial Consultant, you’ll use your analytical skills to guide clients and teams in making informed decisions. You’ll be part of a collaborative and ethical team that values innovation and service.

How you'll make an impact:

• Actuarial Consulting provides a variety of high-quality services to clients through structured engagements requiring actuarial expertise.
• These services may include:
  • Preparation and interpretation of risk data, design of insurance or retirement plans, calculation of plan premiums, determining cash reserves and premium rates necessary to ensure sufficient funds for benefits payment and profitability.
  • Primarily focused on participating in projects counseling management and advising on retirement, benefit, or underwriting projects that require actuarial or mathematical techniques to determine appropriate courses of action.
  • Participates in the rate-making, reserving, and risk evaluation functions.
  • Assures preparation and interpretation of data for complex purposes and external stakeholders. Determines rates of mortality, sickness, retirement, etc. based on analysis of statistical data.
  • Checks actuarial calculations and reports, ensuring technical accuracy and compliance.
  • Manages and conducts research projects and communicates findings to others under minimal supervision.
  • Provides administrative/technical support to actuarial staff (for example, by preparing and analyzing statistical reports of data).
  • May act as an actuarial liaison to other departments.
  • Interaction with clients, developing relationships.
  • Responsible for adjusting or recommending solutions in account issues to solve problems or improve effectiveness of client solution.
  • Problems may require understanding of other function areas.
  • Problems are typically solved through drawing from prior experiences, with analysis of the issue.
  • Works under supervision and direction from more senior level roles.
  • Works to achieve client and project targets with direct impact on client and department results.
  • Works independently or with a team on larger, low to moderately complex client projects/engagements. May train new team members.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree; 3 years related experience.
• Desired:
  • Membership of the Society of Actuaries (SOA) with a designation of Associate, Society of Actuaries (ASA), or membership of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA).
  • Strong exam progress towards, or qualification as, Fellow Society of Actuaries (FSA) or Fellow of the IFoA (FIA or equivalent).

Requirements

• Demonstrates strong Communication skills.
• Analytical skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Financial acumen.
• Business acumen.

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one!
• Life and accident insurance.
• 401(K) and Roth options.
• Tax-advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA).
• Educational expense reimbursement.
• Paid parental leave.
• Other benefits include:
  • Digital mental health services (Talkspace).
  • Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function).
  • Training programs.
  • Gallagher Thrive program – elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing.
  • Charitable matching gift program.
  • And more...