Jobs at Standard Life

Actuarial pricing role managing pension risk transfer transactions: lead cashflow modelling and pricing, set assumptions, build and maintain bespoke actuarial models, manage stakeholders, run post-transaction projects, coach junior staff, and present technical outputs.

Support the MMC3 internal model change programme by analysing and validating actuarial model changes, investigating complex issues, assessing impacts, testing and influencing stakeholders to deliver high-quality model enhancements under Solvency II.

Provide technical actuarial support across Bulk Purchase Annuity schemes, reviewing and developing actuarial calculations, factor assumptions and cashflow models, ensuring governance and auditability. Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders, monitor regulatory changes, deliver member options and manage actuarial workstreams and projects.

Lead end-to-end HR technology transition from Workday to Oracle HCM (including Payroll). Accountable for solution design, configuration, data migration, integrations, testing, deployment, cutover and hypercare. Coordinate cross-functional teams and third-party partners, manage risks and delivery plans, ensure governance, stakeholder engagement and successful handover into business-as-usual operations.

Provide application support for trading floor platforms (Aladdin, Bloomberg, Tradeweb, DTCC, Morningstar, LSEG Workspace, Beacon). Troubleshoot issues, monitor performance, manage user access, automate tasks with scripting, work with Snowflake and AWS, train users, maintain documentation, and drive continuous improvement in a hybrid, multi-office environment.

Provide first-line support for trading platforms (Aladdin, Bloomberg, Tradeweb), troubleshoot technical issues, monitor performance, manage user access, assist end-users, and maintain documentation.

Lead and execute a portfolio of IT internal audits end-to-end, challenge risk, governance and controls, and deliver insight to senior stakeholders. Coach managers and junior staff, identify cross-cutting themes, and ensure timely escalation of emerging issues. Cover Operational Resilience, Cyber Security, IT Operations, Data Governance, outsourced processes and cloud platforms (Azure/AWS). Drive modern audit techniques including AI adoption.

Lead and ensure accurate administration of reinsurance settlements, collateral valuations and annual cleanses. Design and validate Excel and cashflow models, improve processes, support onboarding, mentor team members, manage stakeholders, deliver management reporting, and drive projects to ensure operational control and compliance.

Provide Line 2 financial risk oversight for Group balance sheets and ALM, advising on solvency, liquidity, hedging, Matching Adjustment, capital management, stress testing, and climate financial risks. Deliver clear analyses and challenge senior stakeholders, develop risk frameworks and appetite, support Recovery & Resolution and ORSA, and lead technical guidance and team development.

Lead and execute end-to-end IT internal audits across the organisation, evaluate IT risk and control frameworks, deliver influential findings to senior stakeholders, manage audit portfolios and relationships, and support regulatory and assurance activities while mentoring team members.

Provide expert employee relations advice across the employee lifecycle, managing complex disciplinaries, grievances, performance and settlement cases; coach leaders, ensure employment and regulatory compliance, manage right-to-work and sponsorship issues, identify ER trends, and deliver manager training and policy governance.

Lead and deliver workplace pensions bids and surveys, manage bid projects end-to-end, drive process and technology improvements, create high-quality client collateral, influence stakeholders across Workplace and Distribution, and enable teams to retain clients and win new business during a 12-month secondment.

Lead hands-on and strategic UX work across web, secure portals and native mobile apps. Conduct user research, design interactions, influence stakeholders, coach teammates, and ensure accessibility, inclusion and regulatory compliance to improve customer retirement outcomes.

Partner with HR leaders to design and deliver data-driven workforce insights using Visier, OrgVue, Peakon and Oracle HCM Cloud. Conduct in-depth analysis, produce KPI reporting and presentations, translate findings into actionable recommendations, and provide training and support to increase data-driven decision making across the People Function.

Support BPA and Reinsurance implementations by analysing scheme benefit specifications and large pension datasets, validating and cleansing data, reconciling payroll and migration reports, updating models for bulk validations and projections, producing management information, and liaising with internal and external stakeholders to resolve data issues.

Provide assurance and insight over the Group’s risk, governance and controls for Standard Life change programmes. Execute audits, validate management actions, support risk assessment, deliver audit insight to management and the Board, and support GIA continuous improvement and ad-hoc projects while building stakeholder relationships across the three lines of defence.

Lead pricing and execution of bulk annuity (BPA/PRT) transactions: develop, document and run cashflow and pricing models, apply actuarial assumption-setting methodologies, solve deal challenges, liaise with cross-functional teams, and coach junior staff.

Contract Compliance Consultant (Anti-Financial Crime) supporting the MLCO and Deputy MLCO. Perform AML-focused compliance monitoring, advise business units, assess breaches and remedial actions, analyse regulatory developments, and produce management and regulatory reports. Help maintain regulatory processes and foster a strong compliance culture aligned with EU AML Regulation and local requirements.

Lead cloud platform strategy and architecture across the estate. Define guardrails, standards and secure-by-design reference implementations on AWS. Drive simplification, cost models, CI/CD, IaC, observability and embed security, resilience and compliance across engineering, data and AI teams.