Job Type: Permanent
Location: London or Edinburgh (working three days per week in the office)
Flexible working: All of our roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about flexible working here.
Salary and benefits: From £37,700 depending on experience depending on experience plus bonus, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more
Closing Date: 14th August
Who are we?
We’re Standard Life, a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We champion the belief that everyone’s journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years, we’ve been helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures.
Life today is increasingly complicated, uncertain and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpected moments and navigate important choices. We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return we expect curiosity, connection, accountability and high standards. We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day.
The role
This role provides valuable experience across reinsurance reporting, benefit analysis and data validation, helping ensure our reinsurance arrangements run accurately and efficiently. You’ll build strong technical and stakeholder skills while developing deep knowledge of pensions and bulk annuities. It’s an excellent foundation for someone aspiring to become an actuary, and we’re looking for someone who is motivated to progress toward qualification and committed to completing the actuarial exams.
Generating regular account and collateral reports using our integrated reinsurance administration system
Checking movement data received from Trustees and reasonableness checks on final deliverables produced by the administration system
Reviewing annual data extracts to identify changes from the previous year and determining whether an update is required to reinsurance data
Timely production of annual exercise materials, including premium amounts and surrender values, using the reinsurance administration system
Analysis of benefit specification to determine the structure and timing of benefits payable under the reinsurance arrangement
Helping to provide oversight of complex member benefit calculations and member options with our administrators in order to build up benefit knowledge and understand reinsurance benefit simplifications
Testing new arrangements as they are implemented onto the reinsurance administration system to ensure the benefits are operating as set out in the benefit specification
Follow robust processes set out in supporting documentation, highlighting any opportunities for process improvement that may arise
Responsible for ensuring all work produced is clearly documented and has a suitable audit trail and version control
Following the best practises with respect to the management of our reinsurance contracts.
We are looking for an individual who prides themselves on building and maintaining quality stakeholder relationships with a keen eye for detail
What are we looking for?
A strong numerical degree such as Mathematics with a minimum 2:1 classification
Demonstrated interest in pursuing actuarial exams to enhance their technical expertise and pursue career as an Actuary
An understanding of pension benefits and bulk annuity products whilst contributing to the creation of bespoke models would be desirable
Proven ability to meet and exceed performance targets by monitoring progress, prioritising tasks, and applying structured problem‑solving methods to resolve obstacles and deliver business outcomes.
Actively pursues professional development by identifying specific technical or role‑related skill gaps, completing relevant training or certifications, and applying new learning to improve job performance.
We want to hire the whole version of you.
We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.
We’re reviewing applications as they come in, so apply early to avoid missing out
Find out more about working at Standard Life
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Skills Required
- Strong numerical degree such as Mathematics with minimum 2:1 classification
- Demonstrated interest in pursuing actuarial exams and commitment to completing actuarial qualifications
- Understanding of pension benefits and bulk annuity products
- Ability to monitor progress, prioritise tasks and apply structured problem solving to meet targets
- Ability to build and maintain quality stakeholder relationships and strong attention to detail
- Willingness to follow documented processes, maintain audit trails and suggest process improvements
What We Do
Standard Life champions the belief that everyone’s journey to and through retirement can be better, using our size, expertise and influence - to shape the world our customers will retire into.
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