This role is aimed at qualified actuaries with strong experience in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) who are looking to take a leading role in client consulting. You will be responsible for developing and managing your own portfolio of LGPS clients, with scope to act as a Team Leader, overseeing delivery, governance activity and working closely with Partners to set priorities and drive client strategy.
You will join a growing team with strong demand for LGPS actuarial and governance work, including new regulatory-driven projects. The role offers broad exposure, from funding strategy, employer risk and asset pooling through to governance support, employer transitions and statutory reporting. Strong organisational skills, commercial awareness and the ability to lead and develop others will be key.
A snapshot of your day:
Client Consulting; Acting as the main contact, providing advice for a range of LGPS Pension Funds and employers
Building strong relationships with and gain detailed knowledge about clients
Manage a client team, ensuring work is of a high quality and within agreed timescales
Support Partners in managing client relationships, identifying any problems that arise (e.g. level of fees/ poor service) and helping resolve them as soon as possible
Attend client meetings and identify ways that we can help our clients and report new initiatives
Lead on internal working groups covering specialist topics like LGPS accounting or governance
Use of a variety of techniques and theoretical principles to assess risk linked to all areas of LGPS pensions
Check work of other team members, ensuring accuracy and compliance with LGPS regulations
Provide advice to clients on how they might achieve their objectives while satisfying the needs of all stakeholders
Actively look for opportunities to support clients with other BW/Howden services
Present both internally to the team and externally to clients and give external talks as and when required
Assisting with new business opportunities, including supporting tenders and pitch processes
We would love to hear from you if you have:
Qualified actuary - Fellowship Actuarial Qualifications FIA / FAA or equivalent
DB Pension experience
Demonstrated experience leading a team and excellent people management skills
Good IT skills
Project management and time management skills
Excellent communication skills and good networking skills
Ability to take forward new ideas
A willingness to communicate and pass on knowledge and develop junior members of the team
What's in it for you:
Competitive discretionary annual bonus.
Core benefits paid for by BW including life assurance, group income protection, private medical cover and 25 days holiday per year with holiday trading.
A generous pension scheme where we contribute 8% of your salary from day one of your employment.
Employee Assistance Programme to support you and your family through any concerns or challenges you may experience.
A comprehensive range of voluntary benefits to suit your life stage and lifestyle including a tech scheme, cycle to work scheme, dental cover, healthcare cash plan, health assessments, critical illness cover, extension of private medical cover or life assurance to family members, gym membership, travel insurance and a broad range of discounts at hundreds of retailers including supermarkets, fitness centres, travel and leisure companies.
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Working with an award winning LGPS team holding three stars in the “best companies” ranking
Happy to talk flexible working
Accessibility
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Skills Required
- Fellowship Actuarial Qualification (FIA / FAA or equivalent)
- DB pension experience (Local Government Pension Scheme - LGPS)
- Demonstrated experience leading a team and people management skills
- Good IT skills
- Project management and time management skills
- Excellent communication and networking skills
- Ability to take forward new ideas
- Willingness to mentor and develop junior team members
- Experience with LGPS accounting, governance, employer transitions and statutory reporting
What We Do
We are proud to be a leading independent UK professional services consultancy at the forefront of risk, pensions, investment and insurance. With a team of more than 1,750 people in nine offices, including 99 partners, we work to deliver on our values and our promise, ensuring the highest levels of trust, integrity and quality. We act as a trusted partner for a wide range of clients in both the private and public sectors – this includes 25% of FTSE 100 and 15% of FTSE 350 companies. We are free from any external stakeholders, allowing us to take a long-term view with all our clients and giving us the freedom to bring fresh ideas to the table, unobstructed.
