Principal (Senior Risk Transfer Actuary)

LGBT Great; England; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading actuarial consulting firm in the UK seeks an experienced Principal (Senior Risk Transfer Actuary) to join its consulting team. This hybrid role involves leading risk transfer projects, managing client relationships, and mentoring colleagues. Candidates should have significant risk transfer experience and a relevant FIA qualification. The firm offers a competitive discretionary bonus and a generous benefits package including private medical cover and an electric car leasing scheme.

Benefits

Competitive discretionary annual bonus

Generous pension scheme

Private medical cover

Life assurance

Group income protection

Up to 30 days holiday

Sports Allowance up to 50% gym membership

Qualifications

• Experience managing risk transfer projects
• Ability to provide solutions for complex client problems
• Strong client relationship management

Responsibilities

• Lead on and deliver risk transfer projects for clients
• Manage client or project team and ensure quality of work
• Prepare and deliver trustee training
• Develop marketing initiatives

Skills

Significant Risk Transfer experience

Excellent professionalism

Stakeholder management skills

Project management/time management skills

Excellent networking skills

Education

Relevant qualification - qualified or part qualified FIA

Tools

Internal software

Job description

Principal (Senior Risk Transfer Actuary) United Kingdom and 9 more

As we continue to grow, we have an exciting opportunity for a highly experienced Senior Risk Transfer Actuary / Senior Risk Transfer Consultant to join our Actuarial Consulting team. This role can be based in any of our 10 UK offices working on a hybrid basis (flexibility).

We welcome interest and discussions from all candidates at Associate / Principal and through to Partner.

At Barnett Waddingham, our services are designed to support trustees and employers by delivering pragmatic advice which brings clarity to complex issues such as investing assets, de-risking, longevity, risk management and the impact of legislative changes. We undertake a range of services for clients including full-service actuarial consulting, investment consultancy and standalone projects such as mergers and acquisitions. Our specialist risk transfer team was set up more than ten years ago and has worked on transactions from less than 1m to nearly 4bn in size. We now have more than 30 multi-disciplinary individuals providing risk transfer advice for our clients – not just for insurance transactions but also supporting clients on potential superfund transfers and capital-backed journey plans.

A snapshot of your day:

• Working with Partners to lead on and deliver risk transfer projects of all sizes for our clients
• Manage a client or project team, ensure work is of a high quality and within agreed timescales
• Understands clients’ issues and broader perspectives and is able to develop and recommend suitable solutions or more efficient ways of working
• Able to provide solutions for more complex problems for our clients
• Manage client relationships, identifying any problems that arise and helping resolve them as soon as possible
• Prepare and deliver trustee training
• Use expertise and knowledge to support colleagues at all levels
• Proactive in managing and developing marketing initiatives
• Develop and maintain relationships with introducers and potential clients
• Maintaining relationships with providers and other advisers in the risk transfer market

We would love to hear from if you have:

• A relevant qualification - qualified or part qualified FIA
• Significant Risk Transfer experience, either as a consultant or from an insurer role
• IT skills to perform all aspects of work efficiently, including internal software
• Excellent professionalism and stakeholder management skills
• Project management/time management skills
• Excellent networking skills

What’s in it for you:

• Competitive discretionary annual bonus
• Generous pension scheme
• Core benefits for you including private medical cover, life assurance, group income protection, and up to 30 days holiday per year with holiday trading
• A comprehensive range of voluntary benefits to suit you (and your family) including an electric car leasing scheme, tech scheme, cycle to work scheme, dental cover, healthcare cash plan, health assessments, critical illness cover, Sports Allowance – we pay up to 50% of your gym/sports membership (up to 50 pm), travel insurance, paid volunteering, and a broad range of retailer discounts

Happy to talk flexible working

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