Job Description:
We are currently on an exciting new role for a Senior Insurance Consultant to join a leading Investment and Pensions firm. The successful candidate will have experience in a similar role and will be working on a project basis across several areas.
The role will focus on supporting clients in risk and capital management and understanding and managing their assets. You will get involved in a diverse range of projects, including Solvency UK reforms, investment risk management, illiquid assets and Matching Adjustment optimisation.,
The candidate must have sound grounding in actuarial techniques and strong IT skills. Dependent on experience, but candidates are likely to be qualified UK actuaries with proven, relevant post-qualification experience, or hold another professional investment or quantitative risk qualification.
Essential Skills/Experience:
Significant experience in investment and ALM work, Solvency II/Solvency UK work for insurers, either ‘in-house’ at an insurer or asset manager or, in consulting
Experience of planning projects and track record of delivering quality work on schedule
Excellent consulting skills and proven record of achievement and delivery
Flexible in approach and comfortable with working in a changing environment
Proven ability to manage multiple and sometimes conflicting demands
Strong personal values, including a commitment to professional and ethical behaviour
Collegiate worker with high emotional intelligence, able to quickly establish good working relationships with new colleagues
Ability to develop a strong network of contacts in the life insurance industry
Ability to both generate proposition ideas and successfully bring solutions to the current client base
Ability to mentor and coach others
Willing and able to travel where necessary
Core Responsibilities:
Providing high quality support and advice to our insurance and reinsurance clients both in the UK and globally
Developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients, building a strong network of contacts in the life insurance industry
Identifying and developing further consultancy opportunities with new and existing clients
Delivering to clients as a subject matter expert in the key areas of your experience
Collaborating across the business, particularly with the investment and risk transfer specialists in the firm, to deliver on cross-practice projects
Helping to promote insurance offerings to a wider audience, which includes conference speaking and writing articles
Developing and shaping new investment propositions to take to clients and prospects.
Benefits:
A highly competitive salary
Wider Benefits package
Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.
Job reference: 15569
To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
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Core-Asset Consulting offers specialist recruitment services to asset management, accounting & finance, asset servicing, legal and the wider financial services sector in Scotland.
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Job Description:
A leading Pensions and Investment firm is actively looking to speak to Actuarial Consultants who want to join their team on a permanent basis. As a corporate Actuarial Consultant you will provide an efficient, high-quality service to clients in the field of actuarial and wider benefit consulting in relation to clients’ employee benefits schemes. The primary focus is on Sponsoring Employers of UK defined benefit pension schemes.
This role can be based in London, Birmingham, Edinburgh, or Glasgow. This role can be done from any of the office locations, however there would be an expectation for you to travel to clients mainly in England from time to time.
Essential Skills/Experience:
Associate or Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (or equivalent recognised actuarial qualification) or currently studying towards this with relevant pensions experience. Scheme Actuary certificate not required.
Experience of working with Sponsoring Employers with their UK defined benefit pension schemes
Have a good understanding of the legislative and regulatory framework for UK pension schemes
Be able to undertake the actuarial calculations required
Have some broader experience in areas such as valuation support, endgame planning, corporate accounting, corporate transactions, risk transfer and member options exercises.
Have an understanding of related employee benefits issues in order to advise clients on strategy and liaise effectively with other disciplines within the Firm.
Core Responsibilities:
Ensuring that work prepared by the team meets a high-quality standard of service for clients. Work collaboratively as part of the team in the preparation of advice including reviewing/checking calculations undertaken by more junior team members, and peer review of client work for other colleagues.
Signing out work in your own name where applicable
Inputting and reviewing strategic advice for corporate clients. Areas of work include (but not limited to) scheme funding support, corporate transactions, endgame planning, company accounting work, corporate governance or benefit design.
Building strong relationships with your client at all levels as appropriate.
Consulting with client contacts to agree budgets and deadlines for work, ensuring necessary service agreements are in place.
Encouraging effective communication within client teams to support the delivery of work and understanding of client commercials.
Understanding client needs to provide solutions and develop client accounts.
Undertaking project work or acting as champion for new service initiatives.
Prospecting for new opportunities and pitching for new business within corporate proposition
Developing market-facing material and content
Participating in the management, mentoring and training of more junior staff.
Benefits:
A highly competitive salary
Wider Benefits package
Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.
Job reference: 15644
To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
At Core-Asset, we're committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. Our privacy statement explains when and why we collect personal information about people who engage with our services, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others, and how we keep it secure. We may change this policy from time to time, so please check this policy occasionally to ensure that you're happy with any changes.
By engaging with us (either by applying for a job we're advertising, registering through our website, or getting in touch with our business) you're agreeing to be bound by this policy.
Core-Asset Consulting is committed to protecting the privacy of our candidates, clients and website users. For further information, please refer to our full Privacy Statement available on our website http://www.core-asset.co.uk/about-core-asset/privacy-statement
Core-Asset Consulting offers specialist recruitment services to asset management, accounting & finance, asset servicing, legal and the wider financial services sector in Scotland.
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