We help our clients stay ahead of the changes that impact their business. Equipped with the scale of a seamlessly connected global network, we're where they need us - delivering deep tax technical expertise, while providing the critical context to help make informed and compliant decisions that drive their operations forward. At a global and local level, we design best-in-class integrated tax and legal strategies that empower clients to move from complexity to execution.

Workforce

The Pensions Actuarial team sits within our Workforce network, meaning you'll help leading UK and international employers make the most of their biggest asset - their people. Typical projects include helping business leaders define their HR and pensions strategy, through to advising clients on how to improve the effectiveness of their workforce.

We also help senior executives across all sectors of the economy understand their global pensions obligations and help them to deliver their objectives, whether that's with planned design transformations, merger and acquisition integration, scheme funding, liability management or financial reporting.

Programme

Our graduate training programme is underpinned by a development framework that broadens and deepens your knowledge. You'll learn from hands-on coaching and an outstanding variety of work, picking up business, personal and technical skills you can use across the network, and throughout your career.

What you'll do

As an Actuary in Pensions, you'll learn how to use complex financial and statistical theories to weigh up the risks and estimate the odds of what might happen.

As part of a multidisciplinary team, you'll draw on your problem-solving skills to advise clients on how they should manage both liability and asset risks within their pension plans, negotiate with trustees on how to fund schemes, design plans to help employees save for retirement and advise on potential mergers or acquisitions. Using our market-leading pensions analytics tools and range of expertise, you'll help clients develop and implement their pension strategy or benefits scheme.

What you'll gain

During our programme, you'll study with the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. Once you've completed the exams, you'll then be fully qualified and a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries.

What you'll need

You'll need to have achieved or be on track to pass an undergraduate degree or above in any subject. We determine whether you're on course to pass based on the grades you achieved in your last completed year of academic study.

Although we do not look for any specific degree or A Level subjects, please note that the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) offers some guidance to those considering a career as an Actuary: https://www.actuaries.org.uk/becoming-actuary/route-becoming-actuary. The IFoA qualification syllabus is rigorous and the examinations are highly demanding, so they recommend applicants have a maths-based degree. If you do not have a maths-based degree, they recommend you take one of their non-member exams to prepare you for the IFoA qualification process.

When to apply

Once you have submitted your application you'll have seven days to complete the online test, this is the first stage of our recruitment process.

Assessment centres for this role will take place between 18 December 2023 - 28 January 2024 or 19 February - 4 March 2024 . We expect to be able to give you at least a week's notice to attend.

Applications for this role may close early should we receive a high volume of interest so we recommend prompt application to avoid disappointment.