Graduate Actuarial Analyst (2024)

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MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES, INC, Edinburgh

Posted 2 weeks ago, 14 Jun | Get your application in now before you miss out!

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You will be working as part of an established centre of excellence spanning 3 UK locations, with over 120 colleagues and an average of 20 years' experience in the UK pension industry.

You will have the opportunity fulfil a fundamental role specialising in a wide range of retirement solutions and providing technical expertise and support to our UK Retirement market.

As we continue to grow and enhance our workforce of the future, we are providing a continuously evolving and tailored range of services, giving individuals the opportunity to learn and develop their skills with support both now, and into the future.

Mercer will provide a full training and development plan as well as full-study support for any applicable exams as you build your career., Work as part of a team on complex defined benefit modelling using advanced actuarial skills and techniques, specialising in complex UK and European pension solutions

Provide detailed analysis of pension membership data, preparation of valuation data and data reconciliation

Provide support to the UK consulting business covering end-to-end actuarial services and basic client management

Contribute to continuous improvement by creating new ways of working through process design, implementation and optimisation

Develop expertise in excel, VBA and Mercer in house technology enabling high quality IT and product solution development

Working in partnership and developing relationships with internal teams to deliver a streamlined service to other lines of business within Mercer

We are currently looking for talented and ambitious Graduate Actuarial Analysts who are keen to develop their career by joining our UK GSD Wealth Actuarial team. It's a great time to join our growing business and you will have the opportunity to work alongside the best and brightest in the industry. If you're a problem solver, team player, strong communicator and keen to develop a technical career within an actuarial role, we want you on our team!, Educated to degree level in a numerical or semi-numerical degree

Self-motivated, eagerness to learn and to keep up to date with the respective industry trends and market conditions

Have strong IT skills with good working knowledge of Microsoft office, in particular Excel

Keen interest in financial markets and an understanding of how UK pension schemes operate

MERCER UK GSD Wealth Actuarial is seeking candidates for the following position based in our Belfast, Exeter or Edinburgh offices., Mercer believes in building brighter futures by redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and well-being. Mercer's approximately 25,000 employees are based in 43 countries and the firm operates in 130 countries. Mercer is a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), the world's leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people, with more than 85,000 colleagues and annual revenue of over $20 billion. Through its market-leading businesses including Marsh, Guy Carpenter and Oliver Wyman, Marsh McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment. For more information, visit mercer.com. Follow Mercer on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Competitive reward package and a fantastic suite of employee benefits including a generous pension contribution, life/health assurance and private medical insurance.

Excellent on the job training and support; including a comprehensive study support package

Generous flexible benefits including a great holiday allowance, volunteering opportunities and some less "traditional" benefits too.