Senior Reporting Actuary

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At half year 2023, Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) had insured 339,900 pension scheme members and had £44.9 billion in financial investments, and has made total pension payments of almost £12 billion to its policyholders.

In an exciting period of growth, we are seeking to recruit a Senior Actuary to our Reporting & Financial Management department in a newly created role. Our Reporting team produces regular actuarial MI on hedging, capital raising, assets, new business, solvency, sensitivity to assumptions etc. The team is required to investigate and explain variances against forecast and planned results to the Strategy and the Planning and Forecasting teams, and in the information used for Asset Liability Matching.

As a Senior Actuary, you will provide particular support to the delivery of year-end and half-year actuarial reporting, and for the remainder of the year will typically largely focus on supporting ad hoc projects and delivering process improvements to the Reporting team. The role may involve significant interactions with the teams onboarding new business and new reinsurance treaties, the Modelling and Data teams, and the Business Partnering teams in Finance, as well as other relevant teams across the business.

Significant investment is being made by the business into finance function system capabilities, in particular, enhanced actuarial systems and automation tools. You will have the opportunity to implement these cutting-edge initiatives that will change how the Reporting team works. You will also be expected to identify ideas on an ongoing basis for improving business performance and processes and adding value. Your responsibilities will include:

• Review, analyse and refine the preparation of year-end and half-year Solvency II, IFRS 17 and MCEV reporting KPIs and analyses, including the P&L/analysis of movement of these items, likely with particular focus on Solvency II Pillar 3 reporting and/or IFRS 17 disclosures
• Support the Deputy Head of Actuarial Reporting and the Head of Actuarial Reporting in presenting and communicating the results and analysis of these items to the Financial Controller, the Chief Actuary and the CFO; and in interactions with the Actuarial Function Holder, internal and external audit and the Audit Committee
• Support queries from, and provide analysis to, the broader Finance accounting and reporting, Business Partnering and FP&A teams, and support in investor interactions and regulatory requests as required
• Support the regular review, and propose enhancements where necessary, to the related methodology underpinning these results, leading deep-dives into specific areas of methodology where needed
• Lead specific ad hoc projects for the Actuarial Reporting team and lead engagement with firm-wide initiatives; such as enhancements to investment data processes, reviews of inflation methodology, and the implications of Solvency II reform
• Support the identification and lead the implementation of enhancements to the actuarial reporting production processes and/or quality of output; for example improving the documentation of methodology or production processes and overseeing the implementation of identified initiatives to streamline or enhance the production processes
• Understand the implications of changes to the business, reporting metrics and wider business processes on the processes and output of the reporting team; including leading the embedding of large-scale changes across the reporting processes
• Support the Deputy Head of Actuarial Reporting, the Head of Actuarial Reporting and the Financial Controller in other ad hoc actuarial investigations as they arise
• Coach and develop less experienced members of the Actuarial Reporting team, including line management responsibility for a qualified actuary supporting on the above activities

Requirements

Essential:

• Qualified actuary (FIA or equivalent) with 5 or more years' PQE
• Detailed knowledge and experience of actuarial and financial reporting in a UK life company environment, in particular Solvency II and IFRS 17 reporting (MCEV desirable)
• Understanding of UK DB pensions and bulk annuities
• Excellent numerical skills and analytical aptitude
• Strong written and oral communication skills, with ability to communicate complex actuarial information to both actuaries and non-actuaries at a senior level
• Staff/project management skills
• Ability to analyse, investigate and explain results from actuarial models
• Experience of running and delivering ad hoc projects or investigations, particularly in an actuarial reporting context, ensuring that outcomes are appropriate and timely

Desirable:

• High level understanding of model and systems developments in relation to actuarial issues
• Knowledge of UK life insurance company accounting and taxation
• Experience in use of visualisation tools (for example PowerBI); programming languages (for example R and Python); and actuarial modelling software (for example RAFM); would be beneficial, but not essential
• Excel knowledge at an advanced level
• Good skills in Word, PowerPoint, etc.

Benefits

In addition to a competitive base salary and the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan, upon joining us here at Pension Insurance Corporation, you'll get access to some great benefits, including private medical insurance, 28 days' annual leave (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme and much more.

This role offers hybrid working, and we are open to discussing flexible working arrangements too.