Graduate Actuarial Analyst – Retirement Consulting

Job title:

Graduate Actuarial Analyst – Retirement Consulting

Company

Marsh McLennan

Job description

Company: MercerDescription:Mercer is seeking candidates for the following position based in our Dublin or Cork office (currently a hybrid model – working 3 days in the office and 2 remotely):Graduate Actuarial Analyst – Retirement ConsultingWhat you can expect:

• An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Mercer’s consulting support group in a graduate position starting in September 2024.
• Mercer is a global consulting leader helping clients around the world advance the health, wealth and careers of their most vital asset – their people. We provide services to a wide range of clients including pension funds, insurers and private banks.

We will rely on you to provide support with some of the following tasks:

• Helping consultants to manage a portfolio of clients on a day-to-day basis.
• Managing and tracking ongoing actions for client.
• Calculating benefits for pension plan members.
• Completing individual calculations as required, for example transfer values, net present values, severance calculations, standard fund threshold calculations, early retirement calculations and actuarial factors.
• Assessing the solvency and funding level of defined benefit pension schemes
• Managing valuation projects
• Calculating company accounting disclosures and uploading results to Mercer Globe.
• Supporting client managers with the preparation of meeting materials for Investment Committee and Trustee Meetings.
• Involvement in project work across the business as required, for example risk managementexercises, redundancy projects etc.

What makes you stand out:

• Ability to build strong working relationships with colleagues and clients.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. Attention to detail is critical.
• Interest in pensions, investment markets and asset classes
• Ability to manage simultaneous projects and to meet multiple deadline
• Ability to interpret results and ask questions where relevant
• Proactive and goal-orientated
• Strive to achieve efficiencies in ongoing work
• Possess strong IT skills. (in particular a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint)

Qualifications:

• Would suit candidates who are working towards, or planning to work towards, the Actuarial qualification.

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.Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at .Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person. office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.#Hybrid

Expected salary

Location

Dublin – Cork

Job date

Fri, 29 Mar 2024 23:13:52 GMT

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