2 Actuarial Science Jobs

Equiniti is a leading international provider of shareholder, pension, remediation, and credit technology. With over 6000 employees, it supports 37 million people in 120 countries. EQ India began its operations in 2014 as a Global India Captive Centre for Equiniti, a leading fintech company specialising in shareholder management. Within a decade, EQ India strengthened its operations and transformed from being a capability centre to a Global Competency Centre, to support EQ's growth story worldwide. EQs vision is to be the leading global share registrar, offering complementary services to its client base and our values set the core foundations to our success. There has never been a better time to join EQ. Role Summary Equiniti, one of the UKs largest Pensions & Benefits Consultancies, are looking to appoint a Fully Qualified Actuarial Project Consultant to their Data Services Team to work within our Regulatory Change portfolio of work. This is an excellent opportunity for a Qualified Actuary with at least 5 years’ experience in UK DB Consulting sector, to assist in expanding our Actuarial team within Data Services. Data Services Team Equiniti Data Services are a team that develop sophisticated in-house analysis, reconstruction and recalculation tools through 15 years of hands-on benefit rectification and contracted-out reconciliation experience. The team has worked with schemes covering over 4.5 million members, including schemes that Equiniti administers and external schemes, across both the public and private sectors. Core Duties/Responsibilities Lead projects or specific projects workstreams including designing, maintaining and monitoring project plans/issues logs and interacting with external clients Create complex calculations and write exacting formulae, utilising strong technical actuarial skills Providing technical calculation solutions across the regulatory change portfolio, such as GMP Equalisation calculations, missing benefit values to support Pensions Dashboard. Prepare accurate documentation of calculation methodology, decisions and assumptions and ensure Quality Assurance checks have been made on completed work Guide others in resolving complex issues Act as checker/reviewer of complex calculations Prepare accurate and clear client reports Identify gaps in processes and suggest solutions Be able to innovate to improve efficiency or accuracy either by new solutions or building on existing solutions Demonstrate commercial awareness including the monitoring of fee budgets Line manage a team of India based junior and trainee actuarial consultants Provide ongoing training and coaching to colleagues Provide support to Managers / Operations Director in areas such as strategy, direction, pricing and resourcing of work Escalate appropriate issues to Managers / Operations Director with proposed solutions Develop effective working relationships with team colleagues and internal and external business contacts, liaising with other departments as required Identify own training needs - seek and act on opportunities to develop technical and business understanding and skills. Skills, Capabilities and Attributes The successful candidate will demonstrate the following experience, skills and behaviours: Fully Qualified Actuary with 5 years’ experience in UK DB Pensions Consultancy Strong analytical, numerical and decision-making skills High level of systems proficiency particularly in Excel and Word, with SQL and/or VBA knowledge an advantage. Excellent communication skills including written, verbal and face to face Proven track record of delivering benefit calculation and rectification work within the Pensions industry. Able to work independently and use initiative Ability to deal with complex issues Able to work both in the detail of a complex task or at a higher level, depending on the requirements of the task Professional and personable and able to build sustainable working relationships Ability to manage projects and strong planning and organisational skills to prioritise and organise own workload Strong commercial acumen Resilient and calm under pressure and able to work flexibly to achieve tight deadlines An ability to learn and share learning, and to react positively to change Self-motivated and ability to encourage others Experience with GMP Equalisation/Rectification would be preferable. Benefits: Being a permanent member of the team at EQ you will be rewarded by our company benefits, these are just a few of what is on offer: Business related certification expense reimbursement Comprehensive Medical Assurance coverage for dependents & Parents Cab transport for staff working in UK & US shift Accidental & Life cover 3 times of concerned CTC

Equiniti is a leading international provider of shareholder, pension, remediation, and credit technology. With over 6000 employees, it supports 37 million people in 120 countries. EQ India began its operations in 2014 as a Global India Captive Centre for Equiniti, a leading fintech company specialising in shareholder management. Within a decade, EQ India strengthened its operations and transformed from being a capability centre to a Global Competency Centre, to support EQ's growth story worldwide. Today, EQ India has evolved as an indispensable part of EQ Group providing critical fintech services to the US and UK. There has never been a better time to join EQ. Role Summary We are looking for Pension Calculation Analysts to join our team to be a part of the continual evolution of the Administrator system and rollout of our services to our client base. It is an exciting opportunity to be a part of the growing Strategic Relationship P&L team that is responsible for the ongoing delivery of our core pension platform, and a key role within our onboarding and migrations team. This is a great role for you if you already have experience in configuring and/or testing complex calculations within packaged software platforms, pension calculations or through the use of spreadsheet functionality and are looking for that next step in your career. The role would also suit qualified or part qualified actuarial students looking to utilise their mathematical skills in a rewarding environment and gain explosion and experience in the UK pensions market. Job Title: Pensions Systems Calculation Analyst Location: Electronic City - Phase 2, Bangalore Shift: UK Shift (12:30 PM to 9:30 PM) Work Mode: Work from office Core Duties/Responsibilities The Pensions Calculations Analyst is responsible for calculation configuration and testing the delivery to internal and external clients. Key aspects of the role are to: Undertake an analysis of requirements from user requirements or from a more detailed benefit specifications Agree the scope of work and to provide accurate estimates for the work Configure, test, implement and maintain pension benefit calculations. This will range from simple to complex calculations predominantly seen in Defined Benefit pension schemes Continuously develop a professional, technical, and commercially aware approach to delivery of tasks Analyse changes and enhancements to clients pensions schemes by taking a view of their impact on the core platform delivering the solution to our strategic client. Skills, Knowledge & Experience Relevant experience and understanding of actuarial and/or pension calculations A good understanding of UK pensions arrangements would be desirable but not essential as training will be provided. Technical/Software development aptitude & ability. Experience of configuration and/or testing of calculations in respect of UK pension, on administration platforms and systems, desirable or a related area within calcs platform development, configuration or testing. Ability to understand basic data schema models Knowledge of PL/SQL scripts in either SQL or Oracle environment Knowledge of building calculation solutions using MS Excel and utilising ASPOSE to integrate into a consuming application Qualifications in either a financial (ideally pension services) services or IT environment Experience in the Pensions Industry, either as a Scheme Administrator or Business Analyst experienced in capturing requirements for Pensions IT Projects. Demonstrable software development capability. Demonstrate commercial awareness & operational efficiencies/income generation in current role. Essential Qualities Be approachable and responsive to colleagues and users and have an open-minded and constructive approach to problem solving. Demonstrate effective and probing appraisal of situations. To consult with relevant parties in resolving issues. Be self-motivated, demonstrating tenacity and objectivity in problem solving to get the job done effectively. Benefits: Being a permanent member of the team at EQ you will be rewarded by our company benefits, these are just a few of what is on offer: Business related certification expense reimbursement Comprehensive Medical Assurance coverage for dependents & Parents Free Cab transport for staff working in UK shift Accidental & Life cover 3 times of concerned CTC