Let's begin! Asst Director Modeling Services (UK Defined Benefits Pension Valuation)

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If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship lead with curiosity champion diverse perspectives turn inputs into actions and uphold trust through integrity.

Skills and Competencies
Min 5 years of experience working on liability valuations for UK Defined Benefit pension schemes
Numerate with the ability to follow complex calculations and processes and carry out detailed analysis
Pragmatic approach to problem solving
Ability to work to demanding timescales whilst maintaining high standards
Willingness to innovate and challenge ideas
Strong customer focus
Excellent communication skills both verbal and written including the ability to communicate with teams from different backgrounds and levels of seniority
Experience in VBA and PFaroe DB is desirable but not essential
Education
BSc (or higher) in a mathematical subject
Part-qualified IFoA/IAI pension actuary
Responsibilities
The Assistant Director will help with delivering liability valuations undertaking client facing activities and providing guidance to users on modelling in PFaroe DB. They will also work with the team to produce well considered solutions and to implement them in an efficient and effective way.
Key Responsibilities:
Running regular liability valuations and checking results for reasonableness
Quarterly and annual membership data manipulations and checking that changes are reasonable
Assisting clients with triennial valuations accounting exercises and ad-hoc work
Checking junior colleagues work and discussing with senior colleagues
Training and mentoring junior colleagues and assisting with their development
Maintain and develop client relationships and responding to client queries
Developing bespoke solutions to client requirements
Assist with identifying and implementing automation of existing internal processes
Help customers with technical queries as and when required
Participate in client training
Testing new functionality in PFaroe DB
About the Team
Our Liability Servicing team is responsible for the delivery and servicing of liability valuations for some of the largest defined benefit pension schemes in the UK. The team consists of five members with the wider Analytics Delivery team consisting of 18 in total. With over 4400 pension schemes modelled and nearly $2.5tr of AUM PFaroe DB is a market leading platform delivering a comprehensive suite of pension analytics covering valuations funding level monitoring what-if scenario testing risk analysis ALM and reporting.

Moodys is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability protected veteran status sexual orientation gender expression gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

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