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The Opportunity: The individual will be a member of a small but growing and very dynamic defined benefit retirement practice in Canada. The Consulting Actuary will be an integral and influential member of the Canadian corporate retirement practice and have significant visibility working with the local practice leader and clients, advising on a full range of complex and challenging issues confronting defined benefit plan sponsors in Canada and, servicing client retirement plan needs. As a key member of the practice, the Consulting Actuary will have the opportunity to provide his/her own perspective and input to practice development and strategic initiatives undertaken to grow and enhance the business. Clients include Fortune 200 companies, professional sports leagues and the staff pension plan of one of Canada’s largest unions. Our Canadian practice has a strong client servicing relationship with the Company’s corporate retirement practice in New York City. As such, the Consulting Actuary will have significant exposure to and interaction with U.S. colleagues on joint projects.
The Role: The Consulting Actuary is accountable for project planning, managing and overseeing the delivery of retirement services to single employer plans and; performs as the lead or #2 consultant on select client relationships, being influential with and advising clients on the strategic and more technically complex pension plan issues. Integral to the role is performing as a key technical resource, providing analysis and applying expertise on pension projects to include providing complex analysis, creating actuarial models, developing assumptions and advising on the financial (cash and accounting) impact of sponsor plan decisions. The Consulting Actuary will collaborate closely with colleagues both in Canada and New York City and, be involved in the mentoring and guiding of staff on projects. As needed, the Consulting Actuary will support initiatives to develop new business.
Key Requirements: The ideal candidate will have a minimum of an undergraduate degree in an Actuarial Science and/or quantitative-oriented discipline and possess the following:
- Sufficient years of pension actuarial experience to be able to step into a role requiring seasoned pension and consulting skills. Experience will be either in an employee benefits/HR consulting firm or an insurance company environment provided the individual has prior consulting firm experience.
- FCIA actuarial accreditation (mandatory).
- Knowledge of Canadian pension actuarial concepts to include valuations, plan design, funding/financial, administration and regulatory aspects.
- Proficiency in the use of related software and computer tools.
- Demonstrated project management experience and skills.
- Experience and/or interest in participating in new business development activities.
- Excellent communication skills (oral/written) with ability to present and gain support for complex recommendations.
- Demonstrated ability to build effective and collaborative working relationships and to work independently and in a team environment.
Please send your resume by E-mail to pknuff@segalco.com or by fax to (212) 251-5415 and refer to job code 8007.
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