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Barnett Waddingham

Principal (Senior Risk Transfer Actuary)

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Senior level
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Hiring Remotely in United Kingdom
Senior level
The role involves leading risk transfer projects, managing client relationships, providing complex solutions, and supporting regulatory compliance efforts within the actuarial consulting sector.
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As we continue to grow, we have an exciting opportunity for a highly experienced Senior Risk Transfer Actuary / Senior Risk Transfer Consultant to join our Actuarial Consulting team. This role can be based in any of our 11 UK offices working on a hybrid basis (flexibility).


We welcome interest and discussions from all candidates at Associate / Principal and through to Partner.


We also have opportunities at varying levels from Actuarial Consultant through to Senior Consulting Actuary (Principal) for our Bristol, Cheltenham, London, Guildford, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow and new Edinburgh office. 


At Barnett Waddingham, our services are designed to support trustees and employers by delivering pragmatic advice which brings clarity to complex issues such as investing assets, de-risking, longevity, risk management and the impact of legislative changes. We undertake a range of services for clients including full-service actuarial consulting, investment consultancy and standalone projects such as mergers and acquisitions. Our specialist risk transfer team was set up more than ten years ago and has worked on transactions from less than £1m to nearly £4bn in size. We now have more than 30 multi-disciplinary individuals providing risk transfer advice for our clients – not just for insurance transactions but also supporting clients on potential superfund transfers and capital-backed journey plans.


A snapshot of your day:

  • Working with Partners to lead on and deliver risk transfer projects of all sizes for our clients 
  • Manage a client or project team, ensure work is of a high quality and within agreed timescales
  • Understands clients’ issues and broader perspectives and is able to develop and recommend suitable solutions or more efficient ways of working 
  • Able to provide solutions for more complex problems for our clients
  • Manage client relationships, identifying any problems that arise and helping resolve them as soon as possible
  • Prepare and deliver trustee training
  • Use expertise and knowledge to support colleagues at all levels
  • Proactive in managing and developing marketing initiatives
  • Develop and maintain relationships with introducers and potential clients
  • Maintaining relationships with providers and other advisers in the risk transfer market 

We would love to hear from if you have: 

  • A relevant qualification - qualified or part qualified FIA 
  • Significant Risk Transfer experience, either as a consultant or from an insurer role
  • IT skills to perform all aspects of work efficiently, including internal software
  • Excellent professionalism and stakeholder management skills
  • Project management/time management skills
  • Excellent networking skills

What’s in it for you: 

  • Competitive discretionary annual bonus
  • Generous pension scheme  
  • Core benefits for you including private medical cover, life assurance, group income protection, and up to 30 days holiday per year with holiday trading
  • A comprehensive range of voluntary benefits to suit you (and your family) including an electric car leasing scheme, tech scheme, cycle to work scheme, dental cover, healthcare cash plan, health assessments, critical illness cover, Sports Allowance – we pay up to 50% of your gym/sports membership (up to £50 pm), travel insurance, paid volunteering, and a broad range of retailer discounts  
  • For a full list of benefits, please click here 

Happy to talk flexible working


Accessibility 

We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you require reasonable adjustments or want more information on accessibility, please click here   

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We kindly ask recruitment agencies to not send speculative CVs. Should we need assistance, we will reach out. All enquiries should be directed to [email protected]. 

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