Senior Project Actuary

We are seeking a Senior Project actuary to lead on the Actuarial Reporting and Change interaction with growth projects, including new product launches and enhancements to existing propositions. Based in the Open Actuarial Reporting and Change team you will provide Finance support to proposition development and lead on readiness activity across the E2E actuarial reporting process, covering systems delivery and balance sheet impacts.

Job Type: Permanent

Salary:£80k-£100k base plus 30% - 60% bonus, 38 days holiday, PMI, 12% Pension

We have an incredible opportunity to join us here at Phoenix Group as a Senior Project Actuary in our Open Actuarial reporting and Change team to lead on the Actuarial Reporting and Change interaction with growth projects, including new product launches and enhancements to existing propositions. Based in the Open Actuarial Reporting and Change team you will provide Finance support to proposition development and lead on readiness activity across the E2E actuarial reporting process, covering systems delivery and balance sheet impacts.

You will take a prominent leadership role, working closely with senior stakeholders across both Phoenix's Open and Heritage divisions and will play a key role in supporting Phoenix's strategic objectives to achieve significant organic growth. As a senior project actuary you will also lead other internal and external project actuaries and analysts and support the development of aligned internal colleagues.

Who are we?

We want to be the best place that any of our colleagues have ever worked.

We are the UK's largest long-term savings and retirement business with c.13 million customers and c.£310 billion of assets under administration. As a market leader and FTSE 100 organisation, we understand that our scale and expertise means that we have a key role to play for our customers, colleagues and our communities to help as many people as possible secure a life of possibilities. We are tackling key environmental and social issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050 - but we're not done yet.
We've seen huge growth and change, and this means there is enormous opportunity for our 8,000 colleagues to grow alongside us.

Flexible working

You can expect to work in a hybrid manner with time spent working in the office and at home. We believe that work/life balance offers benefits for customers as well as ensuring that you can balance a successful career with your life outside of work. We will discuss flexibility, what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process.

We want to hire the whole version of you.

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and safe at work, and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Everyone is valued at Phoenix regardless of age, gender identity, neurodiversity, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, socioeconomic background or anything else. Whether it's joining one of our internal employee networks, being an ally, taking positive action or simply being there to listen, everyone at Phoenix is valued and respected.

If you need any help or adjustments to the recruitment process due to health, disability or anything else, please let us know so we can help you to be the best version of yourself.

The role

As a Senior Project Actuary in our newly created Open Actuarial reporting and Change team you will lead on the Actuarial Reporting and Change interaction with growth projects, including new product launches and enhancements to existing propositions. Based in the Open Actuarial Reporting and Change team you will provide Finance support to proposition development and lead on readiness activity across the E2E actuarial reporting process, covering systems delivery and balance sheet impacts.

You will take a prominent leadership role, building and leading project teams to meet the demands of individual projects. Working closely with senior stakeholders across both Phoenix's Open and Heritage divisions, you will play a key role in supporting Phoenix's strategic objectives to achieve significant organic growth. As a senior project actuary, you will also lead other internal and external project actuaries and analysts and support the development of aligned internal colleagues.

Your will also support other strategic change projects from across Phoenix Heritage division at times depending on prevailing priorities and will act as a business lead on various projects.
Joining a new team, you will have the opportunity to help shape how it operates and interacts and will manage and support the development of actuarial team members.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for an experienced qualified actuary with more than 5 years port-qualified experience and a string track record of delivery in a commercial environment. Someone who is keen to learn quickly in a changing environment, knowledge of financial reporting metrics, including SII and IFRS is highly desirable, as is experience of working in actuarial change delivery.

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