Standard Life plc
Technical Actuary (Post-Transaction)
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Technical Actuary - Post-Transaction Team
We are looking for a Technical Actuary to join our Post-Transaction team, providing technical leadership and high-quality actuarial support across our portfolio of Bulk Purchase Annuity (BPA) schemes.
Job Type: Permanent
Location: London or Edinburgh. We support hybrid working, with an expectation of spending two days each week in the office.
Flexible working: All roles are open to part-time, job-share, and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about flexible working here. https://www.standardlifeplc.com/careers/flexible-working
Salary and benefits: From £60,000 depending on experience, plus a discretionary bonus, private medical cover, 38 days’ annual leave, an excellent pension, life assurance of 12 times salary, income protection, career breaks, three volunteering days, and much more.
The Role
This is a key technical role supporting our portfolio of BPA schemes. You will work across the full post-transaction journey, from reviewing benefit specifications through to buy-out and beyond.
You will help shape our approach to member option calculations and lead the delivery of these and other technical actuarial work for trustee clients and policyholders.
You will work closely with colleagues across Pricing, Transition, and Data Services, as well as scheme advisers, trustees, and outsourced partners.
This is an opportunity to work with a variety of pension schemes, lead important actuarial workstreams, and make a visible contribution to the continued development of our processes and technical capability.
Key Responsibilities
- Play a leading role in supporting schemes through the buy-in and buy-out journey, with particular focus on delivering and overseeing member option calculations.
- Interpret transaction benefit specifications and help ensure that member options and benefits are calculated accurately and consistently.
- Work with scheme advisers, trustees, outsourced administrators, and internal teams to support a consistent end-to-end member option journey.
- Support schemes with the implementation of Standard Life actuarial factors during buy-in.
- Review actuarial calculations completed by administrators during buy-in, including transfer values, retirement quotations, and projections.
- Oversee the transition of member option calculations from the incumbent administrator to Standard Life at buy-out.
- Review factor assumptions across the BPA scheme portfolio.
- Provide technical expertise on complex actuarial matters, including GMP equalisation and complex individual member calculations.
- Lead or support actuarial workstreams within wider projects, working collaboratively to resolve complex technical issues.
- Maintain proportionate governance through appropriate audit trails, version control, and review processes.
- Monitor relevant legislative and market developments and assess their potential impact on actuarial calculations and the wider proposition.
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What We Are Looking For
Essential
- Qualified actuary with relevant experience in defined benefit pensions.
- Strong technical understanding of UK defined benefit pensions and the associated legislative environment.
- Experience of reviewing member calculations, such as transfer values and retirement quotations.
- Demonstrated ability to analyse complex technical issues and develop clear, practical solutions.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain actuarial concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience of working effectively with colleagues and stakeholders across different areas of a business.
- Experience of working within appropriate technical governance and risk frameworks.
- Up-to-date knowledge of relevant regulatory and market developments affecting defined benefit pensions.
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Desirable
- Experience of Bulk Purchase Annuity transactions.
- Knowledge of GMP equalisation and its impact on member calculations.
- Experience of setting factor bases and calculating actuarial factors.
- Experience of building actuarial models for factor generation or cashflow projections.
- Experience of Pension Increase Exchange, Enhanced Transfer Value, or Level Pension Option exercises.
- Experience of working with scheme advisers, trustees, administrators, or outsourced delivery partners.
About Us
We’re Standard Life, a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We champion the belief that everyone’s journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years, we’ve been helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures.
Life today is increasingly complicated, uncertain, and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpected moments, and navigate important choices. We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust, and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return, we expect curiosity, connection, accountability, and high standards. We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day.
We Want to Hire the Whole Version of You
We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.
We’re reviewing applications as they come in, so apply early to avoid missing out.
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