Job Description

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Job Type: Permanent

Location: This role could be based in either our Wythall, Telford, or London offices with time spent working in the office and at home.

Flexible working: All of our 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.

Closing Date: 31/10/23

Salary and benefits: Competitive salary plus 8% bonus up to 16%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more

Recruiter: Beth Owens

We have an incredible opportunity to join us here at Phoenix Group as a Senior Trainee Actuary to join our Group Capital Modelling team.

Who are we?

We want to be the best place that any of our 6,800 colleagues have ever worked.

We\'re the UK\'s largest long-term savings and retirement business. We offer our 12 million customers products across our market-leading brands, including Standard Life, SunLife and ReAssure, with c.\xc2\xa3259 billion of assets under administration. We\'re a FTSE 100 organisation that is tackling key issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050, and we\'re not done yet.

The role

We\'re currently recruiting for a Senior Trainee Actuary (typically those who have passed the CM, CB, CS and CP exams) to join our Actuarial Programme to develop the skills, competencies and behaviours of a fully effective qualified actuary within the business through a structured programme involving placement training and professional education, working competently and effectively within each placement.

As part of our actuarial programme you\'ll be studying towards becoming a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA). You\'ll be given a generous and fully supported study package that includes paid leave and funding for revision materials, including tutorials. You will be given the flexibility to make a study plan that works for you and will join our internal Actuarial community, which organises Continuous Professional Development (CPD), Professional Skills Training and networking events for anyone part or fully qualified.

As a Senior Trainee Actuary in our Group Capital Modelling team, you will support new and innovative work to enhance our capital models, engaging with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure our models adapt to the evolving needs of the business.

• Develop methodology and market risk calibration proposals aligned to capital modelling roadmaps and frameworks, and gain stakeholder buy-in
• Assist senior leadership in identifying and implementing enhancements to the capital models to improve our risk modelling and understanding
• Assist senior leadership on all capital model related governance and guide on regulatory engagement for Internal Model developments
• Build and maintain effective relationships across Phoenix Group, establish stakeholder interests and ensuring outputs from the actuarial function remain up-to-date, relevant and effective
• Coach and mentor actuarial trainees within the team to support their development

We know being an Actuary is about more than just technical knowledge. Your personal growth story will involve developing professional and soft skills alongside your qualification which will be supported by the wider Graduate Programme.

What We\'re Looking For

Essential

• Passes in all of the Actuarial Core Principle exams, or equivalent
• Strong IT skills

Desirable

• Good planning and organisational skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good communication and investigative skills
• Good level of knowledge of Life products, processes and reporting
• Good judgement and reasoning skills

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.

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