Actuary and Governance Consulting Analyst – Ireland

Company:

Mercer

Description:

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Ireland Consulting Team at Mercer. This role will be based in Lisbon. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

As a consulting analyst, you will work as part of a team supporting consultants in all aspects of pensions consulting and governance work on both corporate and trustee clients.

You will work directly with Ireland-based consultants and manage the delivery of services to our clients.

We will count on you to:

• Support your client team on project management, day-to-day client contact, problem resolution, and supervision of analysts’ work
• Undertake actuarial modelling, spreadsheet modelling and calculations, including valuations, individual calculations, regular updates, actuarial factors and accounting work.
• Supporting in the preparation of Trustee meetings packs;
• Draft and update all the relevant governance documents required under IORP II;
• Collect information to provide to Key Function holders (Internal Audit and/or Risk Manager);
• Prepare and link with the different stakeholders to prepare the governance compliance checklist;
• Liaise with other Mercer business areas to deliver a streamlined service to clients.
• Be involved in ad-hoc project work as required, for example, risk management exercises, ETV projects, redundancy projects, etc.
• Act as a key point of contact for technical and scheme-specific queries received from clients, third parties and other Mercer businesses.
• Support the business in some non-billable task such as billing process, general analysis, etc. 

What you need to have:

• Bachelors or Master’s in Actuarial, Mathematics, Economics, Management, Finance or similar.
• Excellent written and spoken English communication skills.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills in order to prioritise and effectively manage a wide variety of ongoing tasks, in order to meet the multiple deadlines;
• Proven team player with a flexible attitude towards work;
• Ability to multitask, prioritise workloads and sometimes work to tight deadlines;
• Proven ability to deliver excellent client service and satisfaction;
• Strong problem solving skills & ability to clearly articulate complex issues.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills (in particular a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, and Word);
• Good attention to detail is critical;

What makes you stand out:

• Previous experience in consulting and or actuarial matters
• Strong relationship building skills with ability to work closely with internal teams, customers & sales team;
• Proactive and goal oriented.

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Mercer is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information about Mercer, visit mercer.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.