International Consultant

Mercer's International Consulting Group provides advice to multinationals of all sizes and covers a full range of services, including:

• Spectrum of advice across retirement and health & benefits
• Global benefits strategy and governance
• Global actuarial services
• Global broking and benefit management
• Multinational pooling and captive strategy and implementation
• Expatriate management, including consulting/broking on retirement, risk and medical contracts
• Merger and acquisition work
• New country start-ups

The International Consulting Group has a vacancy for a newly / part-qualified actuary who will provide consulting and project management for these services, and in particular will:

Coordinate the multi-country accounting of employee benefit plans, primarily under IAS19, which will include:

• Acting as the day to day contact with actuaries around the world
• Managing timelines and deliverables
• Reviewing results submitted by other actuaries for technical accuracy and consistency with corporate standards
• Consolidation of results in one currency and standard format using Mercer’s proprietary tools
• Drafting of formal consolidated reports
• Provide consulting and project management for range of international services as outlined above
• Act as project manager for significant multi-country benefits and compensation projects, including benefit audits covering a comparison of client benefits with statutory requirements and market practice, in coordination with Mercer colleagues around the world
• Assist corporate HR and Finance contacts with queries concerning international benefits and compensation issues
• Support consulting advice on the benefits aspects of multi country merger and acquisitions across all deal phases (from due diligence to post-deal implementation)
• Meet with clients on a regular basis, assisting senior consultants in delivery of project materials
• Assist senior consultants with and participate in business development
• Liaise regularly with colleagues cross practice and geography to deliver maximum value managing a multiple service delivery model

Qualifications

Skills and Experience Required

• 2:1 degree or equivalent
• 3/4+ years of actuarial experience in the pension or employee benefits field
• Actuarial exam progress and commitment to qualifying
• Excellent communication, analytical, organisational, planning and interpersonal skills
• Experience of international benefits preferred
• Additional languages valuable but not required