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2020 XPS Pensions Actuarial Graduate roles now open for applications!

Employer
XPS Pensions Group
Location
Wokingham, Birmingham, London
Salary
Competitive, plus excellent benefits
Closing date
9 Nov 2019

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Specialism
Finance
Sector
Banking & Financial Services
Role Type
Graduate, Other work and training
Start Date
September
Duration
Permanent

Job Details

If you are looking for a business that will provide training, offer a clear career path and equip you with the skills for a successful future…

XPS Pensions Group is the place for you.

We recruit graduates each year, as it is important to our business to grow and develop this talent. You will work alongside qualified actuaries and other actuarial students at our offices and will be exposed to a variety of real client issues from the start. You will become a valuable member of a motivated, supportive and sociable team.

With us, you will develop analytical and communication skills which you will need in order to build a successful career in a challenging field. XPS Pensions Group offers an excellent study package to support their employees as they study to become qualified actuaries.

Who are we looking for?

You will be an independent self-starter with a good academic record, strong communication skills and the potential to deliver excellent service to our clients.

You will have, or be working towards, a good honours degree ideally in maths, economics or a science-based subject. However, we encourage applicants from all background to apply. Of equal importance as academic ability is self-confidence, communication and organisational skills.

In addition our graduates are:

  • Passionate about working in the actuarial consultancy field
  • Excellent communicators – bother verbally and in their written work
  • Confident in expressing their views
  • Hard working, dedicated and able to take responsibility for their work
  • Effective organisers and have the ability to manage and prioritise workload
  • Proactive in their attitude and are quick to learn
  • Careful in their work and have a keen attention to detail
  • Actively interested in the wider financial and political landscape.

About us

As the largest purely pension consulting and administration firm in the UK we have benefits of scale, yet remain agile, able to respond quickly as the world shifts around our clients. Being the only UK Pensions specialist listed on the London Stock Exchange Main Market we have the flexibility to think and act differently.

We are actuaries, consultants and administrators working to protect and enhance the benefits of hundreds of thousands of pension scheme members with 1,200 staff across 15 UK locations.

We provide a positive working environment with an emphasis on training and development and we put relationship at the very heart of our business. You can expect an exiting and fulfilling career in a growing business and an industry that provides a consistent challenge.

Your ambition is our ambition.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do, the shared spirit that makes us one team. Wherever you are and whatever you’re doing, it’s the way you do it that makes you XPS.

You will be expected to be:

  • Ambitious
  • Expert
  • Agile
  • Helpful, and
  • Do the right thing

We will pay you an attractive salary alongside a broad range of other benefits which you can shape to reflect your circumstances. Your reward package will typically include: participation in Discretionary Bonus Scheme, holiday entitlement, pension options, life assurance, season ticket loans, XPS Lifestyle and XPS Rewards.

Company

XPS Pensions Group plc is the largest purely pension consulting and administration firm in the UK. We are the only listed pensions specialist in the UK and we are 100% focused on the UK pensions market. This is a combination that no other consultancy or pension administrator in the UK is able to match.

We offer a challenging career and stimulating work within a professional, friendly and sociable environment and our clients come from a broad spectrum of UK businesses.

We are fully committed to ensuring that all our employees, clients, suppliers and job applicants are treated fairly and with respect, irrespective of their actual or assumed background including gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, race, religion/belief or disability. This we do to ensure a working environment in which people are able to give of their best free from harassment, discrimination or bullying.

Our services
XPS has the capacity to advise and administer the largest schemes in the country, and the responsiveness to deliver a bespoke service for all clients. And as a plc with a clear and straightforward commitment to the industry, we are here for the long term. Our business employs over 1200 people in 15 locations across the UK, giving our clients a valuable mix of local insight and national oversight.

Our approach is to remove jargon and provide clients with the access to the latest technology, so they can monitor scheme funding in real time, test scenarios and manage the range of pension scheme risks they face. This enables our clients to make the best decisions and act quickly and efficiently.

Professional development
We offer generous study leave and pay for course notes, annual subscriptions and examinations. Actuarial students are assigned a mentor, who is normally a newly qualified actuary, to support them in their studies. Career planning and personal development are assisted by an in-house appraisal system which applies to all employees.

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