Senior Actuarial Trainee

Contract Type: Permanent

Location:  St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2

Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based

Royal London Ireland is seeking to hire a Senior Actuarial Trainee to collaborate closely with the Pension Proposition Actuary, team members, and the External PRSA Actuary to ensure adherence to regulatory requirements and successful delivery of these mandates.

They will contribute to the growth of the pension business by providing actuarial expertise for product enhancements and new developments, and will also support various other business areas, including Operations, Sales, and IT.

About the role

• Strong attention to detail and desire to problem solve and fully understand the wider context of the work being performed.
• Good organisation and time management skills. 
• Ability to use own initiative and work under pressure.
• Ability to liaise with other areas of the business.
• Behavioural flexibility.
• Good communication skills.
• Ambitious to learn and develop.

About you

• 3+ years’ experience in actuarial teams within the Irish Life & Pensions market
• Working towards or near qualified as an Actuary
• Good IT/software skills (Excel, VB and access).  Proficient in R and/or Python woiuld be advantageous.
• Strong technical, problem identification and analytical skills.
• Good planning and organisational skills.
• Good communication skills: ability to communicate in a professional manner with colleagues across the department and the wider business.

About Royal London Ireland

Based in St Stephen’s Green in Dublin, Royal London Ireland is a fully owned subsidiary of the Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Limited, the largest mutual life, pensions, and investment company in the UK. We are authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland and provide protection products through Financial Brokers across Ireland. Our excellent customer service and mutual mindset means we take a longer-term view and focus on providing best customer outcomes.

Our culture is welcoming and friendly; we aim to make you always feel included. We encourage applications from those who may be on extended career break or from different work sectors and seeking to move into financial services. We are open to discussing flexible work arrangements.

Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve. 

We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits  

Inclusion, diversity and belonging 

We’re an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.