Business Development Director - Actuarial & Consulting

We are looking for an experienced consulting actuary to help grow our Leeds office and also to support our wider national sales efforts. Role and Responsibilities

• Drive forward new business activities, build relationships with potential clients, produce tender submissions and lead pitches.
• Use an existing relationship network with independent trustees and other key stakeholders to develop new opportunities.
• Lead client relationships - co-ordinating multiple Isio service lines, developing new opportunities with existing clients, managing commercial and personal relationships with clients.
• Support the Leeds Office Head with regards to cross-service line sales activity
• Support Isio with the ambitious growth plans for the actuarial and consulting business - feed into the strategic plans for the growth of the business and support with how Isio articulates its growth message to the market, to attract clients and new talent
• Be willing to raise new ideas internally and challenge thinking to ensure our work is robust and joined-up across multiple specialist teams.
• Support the development of our team members through coaching and mentoring, including performance management responsibilities.
  
  Experienced Scheme Actuary with a current practising certificate (or ability to obtain Scheme Actuary certificate in time) and a track record of leading a range of trustee clients.
• Experience of journey planning advice - setting long term targets, aligning funding and investment strategies, de-risking activity, liability management exercises and settlement/insurance transactions.
• Ideally, but not essential, experience of working on larger schemes (>£1bn) perhaps as a number 2 or supporting actuary if not the scheme actuary.
• Applicants are expected to be FIA/FFA qualified (or equivalent).
• The ability and experience to play a lead consulting role on a wide range of clients in terms of size and complexity, drive forward strategic actuarial thinking and provide high quality client service.
• Extensive previous experience of relevant consulting and relationship management.
• Appetite to drive forward innovative thinking on strategy development.
• Proven network of relationships to develop business.
• Business development experience and a commercial mindset.
• Extensive leadership skills.
• The ability and willingness to take on a high level of responsibility and work effectively in a team.
• Excellent communication skills., Power in Partnership: We work in partnership with our clients & each other - building open and trusted relationships. Working together allows us to deliver the best for our clients.
  
  Isio was 'born' in 2020 from the sale of KPMG UK's Pension Practice to a private equity firm. An industry-leading challenger, we provide diverse expertise spanning Pensions, Investment, Benefits and Wealth to give clients an integrated experience.
Isio is built by challengers, innovators and forward-thinkers, grounded around a vision which strives to deliver greater financial confidence for everyone. We empower and develop those who join us - valuing curious minds and giving people the freedom to outperform. Known and respected for our agility, we harness specialist experience, bold thinking and the desire to push the boundaries of what we can achieve for our clients, from small to blue chip, public to private. Isio is growing and we are looking for people who share our purpose and behaviours to join us on this journey, as we continue driving exceptional results for both our clients and people. We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion - bringing your whole self to work every day. We have hubs across the UK and many of our roles are flexible in location to help create a work-life balance that works for you. Isio Group is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.


• Future Focus: We want to push our industry forward by solving problems in better ways that benefit both our clients & society.
• Strength in Difference: We work with diverse perspectives to find better solutions. Working with differences makes us stronger.
• People First: We recognise that pensions is a people business. People are the source of Isio's expertise and it is people's lives that we affect through our advice.
What we offer you Isio is a people business, and we're committed to helping our great colleagues gain a wide variety of experience, significant development opportunities and progression through the business. The variety of work that'll be available to you will enable you to do this. On top, we also offer:
• A competitive remuneration package, including a bonus scheme.
• A defined contribution pension scheme.
• Life insurance.
• Healthcare benefits.
• Income protection benefits.
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) as standard with the option to purchase additional days of holiday. As well as two additional 'Company' days - a celebration day for your birthday and an extra day over Christmas.
• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) allowance
• Flexible working opportunities.
• A flexible benefits package.
• Internal development programmes including (technical and non-technical) training support and mentor programmes.
• Where required study support including study days, materials and exam entry support.