Retirement Valuation Analyst-North America & Great Britain

<p><b>About WTW  </b><br />Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW) is a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth. With roots dating to 1828, Willis Towers Watson has 45,000 employees serving more than 140 countries and markets. </p><p>We design and deliver solutions that manage risk, optimize benefits, cultivate talent, and expand the power of capital to protect and strengthen institutions and individuals. <br />Our unique perspective allows us to see the critical intersections between talent, assets and ideas — the dynamic formula that drives business performance.<br />Together, we unlock potential </p><p><b>About the North America Actuarial Team </b> </p><p>The North America Actuarial function is a large, multi‑disciplinary ecosystem within WTW, supporting Retirement, Pensions, Valuation, Forecasting, and related analytics across United states and Canada. The information below is synthesized from multiple internal files and communications. </p><p><b>What the North America Actuarial Team Does </b> </p><p> Core Actuarial Delivery </p><p>The team supports a wide range of actuarial work for United States and Canadian clients, including: </p><li>Pension and welfare plan valuations (funding &amp; accounting) </li><li>Forecasting &amp; special event modeling </li><li>Government form preparation </li><li>Data cleanup, reconciliation, and modeling support </li><li> Audit support &amp; assumption analysis </li><p><b>Job Summary  </b> </p><p>As a Retirement Actuarial Analyst, you will contribute to a range of client projects within an internal service center for the United States Retirement Line of Business.  </p><p>You will provide a detailed technical review of work performed by analysts and work with the Team Leader to manage projects ensuring they meet or exceed timing and quality expectations.  </p><p>You will assist with training and act as a mentor for junior associates. This position requires strong knowledge of pension regulation and actuarial valuation concepts. </p><p><b>Principal Duties/Responsibilities </b> </p><li>Perform detailed technical review of all work products. Projects include annual funding and expense valuations for qualified, non-qualified and post-retirement welfare plans, reconciling client data and assets, government forms and statements.  </li><li>Respond to queries from consultants with respect to plan provisions and valuation results and resolve/escalate any problems or issues<br />Partner with the Team Leader on managing projects, training and supervision of junior associates<br />Successfully manage own workload while proactively resolving conflicting priorities or other workload issues within the team.  </li><li>Develop a trusted advisor relationship with service center client teams through effective communication and efficient, quality execution of projects.  </li><li>Serve as a contact for the Lisbon/Unites kingdom/Unites states office client team depending on the valuation geography.  </li><li>Manage expectations and raise appropriate issues to internal and consulting office project managers.  </li><li>Contribute to the development of new tools and approaches • Identify opportunities to enhance quality and/or improve processes to reduce costs  </li><li>Meet production hours as expected by the business  </li><li>Manage projects and leverage resources to produce quality deliverables on time and within budget  </li><li>Serve as a mentor and provide technical guidance to junior associates </li>