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🟢 Actively Hiring · Posted 24d ago ⏳ Closes in 67 days UK Corridor 🛡️ UK Work Eligibility 🏢 Company - Private

Manager - Actuarial Life

🏢 KPMG • 📍 Edinburgh, Scotland • 🕒 Sep 14, 2026
Salary Range
£77,072 - £109,068
£6,423 - £9,089 / mo

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Edinburgh, Scotland
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Est. Take-Home Pay
68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)
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1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard
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Position Overview & Specifications

Job details

Location: Bristol, Edinburgh, London, Manchester

Capability: Consulting

Experience Level: Manager

Type: Full Time

Service Line: Actuarial and Ins Risk

Contract type: Permanent

Job description

The Role

Responsibilities:
  • Assisting in the delivery of client engagements, working as part of a project team on client sites
  • Providing technical input to a number of projects
  • Supporting senior management efforts to cultivate and maintain target client relationships, including assisting with proposals and the development of sales materials
  • Drafting reports and presentations.
  • Working with other KPMG teams and providing technical input
  • The successful candidate will be required to manage small to medium sized teams.
  • As well as project delivery responsibilities, the role involves supporting other aspects of the team's work including sales and marketing, research and development of new services, and knowledge management.

Current projects
  • Multiple IFRS 17 impact assessments which have also led to IFRS17 implementation projects.
  • Provision of actuarial expertise on finance transformation projects.
  • Providing assistance to Companies undertaking mergers and acquisitions
  • Helping Companies with their capital models
  • Provision of actuarial expertise to support our Audit colleagues

The Person

Qualifications and Skills:
Qualified Actuary. Must have experience of working in a Life Actuarial function or life consultancy

Experience and Background:
The capability to manage concurrent engagements and play a part in shaping and implementing KPMG's tailored solutions
  • Strong technical and communication skills (both written and oral) and the ability to deal with clients and senior personnel from day one
  • Flexibility and an enjoyment of working on challenging projects, and interacting with teams from other business groups
  • Strong project and people management skills, and an ability to structure task allocations around critical goals
  • Strong coaching skills to develop the capabilities of junior team members
  • Experience gained within either a consultancy or company environment are both equally advantageous
  • Curiosity and flexibility to new approaches
  • Market exposure

Why Consulting at KPMG?

Technology is a critical focus for us. It underpins everything we do. We're investing in technology like never before – not least because the pace of technological change is disrupting organisations in new and challenging ways. Through advanced data analytics and emerging tech-enabled solutions like AI and machine learning, we're helping clients across diverse sectors to navigate that change. We enable them to avoid any unnecessary risks and to uncover new, transformative opportunities that could give them a competitive edge. A career here means stretching your skills and honing your expertise by solving complex problems as part of a collaborative, results-driven and supportive team. Whether we're helping our clients to reduce their costs, make better decisions, improve efficiencies or deploy the latest technologies, we bring together broad specialisms and talents to deliver robust, connected solutions.

Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

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Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

2

Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

3

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

4

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:

🇬🇧 Skilled Worker Visa (Tier 2)

Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.

🏛️ Settlement (ILR) Pathway

Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.

⚖️ Official regulatory reference: UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) & Home Office Sponsor Register.

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Recruitment Insights

Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Manager - Actuarial Life roles across KPMG's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:

1. Domain Competency

Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Business Consulting.

2. Behavioral & Leadership

STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.

3. Compensation Alignment

Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £77,072 - £109,068 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.

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