About this role
Executive Director – Pensions Actuary (Assurance Unit)
General Information
Location: Dublin / Cork Available for Work Visa Sponsorship: NO Business Area: UKI Assurance Contract Type: Full-Time – Permanent
We are re-defining traditional career journeys and offering a range of diverse options for EY people to achieve success as defined by them and building strong foundations for future endeavours. The exceptional career experience you’ll have at EY will be unlike any other because of our exceptional and diverse people.
The Team and the opportunity
The Executive Director will lead EY’s pensions actuarial offering, providing technical actuarial expertise and audit support across complex defined benefit (DB) pension arrangements. This role sits within the EY Assurance Business Unit and combines specialist actuarial reviews of pension accounting, and strategic advisory on pension risk and financial reporting. The individual will operate at the intersection of actuarial, accounting (IAS 19), and audit, supporting both audit teams and corporate clients.
Your key responsibilities Audit support: Lead actuarial support on audits involving DB pension schemes; review valuations, models, assumptions and disclosures for IFRS/IAS 19 compliance; challenge key assumptions (discount rates, inflation, mortality/longevity); draft technical memoranda; liaise with audit teams, scheme actuaries and client finance teams. Technical actuarial leadership: Provide i