Senior Pension Administrator

Who We Are

Westcoast Actuaries Inc. (WAI) is an actuarial consulting firm located in downtown Vancouver. We service clients across Canada and are recognized for performing high-quality, cost-effective client services. Our team of actuaries and consultants advise clients and customize solutions for their actuarial, pension, and employee benefit needs.

Many companies you encounter every day are our clientele. We provide individual and group pension consultation services to customize optimal strategies for employers. Our actuarial evidence department applies expertise in the form of legal evidence reports and general actuarial consulting.

What We Are Looking For

An experienced Senior Pension Administrator, providing pension administration management and services for WAI’s Registered Pension Plan (RPP) and Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan (SERP) clients. Our ideal candidate will have a passion for helping people, and view taking on any task or responsibility as an opportunity to learn, develop, and achieve outstanding results. In your present or previous position(s), others would describe your work as highly accurate, with an excellent track record for delivering work within established timelines and critical deadlines.

We are seeking a candidate with the following qualifications and attributes:

• Hold a CEBS designation or similar education or experience.
• Ideally have a degree in mathematics, or administration or have similar education.
• Have a minimum of three - five years of pension administration experience.
• Knowledgeable about provincial and ITA pension rules for different pension plan scenarios.
• Excellent analytical thought process, attention to detail and client facing communication skills.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office software, particularly Word and Excel.
• Strong initiative skills with a proactive, customer-focused approach.
• Strong organizational, time and client management skills.
• Ability to exercise good judgment, maintain integrity and respect client and Company confidentiality, and
• Self-motivated and fun to work with!

Your WAI Experience

Compensation will be in the range of $75,000-$110,000 comprised of salary and bonus and based on your education and relevant experience. Your total remuneration package will increase as your responsibilities and ability to work independently grow. Our Company offers a hybrid working arrangement, employer matching Profit Share plan, Health Spending Account, paid professional and association dues, paid tuition costs, an annual bonus and paid vacation.

We offer a casual, fun, hardworking and collaborative team environment. This position is best suited to an individual that enjoys a variety of tasks, can meet tight deadlines and who is looking for a long-term position within our organization. Your role will provide support services within our pension departments and may include the following:

Pension Consulting Responsibilities

• Strong pension administration skills, including experience managing complex pension plans and ensuring data accuracy.
• Perform ongoing guidance, consultation, and administration services to pension clients and plan members.
• Ensure consulting services and communications provided to clients are of the highest quality and provide differentiated value, meeting deliverable deadlines.
• Liaise and perform ongoing communications with all pension plan stakeholders including clients, members, trustees, advisors, investment managers, legal counsels, custodians, CRA and pension regulators.
• Assist in preparing the pension administration services component of proposals in response to RFP and scope of work, as well as fee quotations for pension administration-related projects.
• Consult with legal counsel concerning interpretation of pension legislation, as needed.

Mentoring and Training Responsibilities

• Participate in H/R management of departmental staff.
• Provide mentoring and training sessions for junior staff.

Workflow and Database Development Responsibilities

• Identify efficiencies and improvements in workflow for the department(s).
• Apply your knowledge and assistance to the development and testing of new tools and improved systems, specifically to the development of tools and procedures for actuarial calculations and income tax-related calculations.

Other / Departmental Support

• Act as a resource and support person for other departments within the Company.
• Monitor changes in the pension industry and update team members, as needed.
• Participate in leadership and business strategy planning meetings.