Junior Actuarial Analyst (Consulting role) - Swiss Team

The Company

Are you looking to be part of a strategic, innovative project that focuses on excellence and delivering real value to clients? The Lisbon Regional Delivery Center (Lisbon Center) is a WTW hub of excellence that supports our operational and consulting teams across the United Kingdom and Western Europe, helping them grow, simplify, and transform the way they work.

With more than 15 years of experience and over 400 colleagues, the Lisbon Center partners closely with consultants, software developers, business specialists, and global teams across WTW. Our work is guided by our core values: Client Focus, Teamwork, Excellence, Integrity, and Respect.

We support a range of business areas—including Retirement, Health & Benefits, Corporate Risk & Broking, Outsourcing, Employee Experience, Enterprise Technology, and Finance. Retirement is one of our key service lines.

As part of the Lisbon Center and the Switzerland Retirement team, you will play a key role in supporting consultants based in our Swiss office. This is a great opportunity to join a high-performing team and make a meaningful impact on our clients’ success.

The Role

Our Switzerland Retirement team advises companies and their pension funds, combining strong analytical capabilities with deep market expertise. We provide strategic guidance on a variety of pension-related topics.

In this role, you will work closely with colleagues in Switzerland and Lisbon to develop solutions for the challenges faced by leading companies and their pension schemes, particularly regarding finance and actuarial valuations. Your main responsibilites will include:

• Performing actuarial valuations for corporate reporting (US GAAP, IFRS) and statutory pension fund reporting
• Managing and reporting on pension funds to ensure full compliance
• Supporting plan design through actuarial modelling, implementation, and employee communications
• Conducting benefit audits and benchmarking studies
• Participating in asset/liability modelling
• Helping develop employee communication materials
• Contributing to benefits-related work in M&A projects
• Developing and updating internal actuarial models
• Supporting marketing and research initiatives

This role is an excellent opportunity to deepen your technical expertise in the international pension market while building a consulting career in a global firm. You’ll work on projects ranging from local to international, giving you the chance to develop a truly global skill set and take ownership of your growth.

• Qualifications
• A degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Economics, or similar. Other qualifications may be considered based on experience.
• 1-5 years of relevant experience in employee benefits, whether in consuiting, insurance, broking, or finance is preferred.
• Fluency in English is mandatory. German is a great plus.
• Proficiency in IT tools, in particular MS Office such as Excel.
• Matlab programming skills would be a great plus too.
• Strong communicator, detail oriented, numerical, and flexible.
• Can-do attitude with a strong sense of responsibility.
• You thrive in collaborative team environments and enjoy working with others to achieve our goals.
• You have strong project management skills and good organizational abilities as well as an aptitude for managing multiple tasks at the same time.

What's in it for you
At WTW, you'll find a professional yet friendly and easy-going environment in an office based in a fast-growing European capital. 
Come join a team of dynamic and motivating colleagues! We offer:

• Work-life balance. Mobile working or in the office? Flexible working hours? Sure, no problem. Hybrid working is more than just a buzzword tor us.
• Monetary benefit. An attractive, performance-related remuneration system.
• Internationality, An international management consultancy and the security of a global corporation with renowned customers.
• Development opportunities. A steep learning curve and sufficient freedom for individual career development: You will dive deep into a variety of topies, both on-the-job and in intensive specialist training.
• Cooperation. Learning from each other and making decisions together, collegial, appreciative, and dynamic.
• Customer contact. Quickly take responsibility.
• Corporate events. Together we celebrate our successes and our community.

Willis Towers Watson is an equal opportunity employer