Actuarial Services - Pension And Benefits - Montreal

Actuarial Services - Pension and Benefits - Montreal

Location: Montréal

Salary: Competitive

Date: Oct 24, 2025

Job Description

At EY, we're all in to shape your future with confidence. We'll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world.

The opportunity

We are currently seeking a Staff to join our Pension and Benefits Actuarial Services team in our People Advisory Services (PAS) - Reward practice. Our PAS Reward practice is a multi-disciplinary integrated team of actuaries, lawyers, HR, and tax professionals providing specialized services in the areas of pensions, benefits, HR, tax, and compensation.

As a Staff, you will join our Actuarial team and participate in client engagements and opportunities for pension and or benefits actuarial services. You will work on technical aspects of actuarial engagements while ensuring client needs are met. You will apply project management skills as well as technical and professional knowledge to ensure that the engagement work products are of the highest quality.

Your key responsibilities

• Advising EY's audit teams on actuarial and accounting matters related to complex pension arrangements and other post-employment benefits - OPEB
• Assisting the team in due diligence reviews in mergers and acquisitions transactions on defined benefit plans and broader people-related topics
• Participating in a broad range of consulting actuarial, pension and benefit engagements, including pension and benefit cost management, governance, policy, risk, and operational aspects
• Working with EY colleagues in Canada and across the globe to deliver One EY solutions
• Supporting actuarial engagements relating to actuarial audit support, mergers and acquisitions, pension valuation and other pension advisory services
• Supporting compensation engagements as needed, including conducting research and analysis on compensation, total rewards, talent retention/attraction
• Participating in the overall and day-to-day technical and business aspects of client projects to ensure high quality engagement work products, solutions, and deliverables for clients
• Identifying, developing and implementing initiatives to improve engagement productivity, increase efficiencies, mitigate risks, and address issues for clients
• Contributing to the attainment of group and individual goals by sharing knowledge, identifying business and or productivity opportunities and facilitating teamwork

Skills and attributes for success

• Up to 2 years of pension actuarial experience
• Actively pursuing ACIA / ASA
• Previous pension, OPEB accounting and/or valuation experience preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
• Strong project management skills within a professional environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities
• This role involves interaction with clients operating nationally and globally where fluency in French and English is required. Bilingualism in both French and English is therefore a requirement of this role

Ideally, you'll also

• Work independently in a fast-paced, dynamic and team-oriented environment
• Share knowledge and motivate colleagues as well as initiative to stay abreast of pension and benefit actuarial trends and developments

What we look for

We're looking for people with a genuine passion for developing and applying their actuarial and pension/benefit knowledge and experience in primarily non-traditional areas of practice. We're interested in strong team players who support their colleagues in reaching their goals while also considering their own workload and development. If you have the confidence to speak up and influence a team that affects big business issues worldwide, this role is for you.

What we offer you

The EY benefits package is designed to support your physical, emotional, financial, and social wellbeing. Our extensive benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage, as well as mental health benefits, a robust Employee Assistance Program and group savings plans to promote your overall wellbeing. We offer generous time off, including personal days, vacation days, and additional firm-wide holidays, along with the option to purchase extra vacation days. Employees can take advantage of EY's exclusive learning programs tailored just for them. We also provide internal opportunities for career development and advancement, enabling you to grow within the firm. Get involved in meaningful volunteering through EY Ripples and make a positive impact in the community.

Inclusiveness at EY

Diversity and inclusiveness are at the heart of who we are and how we work. We're committed to fostering an environment where differences are valued, policies and practices are equitable, and our people feel a sense of belonging. We embrace diversity and are committed to combating systemic racism, advancing gender equity and women in leadership, advocating for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, promoting our neuroinclusion and accessibility initiatives, and are dedicated to amplifying the voices of Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) nationally as we strive towards reconciliation. Our diverse experiences, abilities, backgrounds, and perspectives make our people unique and help guide us. Because when people feel free to be their authentic selves at work, they bring their best and are empowered to build a better working world.

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