Consultant, Pension calculations implementation

TELUS Health is empowering every person to live their healthiest life. Guided by our vision, we are leveraging the power of our leading edge technology and focusing on the uniqueness of each individual to create the future of health. As a global-leading health and well-being provider – encompassing physical, mental and financial health – TELUS Health is improving health outcomes for consumers, patients, healthcare professionals, employers and employees.

The selected candidate will serve as an expert in benefit calculation rules for our clients’ pension plans, focusing on identifying test scenarios that ensure comprehensive test coverage, verifying results, managing the reporting and resolution of identified issues in collaboration with configurators and business analysts. This position is part of our large-scale plan implementation team, working with populations that can reach several hundred thousand participants. The role offers direct client interaction opportunities, particularly during client testing phases and system demonstrations of our pension plan administration systems, and provides involvement from start to finish in our delivery cycle following our modern and scalable implementation methodology.

At TELUS Health, this role will provide the selected candidate with expertise in pension calculation verification and pension administration that is unmatched in the Canadian and U.S. markets. With our multiple projects to establish new customers throughout North America, the opportunity to learn an impressive range of calculation types will be made available to you. In less than a year at TELUS Health, you'll have the opportunity to gain unparalleled diversity, even after many years of experience in pension administration with our competitors.

Primary Responsibilities

• Communicates with functional leaders, business analysts to have a clear understanding of the scope of testing
• Analyzes technical documents to identify required test scenarios
• Executes and verifies the calculation results of the test scenarios, reports anomalies
• Keeps the test suite up-to-date with new features added or changes to existing features
• Participates in team meetings and calculation review sessions
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams for problem solving
• Contributes to the continuous improvement of verification processes

Qualifications Required

Education

• University degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics or finance
• Continuing education in actuarial science (an asset)

Experience

• 5 years of relevant experience in an appropriate field
• OR 3-4 years with a degree in actuarial science, or in mathematics with an option in actuarial science
• Experience in Canadian and/or U.S. pension plans
• Experience in verification of pension plan calculations

Technical Skills

• Proficiency in pension calculation tools
• Knowledge of Azure DevOps or similar job management tool (asset)
• Fluency in English and French (written and verbal)
• Proficiency in Excel
• VBA programming skills (asset)

Personal Skills

• Excellent organizational skills
• Strong problem-solving ability
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work in a team and independently
• Effective priority management

A bit about us

We’re a people-focused, customer-first, purpose-driven team who works together every day to innovate and do good. We improve lives through our technology solutions and foster a culture of innovation that empowers team members to solve complex problems and create remarkable human outcomes in a digital world. 

TELUS is proud to foster an inclusive culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to fair employment practices and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. We offer accommodation for applicants with disabilities, as required, during the recruitment process. 

Disclaimer:  In accordance with the TELUS Health Solutions Data Center Security Policy, as a condition of employment, all team members whose job functions require they work at a Data Center and/or have access to detailed knowledge of technology related to client service delivery, are subject to a Personnel Security Screening conducted through the Government of Canada.

The health and safety of our team, customers and communities is paramount to TELUS.  Accordingly, we require anyone joining our TELUS Health Care Centres to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19.

Note for Quebec candidates: if knowledge of English is required for this position, it is because the team member will be asked, on a regular basis, to interact in English with external or internal parties or to use English applications or software as part of their tasks.

By applying to this role, you understand and agree that your information will be shared with the TELUS Group of Companies’ Talent Acquisition team(s) and/or any leader(s) who will be part of the selection process.