Full-Time

In-Force Management

Rothesay

Rothesay

501-1,000 employees

Pension de-risking and bulk annuities provider

No salary listed

London, UK

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Requirements
  • Experienced in pensions actuarial work.
  • An actuarial qualification is desirable but not mandatory.
  • Demonstrates strong technical and analytical skills, attention to detail, and initiative to broaden knowledge.
  • Takes initiative to improve performance and processes, handles multiple tasks, and persists through obstacles or setbacks.
  • Collaborates effectively within and across teams and communicates relevant information and ideas clearly and concisely.
  • Uses judgement and problem-solving skills to anticipate questions, plan for contingencies, find alternative solutions, analyze complex issues, and identify clear objectives.
  • Presents persuasive rationale for ideas or opinions and influences outcomes through sound recommendations.
Responsibilities
  • Review pension scheme data and work with the transition team and pension scheme advisers to resolve issues and queries.
  • Ensure compliance with contractual requirements for data-cleansing actions.
  • Calculate premium adjustments in line with the approach set out in the contract where relevant.
  • Work with third-party administrators and in-house teams to set up scheme databases, including coding calculation routines and reconciling payroll.
  • Set up the valuation system to receive administrator data and update modelling.
  • Explain changes in value resulting from data or modelling updates.
  • Work with the pricing team to understand benefit and data complications.
  • Monitor monthly updates to ensure accurate modelling and administration.
  • Provide input into the production of individual policy documents, ensuring accurate benefit descriptions.
  • Construct updated data files for reinsurers to reflect cleansed data.
  • Update fixed cash flows underlying longevity swaps to reflect new data.
  • Explain changes in value between old and new fixed cash flows and reconcile them to data changes.
  • Update trade bookings and explain changes in value.
  • Check implementation of guaranteed minimum pension equalisation as calculated by the pension scheme.
  • Manage implementation of ongoing calculations with the administrator.
  • Work on projects with pricing and reinsurance teams relating to backbook liabilities and reinsurance deals.
  • Validate individual records and data.
  • Independently review liability and reinsurance trade bookings.
  • Conduct due diligence exercises for new deals or backbook deals proceeding to buyout.
  • Monitor and control reserve balances, taking action to ensure their continued appropriateness and accuracy.
  • Provide actuarial support for ad hoc backbook initiatives such as option exercises.
  • Implement calculation routines on in-house systems.
  • Check results of internally and externally produced calculations.
Desired Qualifications
  • An actuarial qualification.
  • Ability and willingness to take on large projects.
  • Self-motivated approach and drive to improve efficiency.

Rothesay focuses on pension risk transfer for the UK defined-benefit market, buying pension liabilities through bulk annuities and liability management and taking over future pension payments in exchange for premiums. The product works by a scheme purchasing a bulk annuity or completing liability management, with Rothesay assuming guaranteed payments and managing investments to cover future payouts. It differentiates itself through its narrow focus on pension risk transfer in the UK, emphasis on liability management, and a long‑duration, low‑risk asset strategy. The goal is to provide secure, predictable, and cost-effective transfer of pension risk while delivering stable returns to investors by carefully matching assets to liabilities.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Private

Total Funding

$1.2B

Headquarters

London, United Kingdom

Founded

2007

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What believers are saying

  • Bakkavor bought in £160 million on 5 May 2026, adding 2,216 members.
  • Scottish Widows added about 42,000 policyholders, deepening assets and fee scale.
  • NEST deferred bulk annuity work in 2025 broadens Rothesay beyond traditional buy-ins.

What critics are saying

  • Rothesay's 2025 new business fell to £5.2 billion from £15.7 billion in 2024.
  • Smaller-scheme pricing through Radius on 30 June 2026 compresses margins across bulk annuities.
  • Any adverse Part VII challenge, like Prudential's earlier dispute, can delay future transfers.

What makes Rothesay unique

  • Rothesay closed Scottish Widows' £6 billion bulk annuity transfer on 11 June 2025.
  • Rothesay launched Radius on 30 June 2026 for £10 million-£100 million schemes.
  • Rothesay's 2025 climate plan and UK productive assets support long-duration insurer credibility.

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Wellness Program

Mental Health Support

Flexible Work Hours

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Stock Options

Company Equity

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

Parental Leave

Family Planning Benefits

Fertility Treatment Support

Adoption Assistance

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