Functional Lead, Pension Calculation 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 Pension Benefit Calculation Functional Lead is an expert in defined benefit pension plan administration who will act as an effective leader by managing the deliverables of a team composed of business analysts and calculation verifiers. The role requires solid expertise in benefit calculation engine configuration and strong adaptability to quickly become familiar with our solution within our growing team.

Primary Responsibilities

 

• Represent the benefit calculation implementation team to project management

• Determine and manage the priorities of their implementation team

• Perform ongoing planning of deliverables considering the project scope

• Proactively identify potential risks and issues

• Be responsible for pension plan rules analysis documents

• Provide technical support and supervise the configuration of the benefit calculation engine

• Know the system configuration in order to position themselves as the calculation engine expert in our implementations

• Support specialized technical stakeholders for data conversion and data collections

• Work closely with the product development team

• Contribute to the continuous improvement of our implementation processes

Qualifications Required

Education

• University degree in actuarial science, mathematics, project management, or other relevant field

• Continuing education in actuarial science (an asset)

Experience

• 10 years of relevant experience in defined benefit pension plans

• OR 5-7 years with a degree in actuarial science, or in mathematics with a focus on actuarial science

• Experience with Canadian and/or U.S. pension plans

• Experience in configuration of a benefit calculation engine for a defined benefit pension plan system

Technical Skills

• Proficiency in pension calculation tools

• Knowledge of Azure DevOps or similar project management tools (asset)

• Fluency in English and French (written and verbal)

• Proficiency in Excel

• VBA programming (asset)

Personal Skills

• Excellent organizational skills

• Strong problem-solving abilities

• Keen attention to detail

• Ability to positively influence internal and external stakeholders

• Leadership skills and ability to maintain team engagement

• Capable of working both independently and in a team environment

• Coaching and resource development skills

• Effective priority management

• Ability to make decisions involving a certain level of risk

• Effective communication at various levels of technical expertise

• Be available to travel within Canada and the U.S. as required

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.

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