Functional Lead, Pension Calculation Implementation (remote)

About the position

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. Join the TELUS Health retirement benefits implementation team as a functional lead. In this role, you will be able to demonstrate your extensive expertise in defined benefit pension plan administration. Furthermore, you will act as a practice lead by effectively managing the deliverables of a team composed of business analysts and calculation verifiers. This role requires solid expertise in benefit calculation engine configuration and good adaptability in order to familiarize yourself with our solution quickly within our growing team.

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

Requirements

  • University degree in actuarial science, mathematics, project management, or any other relevant field
  • 10+ years of relevant experience in defined benefit pension plans
  • Experience with Canadian and/or American pension plans
  • Mastery of retirement benefit calculations
  • Mastery of retirement benefit calculation engine configuration
  • Proficiency in Excel
  • Ability to travel to Canada and the United States

Nice-to-haves

  • Knowledge of Azure DevOps or similar work management tools
  • Knowledge of VBA programming
  • Continuing education in actuarial science
  • Excellent organizational skills
  • Strong problem-solving ability
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to influence internal and external stakeholders
  • Leadership and ability to maintain team engagement
  • Ability to work in a team and independently
  • Coaching and resource development skills
  • Effective priority management
  • Ability to make decisions involving a certain level of risk
  • Ability to adapt your communication style to people with different levels of expertise

Benefits

  • Incomparable versatility in pension calculations and plan administration across Canadian and American markets
  • Deep expertise in an innovative and specialized field that sets you apart in the pension industry
  • Multiple implementation projects with leading clients across North America, expanding your portfolio and professional network
  • Flexibility to work from anywhere in Canada while maintaining a healthy work-life balance
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • A corporate culture centered on mutual aid, social impact, well-being, and diversity
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