Pension Consultant Jobs
Pension Consultant jobs are open across financial services, insurance, benefits administration, and corporate HR, from entry-level analyst roles to senior principal and director positions, with specializations in defined benefit plan design, actuarial compliance, and retirement plan administration. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Company:
MarshDescription:
We are seeking a talented individual to join our Pension Strategy & Solutions team, part of our Investments and Retirement business at Marsh. The location for this role is flexible, but ideally based in one of our West region offices: Denver, Irvine, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Portland, San Franciso, or Seattle. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.
We will count on you to:
- Advise on strategic asset allocation and dynamic glide path design for pension plans
- Understand asset classes, risk and return tradeoffs, plan design, liability features, and plan sponsor constraints to develop investment strategies
- Partner with investment consultants and portfolio managers to present results of asset-liability studies, glide path reviews, and portfolio structure reviews
- Model pension liabilities and fixed income portfolios utilizing internal and external risk models to assess risk exposures, including plan-specific liability duration profile and credit spread risk
- Understand pension plan liabilities, design features, and risk drivers that influence hedge portfolio development
- Lead clients and deliver advice on investment strategy issues, risk management / reduction in relation to pension plans, ensuring clients receive high quality advice while incorporating Marsh’s intellectual capital
- Be a subject matter expert in pension risk management and journey planning, including liability-driven investments and pension risk transfer
- Define and implement long-term business strategy, direction and focus, engaging staff to deliver business results
- Identify the need for change within the business and decisively bring essential, ambitious and accelerated change into existence and then sustain its benefits despite being confronted with resistance, barriers and blockages.
- Attract, engage and advance only the best talent and champion a culture that people want to join and commit to.
- Contribute strongly to meeting aggressive revenue growth targets.
- Responsible for developing business with new and existing clients across all business lines and geographies, collaborating to leverage resources and expertise
- Ensure all professionalism/compliance processes are understood and followed
What you need to have:
- 10+ years’ experience in pension and/or investment strategy, with significant expertise in each
- Strong presentation, project management and communication skills
- High proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Knowledge of data analysis, project management, and presentation design
- High-level attention to detail and an understanding of its application to the bigger picture
- Ability to acclimate quickly to understand asset-liability risk management and business concepts and apply critical thinking to the issues which will arise during projects
What makes you stand out:
- CFA designation and/or actuarial credentials are a strong positive
Why join our team:
- We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
- We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
- Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.
Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X. Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, veteran status (including protected veterans), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by contacting reasonableaccommodations@marsh.com. Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person. The applicable base salary range for this role is $162,000 to $324,000. The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements. Decisions will be determined on a case-by-case basis. In addition to the base salary, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives. We are excited to offer a competitive total rewards package which includes health and welfare benefits, tuition assistance, 401K savings and other retirement programs as well as employee assistance programs.
Company:
MarshDescription:
We are seeking a talented individual to join our Pension Strategy & Solutions team, part of our Investments and Retirement business at Marsh. The location for this role is flexible, but ideally based in one of our West region offices: Denver, Irvine, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Portland, San Franciso, or Seattle. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.
We will count on you to:
- Advise on strategic asset allocation and dynamic glide path design for pension plans
- Understand asset classes, risk and return tradeoffs, plan design, liability features, and plan sponsor constraints to develop investment strategies
- Partner with investment consultants and portfolio managers to present results of asset-liability studies, glide path reviews, and portfolio structure reviews
- Model pension liabilities and fixed income portfolios utilizing internal and external risk models to assess risk exposures, including plan-specific liability duration profile and credit spread risk
- Understand pension plan liabilities, design features, and risk drivers that influence hedge portfolio development
- Lead clients and deliver advice on investment strategy issues, risk management / reduction in relation to pension plans, ensuring clients receive high quality advice while incorporating Marsh’s intellectual capital
- Be a subject matter expert in pension risk management and journey planning, including liability-driven investments and pension risk transfer
- Define and implement long-term business strategy, direction and focus, engaging staff to deliver business results
- Identify the need for change within the business and decisively bring essential, ambitious and accelerated change into existence and then sustain its benefits despite being confronted with resistance, barriers and blockages.
- Attract, engage and advance only the best talent and champion a culture that people want to join and commit to.
- Contribute strongly to meeting aggressive revenue growth targets.
- Responsible for developing business with new and existing clients across all business lines and geographies, collaborating to leverage resources and expertise
- Ensure all professionalism/compliance processes are understood and followed
What you need to have:
- 10+ years’ experience in pension and/or investment strategy, with significant expertise in each
- Strong presentation, project management and communication skills
- High proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Knowledge of data analysis, project management, and presentation design
- High-level attention to detail and an understanding of its application to the bigger picture
- Ability to acclimate quickly to understand asset-liability risk management and business concepts and apply critical thinking to the issues which will arise during projects
What makes you stand out:
- CFA designation and/or actuarial credentials are a strong positive
Why join our team:
- We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
- We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
- Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.
Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X. Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, veteran status (including protected veterans), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by contacting reasonableaccommodations@marsh.com. Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person. The applicable base salary range for this role is $162,000 to $324,000. The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements. Decisions will be determined on a case-by-case basis. In addition to the base salary, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives. We are excited to offer a competitive total rewards package which includes health and welfare benefits, tuition assistance, 401K savings and other retirement programs as well as employee assistance programs.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in pension consultant jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in actuarial science, finance, accounting, or a related business field
- Experience administering or consulting on defined benefit or defined contribution retirement plans
- Working knowledge of ERISA regulations, IRS plan qualification rules, and DOL reporting requirements
- Proficiency with pension administration software and actuarial valuation tools
- Professional certification such as QPA, CEBS, EA, or progress toward an actuarial credential
- Strong written communication skills for drafting plan documents, participant notices, and compliance reports
Tips for Your Pension Consultant Job Search
Tailor your resume to plan type
Defined benefit and defined contribution consulting require different expertise, and hiring managers notice when your resume doesn't reflect the right one. Highlight your experience with the specific plan structures in each job posting rather than listing all pension work generically.
Lead with your certifications upfront
Credentials like the QPA, CEBS, or EA designation carry significant weight in pension consulting. Put them in your resume header or summary, not buried at the bottom, so screeners spot them before they reach your experience section.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists pension consultant openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target employers by client base size
Boutique actuarial firms, large benefits brokerages, and in-house corporate pension teams look for different depth of experience. Read the job description carefully for clues about client asset sizes or plan participant counts, then mirror that language in your cover letter.
Prepare a compliance scenario for interviews
Interviewers frequently test your ability to handle ERISA compliance issues, funding shortfalls, or plan restatements under changing IRS guidance. Walk in with a real example from your background where you resolved a regulatory or actuarial challenge, explained in plain business terms.
Negotiate scope alongside compensation
Pension consulting offers often vary more in client portfolio size and plan complexity than in base salary alone. When you receive an offer, ask about the number of plans you'd manage and whether the role includes client-facing advisory work, since these factors affect your long-term career development significantly.
Pension Consultant Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most pension consultants?
The most active employers for pension consultants right now are Bruno, Marsh, and Cognizant, and the most openings are in Washington, Utah, and Connecticut, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is typically strongest at benefits consultancies, actuarial firms, and large insurance carriers with retirement services divisions.
How many pension consultant jobs are remote?
About 100% of pension consultant openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the document-driven and analytical nature of much of the work. Plan administration, compliance reporting, and actuarial analysis roles tend to have the highest remote availability, while client-facing advisory roles more often require in-person presence.
How do you become a pension consultant?
Start with a degree in actuarial science, finance, accounting, or a related field, then enter the workforce in a plan administration or benefits analyst role to build hands-on ERISA and IRS compliance experience. Pursue a credential like the QPA, CEBS, or EA designation as you gain experience, since most senior consulting roles expect at least one of these. Building a track of complex plan projects and client relationships positions you for a full consulting role.
Can you get a pension consultant job with little experience?
Entry-level roles do exist, typically titled retirement plan analyst, benefits administrator, or plan coordinator, and they serve as the standard on-ramp into pension consulting. Employers hiring at this level prioritize a relevant degree, basic familiarity with retirement plan structures, and attention to detail in regulatory work. Internships with actuarial firms, benefits brokerages, or corporate HR departments are the most direct way to build that foundation before applying.
What does the pension consultant interview process look like?
Most pension consultant interviews run two to three rounds, starting with a recruiter or HR screen focused on your background and credentials, followed by a technical interview with a senior consultant or actuary covering ERISA compliance, plan design scenarios, and regulatory knowledge. Final rounds often involve a case study or a conversation with a managing principal about client work. Some firms ask you to review a sample plan document and identify compliance issues as a practical exercise.
Where can I find and apply to pension consultant jobs?
You can find and apply to pension consultant jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers across the United States. Search the roles available, find the ones that match your background and target plan type, and apply directly to each listing that fits.
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