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International practice

The International practice offers the opportunity to pursue an actuarial career path advising multinational companies on pensions and benefits throughout the world. We advise a wide-range of clients, including many household names. We are the largest International practice in the industry and Watson Wyatt recently won the Global Pensions 2007 International Benefits Consultant /Provider of the Year award.

Our areas of strength include multi-country Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) work, multi-country accounting projects, benefits audits, advising clients on managing risk within their pension plans worldwide, acting as the local actuary for pension plans where Watson Wyatt does not have a local office, management of international retirement plans.

We provide our clients with actuarial excellence and creative consultancy. Our advice covers all aspects of the design, implementation and management of pensions and benefits schemes. As an example of the continued extension of our services, we have created new approaches and toolkits in the areas of risk management and governance.

The International practice has associates based in offices in several countries around the world. The locations with the largest number of consultants are the UK and the USA. Across the UK and US we have 5 main locations (Reigate, London, New York, Chicago and San Francisco) with some smaller “hubs” in a few other US cities. The practice has a strong track record of delivering high levels of growth and profitability.

We have an exceptional client list, built over many years. Our focus is on large multinational organisations (Fortune 1000, FTSE 350, Global 500 or equivalents). These world class organisations have significant, complex and evolving benefit arrangements with their workforces. Our associates provide consulting services that are critical to the financial health and success of these businesses within a commercial and legislative environment that is constantly changing.

We are recognised by clients, prospects and our competitors as having a concentration of some of the best consultants in the business, backed up by thought leadership and research capabilities that are second to none.

In a recent comparison, Watson Wyatt scored higher than our closest competitors in nine out of ten brand attributes, with clients acknowledging the quality of our people as being a clear differentiator.

Having a world-class client list, working with some of the best people and having access to deep technical resources, provides our associates with great opportunities for professional development and to build a strong career in their chosen field.