Job Description

• Support the existing team in offering a range of actuarial services and tools to a portfolio of clients within the insurance industry. This is expected to primarily include reserving and Solvency II work, but may also a range of other services including risk modelling, IFRS 17 and data science.
• Lead the day-to-day project management and delivery of a diverse range of concurrent client engagements, ensuring appropriate actuarial methodologies are applied, and managing timetables, budgets, and stakeholder expectations.
• Apply actuarial and statistical skills to review and project complex data-sets and to draw applicable, actuarially sound, business conclusions.
• Confidently present results at client meetings, explaining the business implications of technical actuarial matters in an understandable and insightful manner.
• Oversee the production of clear and informative reports to clients and to internal stakeholders (eg to the Responsible Individual ("RI") for audit engagements), ensuring that these meet the requirements of the Technical Actuarial Standards ("TASs").
• Ensure partners, directors and senior managers are kept fully informed of all developments in your project portfolio.
• Maintain good communication and relations with clients.
• Be fully aware of the services offered by other departments in the firm and continually look for cross selling opportunities.
• Contribute to the firm's business development initiatives.

 

• Able to influence internal / external clients and colleagues.
• Proven planning and prioritising skills.
• Experience with delegation and overseeing/reviewing the work of student actuaries.
• Ability to meet deadlines, to multitask, and to work under pressure with accuracy and focus.
• Able to demonstrate problem solving skills.
• Keen to add value to our clients' businesses.
• Strong organisation, communication, and presentation skills.
• Able to follow firm's processes and procedures.
• Self-motivated and able to apply relevant skills to new scenarios.
• Keep ahead of regulatory change and assess the impact on clients and the opportunities for the firm.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Qualified general insurance actuary, or part-qualified actuary expected to qualify within the next 12 months. Strong technical actuarial knowledge. Open minded and critical thinker. Some experience of at least two of the following in non-life insurance: reserving for accounting purposes; Solvency II Technical Provisions; Solvency II Standard Formula; Capital Modelling. Experience of IFRS 17 / risk management / pricing would also be beneficial. A willingness to get involved in new areas, including an interest in Data Science. High standard of IT literacy, including a strong working-knowledge of MS Excel and a willingness to learn additional applications (eg Access, SQL, R).