Actuary: Technical Marketing
Johannesburg

• Working with product development to develop solutions for clients and tools for intermediaries in an environment that competes head-to-head with other product providers.
• Developing research material that can be used as a thought leader in the market.
• Compiling material that can be rolled out through PR campaigns and to technical intermediaries.
• Designing the marketing campaigns for both clients and brokers and a framework to measure the effectiveness of different marketing campaigns.
• Developing actuarial level papers.
• Compiling communications and technical presentations for intermediaries.
• Presenting to various intermediaries on technical product information.
• Meeting with various intermediaries and business representatives to form key partnerships and drive new business.
• Liaising with investment specialists, consultants, brokers and financial advisers in handling technical product queries and performing calculations.
• Working with the new business team and the Chief Digital Officer to propose and help build digital solutions for clients and brokers and bring actuarial insights into these solutions.
• Internal training to invest staff on invest products, technical details and calculations.
• Working within the product development and the Digital team to establish a position of brand leadership.
• The candidate must be able to liaise at different levels and build relationships. This liaison will include interactions with:
- Sales consultants, agents and IFA intermediaries
- Back-office operations
- Legal and compliance
- Training teams
- Marketing services
- Product development
- Distribution heads
- Management and executives

Qualification, Skills and Experience

• Matric
• Completed qualification with a strong analytical focus in Actuarial Science / Mathematical /Statistics / Engineering, Business Science or related qualification
• Completed actuarial qualification with Fellow designation (FASSA)
• Track record of innovation, delivery and performance
• 5 – 10 years working experience in an Actuarial position with at least 2 years within a Technical Marketing or consulting environment (Preferable)
• VBA, SQL and/or Python coding experience (Preferable)
• Data Analytical Skills - ability to understand and work with big data sets in order to achieve desired outcome. Excel proficient.