Snr Actuarial Specialist - Cape Town
Salary Negotiable
Cape Town,
Western Cape
more than 14 days ago
Reporting to the Valuations Manager.
End to end reporting process, from ownership of the actuarial model to reporting of the results to senior stakeholders with appropriate analysis and insights.
Review and improve existing methods and processes. The role will participate in various projects, including IFRS 17 implementation, which will present opportunities to develop further insights and influence reporting within and across the business and finance community.
Requirements
• Qualified actuary or actuarial student with minimum 11 actuarial exams
• A minimum of 3 years actuarial experience
• Strong technical skills
• Strong detail orientation coupled with the ability to see the “big picture”
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Previous valuation experience will be an advantage.
• Prophet or DCS (or similar modelling) experience will be an advantage.
Financial reporting - Ensure that valuation results are produced accurately, within agreed deadlines and with appropriate supporting commentary
Capital management – Support for producing capital calculations accurately and on time
Bonus declarations – Produce supporting calculations that can assist the statutory actuary in setting bonus rates
Business planning / forecasting – Support the team that provides forecasting and ongoing monitoring (outside of valuation periods) of the financial impacts of strategy (by providing the necessary technical calculations)
Investigations – Undertake investigations (on behalf of Business Partner, Finance Actuary and Actuarial Manager) as will be delegated to you
Models – Ownership of Prophet and DCS models used in valuations
Continuous improvements – Enhancements of models and processes that produce IFRS/FSV, MCEV and SAM reporting
IFRS 17 implementation: Participation in the segment’s involvement in the IFRS 17 project and the transition of reporting into BAU.
General – Ensure that all actuarial processes are performed as efficiently as possible, and are compliant with the current risk control environment
End to end reporting process, from ownership of the actuarial model to reporting of the results to senior stakeholders with appropriate analysis and insights.
Review and improve existing methods and processes. The role will participate in various projects, including IFRS 17 implementation, which will present opportunities to develop further insights and influence reporting within and across the business and finance community.
Requirements
• Qualified actuary or actuarial student with minimum 11 actuarial exams
• A minimum of 3 years actuarial experience
• Strong technical skills
• Strong detail orientation coupled with the ability to see the “big picture”
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Previous valuation experience will be an advantage.
• Prophet or DCS (or similar modelling) experience will be an advantage.
Financial reporting - Ensure that valuation results are produced accurately, within agreed deadlines and with appropriate supporting commentary
Capital management – Support for producing capital calculations accurately and on time
Bonus declarations – Produce supporting calculations that can assist the statutory actuary in setting bonus rates
Business planning / forecasting – Support the team that provides forecasting and ongoing monitoring (outside of valuation periods) of the financial impacts of strategy (by providing the necessary technical calculations)
Investigations – Undertake investigations (on behalf of Business Partner, Finance Actuary and Actuarial Manager) as will be delegated to you
Models – Ownership of Prophet and DCS models used in valuations
Continuous improvements – Enhancements of models and processes that produce IFRS/FSV, MCEV and SAM reporting
IFRS 17 implementation: Participation in the segment’s involvement in the IFRS 17 project and the transition of reporting into BAU.
General – Ensure that all actuarial processes are performed as efficiently as possible, and are compliant with the current risk control environment
Recruiter: Moving Heads Personnel