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Job Description
About this job:
Life Reserving Valuation Models and Overlay platform
1. Development and maintenance of actuarial systems, models, and tools used in regulatory reporting for solvency regimes and financial statements (Multi GAAP).
2. Contribute to the implementation of change projects including the migration and decommissioning of several outdated platforms to increase the efficiency and automation of the reserving process.
3. Support the build of a centralized database with supporting transformation and aggregate calculation tools.
4. Modernize, extend, and harmonize the aggregation and consolidation tools across the different processes and geographies, by limiting as much as possible the use of Excel and manual retreatments.
5. Enhance the visualization and analysis capability for use in the validation of results, production of management reporting metrics, and implementation of controls.
6. Facilitate the gathering of requirements, development of specifications, and implementation of an enhanced projection model and reporting platform for ST business.
7. Act in a research and development capacity to generate new ideas for affecting process, methodology, and reporting efficiencies.
8. Contribute to the updating and enhancement of the accrual methodology, process, and tools ensuring consistency across product lines and regions.
9. Work closely with the IT and life actuarial teams, Operations, Finance, external consultants, and vendors to implement changes to the modeling architecture.
10. Review existing processes and improve operational efficiency of the regulatory reporting.
11. Ensure a robust control framework by automation of validations.
12. Develop and enforce best practices for model governance.
13. Mentor and guide other team members in the use and development of models and tools.
14. Help manage production teams' expectations to enforce the principle that the GAIT provides development and maintenance support rather than being an additional production resource.
15. Contribute to the efficient integration of pricing models into the valuation infrastructure through clarifying required changes to pricing and valuation models and implementation of a robust framework for storing and processing pricing cash flow projections.
IFRS 17, USGAAP LDTI, FRGAAP, SII, BMA, MAS, VIF
1. Assist the team in implementation of data and model requirements for IFRS 17, LDTI, FRGAAP, SII, BMA, MAS, VIF including writing and reviewing technical specifications and testing.
Line of Business models
1. Assist with model improvements for in-force business to facilitate a smooth consolidation process as required by Moody’s (AXIS) / In-house (R).
2. Assist with model implementation and processing of new business.
Qualifications
About you:
1. Qualified Actuary or experienced professional with a university degree in a relevant field (Actuarial, Statistics, IT, Engineering) with 5 to 8 years of working experience in Life reserving or pricing in the (re)insurance field, or related actuarial experience with solid systems development or programming (specifically in R) background and exposure to financial transformation projects.
2. Prior experience of financial reporting with respect to regulatory reporting regimes including USGAAP LDTI, IFRS 17, SII, BMA, MAS, VIF would be a distinct advantage.
Technical skills
1. Strong IT and data management skills.
2. Knowledge in relevant software: R (highest priority), SQL/VBA/Python/PowerBI & Power Query (second priority), Moody’s/AXIS/Risk Integrity/C++/Business Objects/Data Virtuality/Snowflake (third priority).
3. Reinsurance knowledge is an asset.
4. Strongly driven to streamline business processes, with an emphasis on automation and maintainability.
5. Experience in specification, development, and testing of actuarial and data transformation software.
Personal and communication
1. Organized, able to work in a matrix structure.
2. Able to set and manage priorities.
3. Strong communication skills and proficiency in English.
4. High motivation, team-orientation.
5. Keen to work with other cultures.
Additional Information
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