Senior Actuarial Analyst

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Senior Actuarial Analyst. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Excellent career opportunity with clear career progression
• Competitive remuneration and great staff benefits
• North Shore – Takapuna location

Sovereign is the country’s largest life insurer and one of New Zealand’s leading private health insurers, protecting more than 646,000 New Zealanders and their families. In the past financial year, Sovereign paid out more than $350 million to support New Zealanders through illness, allowing them to get access to the best treatment and ensuring their families can continue to pay the bills if the main income earner can’t work or unexpectedly dies. As an employer, Sovereign offers a flexible, inclusive and supportive working environment with opportunities for career growth. There are a wide range of job opportunities available from marketing and finance to technical underwriting and legal services.

Sovereign have an exciting opportunity for a senior actuarial analyst to join the Capital and Reinsurance Team. Reporting to a Senior Actuary, this role is part of a high performing Actuarial team within the wider Financial Services Division. In this role you will lead and provide support to projects and to business as usual tasks across a range of actuarial work.

Key Responsibilities

• Build data analytics capabilities utilising software such as SQL, R and Prophet
• Lead and provide support to special projects
• Support financial and regulatory reporting
• Support solvency and capital management
• Model governance and validation
• Mentor and support Actuarial Analysts

Experience and skills required

• Tertiary qualification with quantitative background
• Financial services industry experience (ideally life or health insurance, but other financial services experience will be also considered)
• Proven strong technical skills, including analytical skills
• Intermediate to advanced Prophet skills
• Strong programming skills. Familiarity with SQL, R, Tableau or other relevant platforms is preferable 
• Depending on background a range of candidates will be considered, from early stages of actuarial exams through to newly qualified
• Strong business acumen and ability to deal with ambiguity
• Highly motivated and results driven
• Developing project and team management skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Proven ability to engage with non-actuarial stakeholders and business partners
• Proven ability to meet deadlines

AIA is proud to welcome Sovereign into the AIA Group. We are excited about the opportunity to significantly transform and expand our presence in the New Zealand market. We expect to deliver highly positive outcomes for our customers as well as our fantastic team of employees and advisers.

As part of our stated commitment to diversity and inclusion, we cultivate a flexible and supportive work environment that meets the needs of our people and our business. We welcome applications for this role from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements. 

If you share our values and want to be part of our journey, then apply online today!