Fixed Term Contract - Data Scientist
- Employer
- Star Actuarial Futures
- Location
- London / hybrid 2 days p/w office-based
- Salary
- £ excellent
- Closing date
- 23 Nov 2024
- Reference
- Star8967
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- Sector
- IT, Life insurance, Reinsurance, Other
- Contract Type
- Interim, contract & temp
- Hours
- Full Time
- Experience/Function
- Other, Analyst
Job Details
Are you a talented data scientist, looking for your next contract opportunity within a global reinsurer?
Then this is an exciting opportunity to take up a 3-year FTC where you will combine data science techniques and actuarial analysis in order to pre-process and analyse industry datasets.
Supporting the maintanance of the firm's Experience Analysis tools, you will research and analyse insurance relevant data and conduct analysis of the in-force portfolio to identify trends and patterns.
You will also contribute to the development of advanced statistical and predictive analytical techniques and models to enhance our client's understanding of biometric and behavioural insurance risks, thereby supporting the development of the Central Bases and assumptions.
A PhD in relevant field such as computer science, epidemiology, or statistics is highly desirable.
Knowledge of at least one scripting language (R or Python) coupled with basic knowledge of SQL is essential, as is knowledge of data science and statistical techniques including GLM and tree-based models.
Please contact us to discuss this vacancy or for an informal discussion regarding your career goals. We are very happy to perform bespoke research on your behalf.
Jan Sparks FIA, Partner
M: +44 (0)7477 757151
E: jan.sparks@staractuarial.com
Company
We are award-winning experts in actuarial recruitment. We are actuaries and recruitment specialists based in the UK with a global reach. We offer market-leading career advice and recruitment solutions that are tailored to your needs.
Our honest approach to recruitment and our market expertise have delivered great results within the actuarial market and we are proud to work with a wide range of leading actuarial employers and candidates.
We provide our clients with the talent they need to realise their business strategy and to date have helped over 200 actuarial employers fill their vacancies. We want to work closely with our clients and our greatest success story to date is having made over 50 placements with several clients.
We are experienced in filling vacancies from graduate to Chief Actuary level with permanent packages ranging from £20,000 p.a. to over £300,000 p.a. Our clients include Asset Managers, Insurers, Mutuals, Consultancies, Banks, Brokers and Syndicates.
Our consultants are based throughout the UK, recruit for permanent and interim positions in all sectors of the actuarial market in the UK and overseas and offer a consultancy service on a contingency, retained or search basis.
We continually strive to be the best in the market and with that in mind we only employ high quality recruitment consultants or actuaries directly from industry. Our consultants have over 85 years' experience in technical actuarial roles across insurance, pensions, investment and healthcare. As a result, our understanding of the actuarial market and of actuarial vacancies is based on first-hand experience, industry leading connections and up-to-date market knowledge.
Read more about us and search our jobs at www.staractuarial.com
- Website
- http://www.staractuarial.com/
- Telephone
- +442033931880
- Location
-
6 London Street
New London House
London
London
EC3R 7LP
GB
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