Senior Business Change Life Actuary

Consultant Name: Robert Gibson

Telephone Number: 02038679858

Email Address: robert.gibson@emerald-group.com

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop the financial impact assessment of the IFRS17 project in collaboration with Group, providing financials to Group and local executives
• Work collaboratively in a technical change team to deliver effective solutions within project timelines, overcoming challenges as they arise
• Liaise with senior management and key stakeholders, in collaboration with the project technical lead
• Engage in peer reviews of methodology, models and documentation, providing appropriate challenge and suggestion for improvements
• Develop a culture of continuous improvement that focuses on enhancing the service provided to the stakeholders
• Create and maintain strong working relationships

Skills/Qualifications:

• Fellow of the IFoA with experience in an actuarial reporting team
• Commercially aware with experience of the life insurance industry, including an understanding of the regulatory developments
• Experience of reporting procedures, processes and operating controls for a robust delivery of reliable and accurate financial reporting to auditable standards
• Valuation experience including understanding of actuarial modelling, assumption setting, assessing data quality
• Able to manage direct reports by providing direction and empowering them to deliver on results
• Able to lead complex analyses and actuarial services on projects
• Ability to interpret technical guidance and produce technical documentation
• Documentation experience and excellent written communication skills
• Confident communicator that is able to explain technical material to a range of stakeholders
• Able to facilitate improvements to processes and standards where warranted to improve statutory, regulatory and internal compliance
• Excellent IT skills, specifically Word and Excel
• Ability to work independently and to lead a high performing team
• Strong proactive team player who works collaboratively
• Enthusiastic and positive attitude with a desire to drive the business forward
• Comfortable in working in a change environment
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, adapt quickly and provide rapid solutions to issues
• Strong communication and influencing skills, both written and oral
• A self-starter committed to deliver quality work to set deadlines
• Ability to prioritise and focus to deliver the end results
• Able to build and maintain relationships at all levels of staff
• Able to make informed actuarial and business recommendations based on professional judgements and experience; effectively challenge and/or escalate issues, that may be of a highly sensitive nature, within business decisions or processes that are not able to be supported from an actuarial or business standpoint
• Able to liaise with senior auditor to define scope and facilitate review of assigned actuarial processes