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Senior Actuary

Employer
About Recruitment
Location
Dublin, Leinster (IE)
Salary
Competitive Salary
Closing date
17 Feb 2019

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Sector
General insurance, Solvency II
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Experience/Function
Qualified (executive), Qualified

Job Details

The Client

Our client has retained us exclusively for this role.

Our Client is a Direct Insurance company with an insurance portfolio that spans across Europe and Asia, and is expected to be the largest non-life balance sheet in Ireland.

The Role

Our client is looking for a senior actuary, with several years’ post-qualification experience, to report directly to the Head of Actuarial Function, to be responsible for driving the delivery of all Actuarial Function requirements.

These responsibilities would include:

  • Preparation of the quarterly reserving documentation for the Reserving Committees and Board. 
  • Delivery of Quarterly Actuarial Financial Reporting, while liaising with the business to ensure timely delivery of Reporting
  • Taking responsibility for the engagement with underwriters and management to understand the experience in the quarter, and any implications that may have for financial reporting, now an into the future
  • Constantly challenging the appropriateness of methodologies and assumptions, and driving changes where as appropriate.
  • Being responsible for addressing all queries in relation to actuarial inputs, methodologies and assumptions.

Qualifications

Our client is looking for a senior qualified Actuary, with significant post-qualification experience in general insurance, with a track record of timely delivery of quality output. You will be expected to be able to multi-task under pressure. You should also be disciplined at planning short, medium and long term activities, and be comfortable operating in a no surprises culture, where any possible delays or issues are flagged early, and appropriately resolved.

You will be a strong communicator, with a pragmatic approach, clearly able to understand and communicate appropriately the implications for the business and relevant stakeholders of your analyses.

You should be comfortable designing, building and implementing solutions as challenges arise.

Company

About Recruitment was founded in 2017 by Ger Bradley, Actuary to provide high quality personalised recruitment services to the Irish actuarial market.  We specialise in Life Assurance and General Insurance in the Irish Market., but occasionally also dabble in pensions and data science. If you are looking for your next move, please contact us in total confidence at the email address or phone number provided below. Or if you know a colleague who is looking, please feel free to use our refer a friend scheme, where you can earn up to €1,500 for a successful referral, subject to some fair terms and conditions (see website).

Ger has over 30 years' experience practising as an actuary, underwriter, data scientist and risk consultant in both Irish and international insurance markets. He has worked in life and general, domestic and reinsurance, the company market and consultancy. He operated at all levels over his career, from student life actuary, to underwriting director, to head of the non-life arm of a large Irish Actuarial consultancy. He was also very active in the Irish Society of Actuaries, and among other things, had the honour of serving two terms on Council, as well as chair of the general insurance committee. 

As a result, Ger has gained a unique insight into what both employers and actuarial, data scientists and risk professionals are seeking from each other. He has very extensive and trusted contacts both in companies and in the actuarial, data analytics and risk communities. 

If you are looking for the right fit for your organisation, or that next move on your path to achieving your career goals, please feel free to contact Ger (in complete confidence) by email at ger@about-recruitment.ie or phone (+00353866019377).

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