The opportunity

We are looking for a Manager to join our General Insurance Actuarial Practice delivering solutions to the leading clients in Insurance Sector, working closely with other Staff/Assistants, Consultants/Seniors, Managers, Senior Managers or Client partners in EY’s global network of insurance sector and consulting professionals.

You can expect to work along with senior managers/directors to support large scale engagements and deliver high-quality client solutions. You will develop and maintain long-term relationships and networks, build and energize a high performing team.

Within our talented and dynamic Actuarial team the members work on multiple client engagement teams that perform actuarial model building and validations, reserving (actuarial liability estimation), due diligence, premium calculation, valuation analysis for IFRS, GAAP, and Statutory calculations and review, capital/risk modeling and other related actuarial projects for General and Health insurance businesses. The team members also receive on-the-job training to acquire practical experience in addressing business/technical issues and in applying industry knowledge and EY policies/procedures on client engagements. The position is designed to enable the member to pursue actuarial exams while developing the basic skills needed to be a successful actuarial consultant, combining both excellent learning and career opportunities.

Our growing team of professionals come from a diverse background, all committed to being long term trusted advisors to our clients.

Your key responsibilities

As a Manager within the Actuarial team your role involves developing and implementing solutions both within the Insurance service line and in collaboration with other services lines.

On engagements, you will:

- Responsible for providing high quality results and generating effective solutions working along with Senior Consultants, Manager or Senior Manager in delivering the project
- Demonstrate the ability to apply their problem-solving skills to new and complex situations and problems with minimal supervision and maintain quality and accuracy
- Provide focused solutions and training to Staff/Senior members
- Be responsible for ensuring all engagement are delivered within time
- Deliver engagements in line with our values and commitment to quality, consistently driving projects to completion and ensuring that work is of high standards
- Establish/manage priorities, create/manage work plans, communicate the status of activities, and accumulate/report all chargeable hours
- Maintain a strong stakeholder focus and maintain/develop productive working relationships with stakeholders and other team members

Within the actuarial practice you will:





- Communicate the results of analysis to actuaries in other geographical regions such as Australia, UK, US, Europe, etc.,
- Actuarial liability estimation for general insurance lines of business which involves data preparation, data loading to tools, analysis of liabilities and presenting results
- Analyze the historical claims data and identify potential issues and trends and report the findings
- Perform valuation of reserves through IBNR model using the data supplied for estimation
- Working knowledge of different loss projection methods and their applications along with the familiarity of different property and casualty lines of business
- Review data, methodologies, assumptions, results and benchmark against the market
- Assessment of technical provisions and standard formula/ other capital calculations
- Large loss analysis, rating factor analysis and CAT benchmarking
- Perform ad-hoc research and development requests as required
- Preparations of report/memo sent to stakeholders showing results of the analysis
- Risk analytics including development of analytical tools, analysis of insurance risk and general support for any risk analytics in the company
- Knowledge of ARIUS, Alteryx, IGLOO, ResQ or other reserving software are good to have, but not must criteria
- Stay informed of current business/economic developments relevant to the industry/ geography

We are looking for individuals who have a proactive attitude and are seeking the opportunity for personal and professional growth, leveraging and supporting our global network.

Skills and attributes for success

- Skills and attributes for a successful career at EY require a learning mindset and passion to add value to GDS, member firms and client organisations. Bright and enthusiastic individuals who give their all to each assignment they work on will find themselves at home within our energetic GDS actuarial team.

To qualify for the role, you must have

- Qualified Actuary with at least 6+ years’ experience in the General Insurance industry, either within a consulting firm or an Insurer or an organisation providing Insurance services (such as reserving, capital modelling, pricing, rate filling, CAT modelling, IFRS17, technical provision, solvency II and risk management)
- Ability to multi-task and versatile work attitude packed with good analytical skills




- Experience of handling a moderate sized team will be an advantage
- Proficiency in MS-Office Suite, VBA, SAS, R Programming, Python, SQL, SPSS, etc., will be a plus

Ideally, you’ll also have

- Strong academic background with a bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics or finance related supplemented ideally with a professional qualification
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for report writing, industry studies and stakeholder presentations
- Ability to review work done by junior members, ensuring quality of work product during time sensitive deadlines
- The ability to build relationships with colleagues across the business, support them and promote a collaborative environment
- Overseas exposure (especially Australia/UK/US/Europe market experience)

What we look for

- Deep knowledge and experience of the insurance industry and/or consulting. Relevant recent big 4 experience in leading actuarial engagement with recognized insurers will be an advantage. This ideally should be complemented by employment experience within the Insurance sector either at an insurer, intermediary or regulator
- Up to date knowledge of the regulatory environment impacting insurers and other financial service organizations
- Experience of supporting teams to high quality timely delivery, actively building relationships and promoting a collaborative culture when working with colleagues

What we offer

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across six locations – Argentina, China, India, the Philippines, Poland and the UK – and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We’ll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.

- Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
- Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
- Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
- Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

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