• Job Description

  Req#: R11788

  Job Title

  Actuarial Analyst, Research & Development

  Job Description

  Reporting into the AVP, R&D (Inforce Analysis), the role is to support the production and delivery of the company’s actuarial bases in respect of longevity, mortality, disability, and critical illness products across the Pacific Life Re Division. This will involve working with the R&D Team on research projects, product development, economic capital calibration and supporting the provision of recommended best estimates across the territories in which PL Re operates.

  Description

  Responsibilities

  • Develop mortality, longevity, critical illness, and disability assumptions through analysis of internal and external data.
  • Support the annual experience analysis with a focus on North American mortality.
  • Support the development and calibration of the divisional economic capital model via the “quantifying insurance risk” framework.
  • Contribute to the development of vital data, processes, and knowledge to support the development of pricing bases for new product or market initiatives.
  • Support the wider R&D team with improvements across processes, tools, models, and documentation, as well as challenging current practices.
  • Support the R&D teams in Asia, Europe, Australia, and North America across the Division through the sharing of resources and project work.
  • Study for actuarial exams and make progress towards fellowship of a professional actuarial body.

  Qualifications & Experience

  • Degree in a relevant subject area, e.g. mathematics, statistics, data science or actuarial studies
  • Demonstrates an appropriate level of actuarial knowledge for their experience level.
  • Awareness of systems and ability to learn: Excel, Emblem, R, SQL, Python and Tableau.
  • Shows initiative, flexibility, and resourcefulness.
  • Provides accurate and timely updates on status of work and escalates issues appropriately.
  • Participates actively in meetings, has 'meeting presence'.
  • Ability to work well on a team as well as independently.
  • Communicates in a clear and practical manner both verbally and in writing.
  • A student member of a professional actuarial body (e.g. The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, Society of Actuaries or the Actuaries Institute of Australia)

  Working For Pacific Life Re

  Every person in our global team is valued for the unique qualities they bring to our business and we seek to build their expertise and support their individual ambitions at every step. We work hard and thrive on achievement, but we also know how to have fun and relax too. We regularly host a range of team building days to strengthen our team's connection with each other and reflect on their successes.

  Providing employees with a healthy work-life balance is very important to our culture. We have a wide range of employee benefits and we host regular social activities and well being initiatives. We are also committed to supporting our employee's involvement in their communities, by actively fundraising, hosting charity events and overseeing volunteering opportunities.

  Benefits

  • Competitive salaries

  • Work-life balance

  • Collaborative and inclusive culture

  • Social activities and events

  • Formal and informal mentoring

  • Learning and development options

  • Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives

  • Lots of fun clubs to join!

  As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we will provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure equal access to applicants with disabilities. Please contact us about your needs so that we can discuss these with you to make sure that suitable adjustments are made, where possible.

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• About the company

  We bring a fresh and dynamic approach to reinsurance in some of the world's most important and rapidly growing markets.

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