Role Purpose
The Actuary, Strategic Analytics will lead and contribute to initiatives leveraging advanced analytics into risk quantification, pricing innovation, underwriting research, and product development. This role plays a key role in leveraging emerging data sources and predictive modelling to enhance how we measure risk and support our clients across Protection and Savings & Retirement.
Key Responsibilities
- Research & Analytics Initiatives: Drive projects that utilise novel datasets (e.g., UnderwriteMe, medical and wellness data) to advance risk modelling and underwriting innovation.
- Lead ideation and execution of advanced analytics and novel data initiatives supporting Protection and Savings & Retirement strategies.
- Lead internal and external projects supporting pricing, client solutions, underwriting teams, including client‑facing initiatives.
Strategic Analytics Integration
Embed advanced analytics techniques into actuarial processes for quantifying existing and emerging risks and collaborate with Pricing, Underwriting and Business Development teams to deliver actionable insights.
Data & Technology
Support utilisation of the Data Analytics Platform (DAP). Identify and integrate external data sources to improve risk assessment and product propositions.
Stakeholder Engagement
Partner with internal teams (Pricing, Underwriting, Client Solutions) and external clients on predictive modelling and innovative data utilisation. Represent the organisation at industry forums and contribute to thought leadership.
Governance & Reporting
Ensure compliance with internal risk and governance frameworks and provide project and initiative updates to leadership forums including the Data Insight Steering Committee (DISC), Protection Market Leadership Committee, and R&D Leadership.
Qualifications & Experience
- Actuarial Credentials: Fully qualified actuary (FIA or equivalent) with strong technical and analytical skills.
- Experience: Minimum 5+ years in actuarial or analytical roles, ideally with exposure to R&D and/or pricing across lines of business and proven ability to lead complex projects with cross‑functional stakeholder management.
- Technical Skills: Expertise in statistical modelling, predictive analytics and data science tools (Python, SQL, R – AWS a bonus). Familiarity with insurance risk modelling and underwriting processes (ideal).
- Soft Skills: Strong communication ability to explain complex analytical concepts to non‑technical audiences, comfortable operating as a senior individual contributor, influencing through expertise rather than authority, and translating technical insights into business strategy.
Benefits (Permanent & Fixed Term Employees)
- 25 days of annual leave with option to buy/sell more days.
- Adoption and fertility leave.
- Generous enhanced parental leave.
- Healthcare: Comprehensive private insurance coverage for employee and dependents.
- Group Life Insurance: coverage of 9× basic annual salary.
- Group Income Protection: up to 75% of basic annual salary.
- Optical benefits.
- 15% combined employee/employer contributions to savings & retirement.
- Wellness: subsidised gym membership.
- Employee Assistance Program access.
- Cycle to Work and Electric Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme.
- Time off for volunteering.
- Charitable matching of employee donations.
Diversity & Inclusion
We are committed to a culture of diversity and inclusion that embraces the authenticity of all employees, partners and communities. We will provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure equal access for applicants with disabilities.
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