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Lead Project Reserving Actuary

Beazley • Permanent • Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom • 1w ago

Job Description

General

Job Title: Lead Project Reserving Actuary

Division: Finance – Actuarial

Reports To: As per Beazley’s organisation chart

Key Relationships: Senior management, Beazley actuaries, Finance, Data Management and Ceded Reinsurance teams, Claims managers, Underwriters and business managers, Lloyd’s, external actuaries/auditors, regulators.

Job Summary: Working as part of a strong international team, our Lead Project Reserving Actuary will represent the Actuarial Reserving team on a wide range of business projects.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical

Lead projects undertaken by the Actuarial Reserving team
Contribute to group-wide projects, representing the Actuarial Reserving team
Manage the relationship between Beazley and our auditors and external actuaries, including understanding/challenging analysis
Perform the calculation of specific group reinsurance covers
Lead the construction of the loss development triangles for the report and accounts
Lead the Performance Related Pay (PRP) analysis
Build and maintain constructive working arrangements with those groups identified as being key to your role
Operate as an effective team member by supporting colleagues and contributing to the delivery and achievement of overall team and business objectives. Provide support and mentoring to the assistant reserving actuaries, with potential for direct line management responsibilities. Peer review colleagues' work to provide quality assurance
Become a technical expert and trusted advisor for management on reserving and related matters
Contribute to the maintenance of documentation with the required frequency, adhering to the review requirements and obtaining the appropriate sign-offs
Keep abreast of industry best practice, new initiatives and changes in regulatory requirements
Identify opportunities and deliver improvements in the valuation processes and methodologies
Undertake applicable professional, technical and career development training (delivered internally and externally)

General

At Beazley we are committed to doing the right thing because it is the right thing to do. It is important that within all your interactions both internally and externally you adhere to this principle through adoption of Beazley’s core values and behaviours – PIED and Being Beazley.

Adopt the Beazley culture of Professionalism, Integrity, Effectiveness and Dynamic that contributes to an internal environment of teamwork and promote a positive brand image and experience to our external customers.
Comply with Beazley procedures, policies and regulations including the code of conduct. Undertake training on Beazley policies and procedures as delivered by your line manager, the Talent Management development or assurance teams (compliance, risk, internal audit) either directly, via e-learning or the learning management system.
Display business ethics that uphold the interests of all our customers.
Ensure all interactions with customers are focused on delivering a fair outcome, including having the right products for their needs.
Comply with any specific responsibilities necessary for your role as outlined by your line manager, the Talent Management or assurance teams (compliance, risk, internal audit) and ensure you keep up to date with developments in these areas. This may include, amongst others, Beazley’s underwriting control standards, Beazley’s claims control standards, other Beazley standards and customer relationship management.
Carry out additional responsibilities as individually notified, either through your objectives or through the learning management system. These may include membership of any Beazley committees or working groups.

Personal Specification:

Education and Qualifications

University degree in Mathematics or related field
Professional actuarial qualification

Skills and Abilities

General commercial and financial knowledge
Experience with ResQ reserving software preferable
Competent user of MS Excel; VBA, Access, SQL, SAS, WPS, R and Python skills desirable
Strong analytical skills with attention to detail; accurate and numerate
Able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
Team worker as well as able to work on own initiative
Ability to manage time, work on a number of tasks in parallel, meet deadlines and prioritise

Knowledge and Experience

Reserving experience; Lloyd’s market knowledge desirable
Knowledge of technical provisions for Solvency II preferred
Command of basic actuarial techniques
Understanding of reinsurance
Experience of managing projects desirable

Aptitude and Disposition

Outcome focused, self-motivated, flexible and enthusiastic
Professional approach to successfully interact with team members and stakeholders

Competencies

Achievement and solution focused
Information seeking
Stakeholder focus
Using initiative
Having integrity
Taking responsibility
Being reliable

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