Actuarial Specialist â Product and Pricing

2 weeks ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Specd Full time

**JOB DESCRIPTION:
**Job Title**:Actuarial Specialist Product and Pricing

**Location**: Johannesburg

**Duration**: Permanent

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Provide insights on various actuarial metrics to the executive and management team
- Assist in product development and pricing modelling process and implementation
- Develop and maintain and pricing models
- Reporting and stakeholder management
- Manage relationships within the company and with stakeholders
- Prepare and submit monthly reports of the Key Performance indicators for the actuarial reporting function
- Monitor actual to expected on a monthly basis
- Monthly reporting of risks on risk register
- Effectively assess and report on problem areas
- Regulatory compliance
- Ensure that all work performed in terms of required standard and regulation
- Ensure that all company policies and procedures are adhered to
- Ensure timely submission of various periodical reports
- Mentor, supervise and train staff
- Assist, participate in or provide related support for any ad hoc projects as and when required

**REQUIRED QUALIFICATION**:

- Actuarial degree
- Progress towards actuarial exams 8-10 Technical Actuarial Exams

**REQUIRED EXPERIENCE (relevant or in a similar role)**:

- 5 years experience
- Previous life insurance experience
- SAM reporting experience
- Life and group life product and pricing experience and models

**REQUIRED COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS**:
**Objectivity**:

- Able to put own feelings, views, beliefs, and attitudes aside from a situation and remain neutral and non-judgemental

**Attention to detail**:

- The ability to highlight inconsistencies and inaccuracies in detailed information

**Knowledge/Information Management**:

- The creation, sharing, using, and managing of knowledge and information in an organisation

**Financial acumen**:
**Interpersonal awareness / empathy**:

- Understanding other people. It includes the ability to hear accurately and understand unspoken, partly expressed thoughts, feelings, and concerns of others. Included in this competency is an emphasis on cross-cultural sensitivity. Requires the ability to keep ones emotions under control and restrain negative actions when faced with opposition or hostility from others or when working under stress

**Judgement and Decision-making**:

- Identifying and understanding issues, problems, and opportunities; comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions; using effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; taking action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences

**Leading and supervising**:

- Provides others with a clear direction; motivates and empowers others; recruits staff of a high calibre; provides staff with development opportunities and coaching; sets appropriate standards of behaviour

**Managing performance (goal/target setting)**:

- Accepts and tackles demanding goals with enthusiasm; works hard and puts in longer hours when it is necessary; seeks progression to roles of increased responsibility and influence; identifies own development needs and makes use of developmental or training opportunities

**Motivating People (includes Creating and Selling the Vision)**:

- Establishing systems and processes to attract, develop, engage, and retain talented individuals; creating a work environment where people can realise their full potential, thus allowing the organisation to meet current and future business challenges

**Analytical thinking**:

- Analyses numerical data and all other sources of information, to break them into component parts, patterns, and relationships; probes for further information or greater understanding of a problem; makes rational judgements from the available information and analysis; demonstrates an understanding of how one issue may be a part of a much larger system

**Personal Attributes**:

- Results driven
- Initiative
- Methodical

**Operational/Strategic Impact**:

- Operational impact at a senior level across organisation.

**Number of Subordinates**
- Supervision and mentorship of up to 4 Analysts.

**PACKAGE & REMUNERATION**:

- Negotiable depending on Qualifications and Experience.

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