Head: Short Term Actuarial

14 hours ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Moving Heads Personnel Full time

Responsible for all corporate actuarial work required for the organisation’s two short term licenses which includes calculation of reserves (IFRS and SAM), capital requirements and solvency position. Reporting to business, including providing understanding of results, and statutory returns to the Prudential Authority.
- Ensuring accurate and appropriate reserving for the two short term licenses, including appropriate assumptions, adequate and reliable data, and accurate modelling.
- Manage and co-ordinate the calculation of SAM Technical Provisions and Solvency Capital Requirement, including projections of these as part of the integrated planning and budgeting.
- Oversee production of shareholder and business KPI measurement results such as ROC and Net Generated Equity.
- Provide insights regarding opportunities for optimisation of these results.
- Scenario projection and stress testing of results.
- Assist with modelling to support reinsurance renewals.
- Report on the corporate actuarial results to Board sub-committees such as Actuarial and Audit committees.
- Ensure that all actuarial processes are performed as efficiently as possible and are compliant with the current risk control environment and actuarial governance procedures.
- Provide insight to stakeholders on the drivers of their results.
- Drive actuarial component of IFRS 17 results generation.
- Manage staff performance (setting & communication of prioritisation, standards requirements and managing delivery of these KPIs).
- People management, in conjunction with HR (Recruitment, selection & Induction; Training, Development and retention).
- Take responsibility for team’s and own career growth. Ensure succession and talent management.
- Customer service: Maintain a high level of service to customers (internal and external) according to the service standards as set by the company.
- Ensure customers are treated fairly and that TCF management and training is done in conjunction with the Academy.
- Bachelors Degree in Actuarial Science.
- Qualified Actuary.
- Min 10 years in a **short-term** actuarial environment
- Knowledge of SAM and IFRS rules applicable to short term insurer.
- **IFRS 17 **knowledge and excellent MS Excel skills

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Johannesburg, Gauteng: Reliably commute or willing to relocate with an employer-provided relocation package (required)

**Education**:

- Bachelors (preferred)



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