Pricing Manager (Protection) – 29618
London
The role holder will be a manager within the Protection Pricing team
Actuarial Manager, Deal Pricing, Savings & Retirement – 29367
They have an exciting opportunity for an individual with strong technical skills from either an actuarial or investment background to join the S&R Deal Pricing team.
Ref: 29367
- Location: Toronto
- Category: Life Actuarial
- Type: Permanent
Overview
Key Duties (Including but not limited to):
- Take ownership in leading quotes across S&R products and markets. Drive success from encouraging and developing deal teams
- Take ownership for developing their asset pricing approaches and working with the AVP, Deal Pricing to implemented & obtain approvals for new approaches to improve pricing
- Identify inefficiencies in pricing processes & controls and lead projects implementing improvements to address these as part of the Company’s drive for process enhancements
- Understanding of macroeconomic assumptions (interest rates, credit spreads, FX) impact on pricing. Being able to obtain and interpret required investment data from Bloomberg and from investment teams
Qualifications required:
- Professional qualifications (FSA, IFoA, CFA or similar) with 5+ years of professional experience in an investment or actuarial team
Experience required:
- Strong technical skills necessary to build & run actuarial/asset models and interpret the results. Prior experience in Pricing is beneficial but not essential. Broad understanding of capital modelling, asset risks & strategies for liability driven investments is desirable
- Strong experience of Excel and actuarial/asset modelling software (e.g. Tyche, Bloomberg)
- Good understanding of market risks (interest rates, FX, credit spread, liquidity) and how they impact insurance capitalization. Understanding of insurance company balance sheets including insurance capital frameworks