Manager Pricing Support L&H EMEA at Swiss Re

Job description

Manager Pricing Support L&H EMEA

About The Role

We in the L&H Hub EMEA offer an exciting opportunity for a qualified actuary to lead the new Pricing Support L&H EMEA function based in Cape Town. You will play a significant role in establishing and leading this team within the EMEA Hub and wider cross functional team (XFT).

Your objective will be to support the pricing and servicing of life & health business across the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. You will provide high quality actuarial input to both clients and the cross-functional team within Swiss Re, signing off quotes from a technical standpoint, and leading or supporting projects as and when required.

About The Team

The Pricing Support L&H EMEA team will operate within L&H Hub EMEA, providing valuable support to cross-functional teams (XFT) in markets across EMEA.

Core activities will include

• Support XFT on the quotation process, including central pricing tool (CPT) runs, quote documentation, liaising with functional experts, and general Quote Tracker quality maintenance
• Perform CPT updates and support local markets
• Contribute to the finalisation of timely open treaty reviews (OTR)
• Perform catastrophe (CatXL), XoL, and Stop loss Quotes
• Support recaptures
• Validate technical accounts against treaty terms
• Support ongoing portfolio monitoring via SAS-based reports

Additional activities may include

• Perform simple experience studies (subject to whitelisting rules).
• Support pricing bases reviews
• Large Transaction support, including Moses modelling
• Review of treaty documentation

About You

• A qualified actuary (FASSA, FSA, FIA or similar) with 5+ years work experience overall
• Strong technical skills with several years of life & health pricing / product development experience and good knowledge of Swiss Re products and business practices
• Knowledge of UK and Continental European markets preferred - experience of working in a developing market would be an advantage
• A strong leader with ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and priorities, performing under time pressure
• Good teamwork/teambuilding skills combined with a passion for the job
• Strong customer focus with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and make decisions within authority
• Expert in CPT - knowledge of modelling and data tools, e.g. SAS and MOSES would be an advantage
• Fluent in English; Proficiency in another major European language would be advantageous