Actuarial Manager - Sandton at Guardrisk

Role Purpose    

• Manage an actuarial team responsible for analytical analysis and capital modelling, to ensure financial stability of Guardrisk Insurance and its clients and provide modelling support for the valuation of IFRS 17 compliant technical provisions.

Requirements    

• Expert knowledge MS Office
• Advance knowledge of MS SQL
• Intermediate to advanced programming experience
• Advanced understanding of the components of SCR of a Non-Life insurer as prescribed by the prudential standards. Cell captive specific experience advantages
• Understanding of relevant legislation, ie. Insurance act, Prudential standards, IFRS 4 and IFSR17
• Advanced understanding of triangulation methods including large loss reserving methods and liability valuation methods
• Fellow Actuary specialising in Non-Life
• At least 8 years’ relevant work experience

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Play a leading role in the analysis of results, liaising with auditors and preparation of internal and external reporting material
• Establish consistent processes and controls across the business, to ensure accurate reporting and risk management
• Develop and maintain reserving and capital models
• Manage the vetting of accounting data, asset data, reinsurance data and exposure data used for actuarial valuations
• Deliver the quantitative projections for the annual ORSA
• Deliver annual, quarterly and monthly SCR analysis Guardrisk Insurance and its cells in line with Group practices and policies
• Participate in providing financial insights to proposed product developments and reinsurance arrangements
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders
• Build and maintain relationships with clients and stakeholders
• Contribute to sustaining a competitive edge through external networking and benchmarking and representation on related forums
• Engage with key internal and external stakeholders to identify changing client needs and make recommendations to align service offering with client needs
• Create a positive work climate and culture to energise employees, give meaning to work, minimise work disruption and maximise employee productivity
• Demonstrate exemplary leadership behaviour, through personal involvement, commitment and dedication in support of organisational values
• Drive a culture that guides and directs best practice, fostering an environment of continuous learning, improvement and cohesiveness.
• Enable a learning and growth culture whereby information regarding successes, issues, trends and ideas are actively shared between team members
• Execute effective workforce planning practices to ensure that staffing requirements are accurately forecasted.
• Identify employee growth and development needs and schedule interventions to enable ongoing development, training and personal growth
• Manage high risk and problematic financial and capital issues in area of accountability and contribute to the development of policy.
• Implement and manage financial risk methodologies, techniques and systems and use to monitor and report on financial activities.
• Implement and provide feedback on the effectiveness of financial policy, practice and procedures: preventing illegal, unethical or improper conduct
• Implement risk management, governance and compliance policies in own practice area, to identify and manage governance and risk exposure liability

Competencies    

• Analytical 
• Collaborative 
• Good management skills 
• Business acumen