Actuarial Specialist - Asia Portfolio: Group Strategy at Sanlam Group

Purpose of the Role

• The Actuarial Specialist will support the Asia CFO and regional leadership by providing high-quality actuarial, financial and risk analysis across the Asia portfolio.
• The role combines recurring financial and actuarial reporting with forward-looking modelling, capital and solvency analysis, business planning, technical support and strategic business development. It will provide an independent regional view of performance and constructively challenge business forecasts, assumptions and in-country actuarial outputs.
• A central focus will be supporting the Indian insurance entities through IFRS 17 conversion and embedding, strengthening asset-liability management, and preparing for the transition to risk-based capital requirements.
• The role will translate complex actuarial and financial information into clear insights for executive decision-making, while working across Finance, Actuarial, Risk and Balance Sheet Management.

What will make you successful

Financial and Actuarial Reporting

• Deliver actuarial and financial reporting, performance insights and decision support across the Asia portfolio.

IFRS 17 and Technical Actuarial Leadership

• Support IFRS 17 implementation, technical actuarial oversight and reporting alignment across the region.

Planning, Forecasting and Business Performance

• Contribute to budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning, including capital and value projections.

Scenario Analysis and Risk Assessment

• Provide scenario modelling, stress testing and risk insights to support business decision-making.

Capital, Solvency and Dividend Management

• Support capital, solvency and dividend management to drive sustainable growth and regulatory compliance.

Asset Liability and Balance Sheet Management

• Contribute to asset-liability management, investment strategy and balance sheet optimisation.

Enterprise Risk Management

• Support the monitoring, assessment and mitigation of key financial and insurance risks.

Business Development and Strategic Initiatives

• Provide actuarial and financial input into strategic projects, growth opportunities and business development initiatives.

Stakeholder Management and Collaboration

• Build strong relationships across regional and Group stakeholders while supporting actuarial capability development.

Qualification and Experience

• Qualified actuary through a recognised professional body, with typically 6 to 10 years of relevant insurance or financial-services experience.
• Strong life insurance experience, with practical capability in financial reporting, actuarial modelling, forecasting, solvency and capital analysis.
• Ability to work collaboratively with local actuarial teams and specialist Group functions, and to communicate technical conclusions clearly to senior stakeholders.
• Advanced Excel and analytical skills; familiarity with actuarial modelling and data-analysis tools.

Key deliverables

• Accurate actuarial reporting and clear analysis of portfolio performance.
• Robust IFRS 17 conversion and implementation support for the Indian insurance entities.
• Integrated budgets, forecasts and multi-year earnings, capital, solvency and dividend projections.
• Stronger in-country actuarial capability and effective collaboration with Group specialist functions.
• Timely actuarial input into risk management, growth initiatives and strategic decisions.
• Commercially grounded actuarial input into growth initiatives, transactions and strategic decisions

Advantageous experience

• Experience in insurance markets, IFRS 17 implementation, ALM, risk-based capital or balance-sheet management.
• Exposure to general insurance, credit, asset management, transactions, product development or programming and analytics tools.