Nearly / Newly Qualified Consultant – 27151

The Emerald Group
Edinburgh
2 weeks ago
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The position presents opportunities to get involved in a diverse range of projects, particularly in the areas of risk and capital management, investment strategy, ALM and transactions.

  • Location:London/Edinburgh/Glasgow
  • Category:Life Actuarial
  • Type:Permanent

Key Responsibilities:

  • Providing high quality support to their insurance and reinsurance clients both in the UK and globally, either on a consulting basis or via secondment to the client, delivering projects on time and within budget.
  • Developing and maintaining a good relationship with nominated clients, building a strong network of contacts in the insurance industry.
  • Identifying and developing further consultancy opportunities with new and existing clients.
  • Collaborating across the business, particularly with their digital teams, to deliver on cross-business unit projects.
  • Helping to promote their insurance offerings to a wider audience, including presenting at conferences and involvement in drafting thought leadership.

Minimum Requirements:

  • Newly or nearly qualified UK actuaries, or hold another professional or quantitative risk qualification.
  • Good general knowledge of UK regulatory requirements – particularly in relation to one or more of Matching Adjustment, Internal Model or other risk calibrations, liquidity risk management, investment strategies, Part VII transfers.
  • Sound grounding in actuarial techniques and strong IT skills; experience of computer programming or modelling would also be desirable.
  • Experience in insurance focused actuarial work, either ‘in-house’ at an insurer or reinsurer, or in consulting.
  • Experience of planning projects and a track record of delivering work on schedule.

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