Manager - Ernst & Young

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EY Life Actuarial is hiring! Join our award-winning actuarial team and work with some of the strongest actuarial practitioners on a range of exciting client projects. Our client base is diverse, working in the insurance sector with traditional insurers and reinsurers both in the UK and globally. The Life Actuarial practice is a core component of our insurance sector service offering. We also support clients such as asset managers, hedge funds, industry bodies and start-ups who interact with insurers or insurance business.

Our UK team is one of the largest of EY's actuarial practices globally, regularly supporting both other actuarial teams in different locations as well as other service lines in the UK. The size of the practice and range of projects available gives our team members a diverse and challenging environment to continually develop and learn. We want actuaries who are not just great technicians but brilliant consultants, able to build networks, spot industry trends and solve industry problems.

The opportunity: We are looking for high performing Managers to join our Life Actuarial practice. As a member of the team, you will be at the front and centre of delivering exciting client work and working with our internal teams to turn the latest ideas into client ready propositions. As a manager, you will manage the projects under supervision of the senior members of our team, including liaising with clients and managing the junior team, driving the delivery and managing the operational metrics of the project.

The work we deliver is broad and includes:

• Traditional reporting and audit support
• Mergers & acquisitions, both buy and sell side due diligence
• Capital management, including regulatory support such as Internal Model reviews/applications and strategic change
• Transformation including accounting change and operational change
• Technology change including analytics, automation and ML/AI
• Investment advisory, supporting both insurers and asset managers interfacing with insurers

Your key responsibilities:

• Manage the delivery of key projects for our clients on a wide range of topics
• Manage the operational metrics on projects, including working through resourcing, budgeting and scoping with the senior team and clients
• Create innovative and commercial insights for clients, adapt methods and practices to fit operational teams and cultural needs, and contribute to thought leadership
• Contribute to and manage the delivery of improving operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives
• Manage your time and be responsible for delivering to both clients and internal stakeholders, keeping a clear focus on anticipating and identifying risks, and escalate issues as appropriate
• Create a positive learning culture and coach and counsel junior team members
• Contribute to the development of EY capabilities in technical areas and engage with clients regarding the application of these methodologies to their businesses
• Collaborate with colleagues outside of UK Life Actuarial to deliver multi-disciplinary and cross-geographical work

Skills and attributes for success:

• Strong technical / mathematical skills
• Good communication and project management skills
• Very keen attention to detail
• Good people skills, including ability to work effectively in teams, guiding more junior members of staff and influencing senior team members
• Able to work independently and demonstrate initiative and commitment to assigned projects

To qualify for the role you must have:

• Successful track record in Life insurance, gained through working for a provider directly or a top tier consultancy or a specialist financial services consultancy
• A degree and Fellowship in the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (FIA) or other internationally recognized professional actuarial association
• Experience managing a team and running a range of projects, including being responsible for the project management