Actuarial Director in London

Our growing Actuarial team provides a variety of traditional and bespoke actuarial services to our clients including reserving, capital management, actuarial function, Solvency II, Statement of Actuarial Opinion, Pricing and IFRS 17. We also work closely with our external audit team to provide audit services to a wide range of insurance clients. We work with insurance companies in personal lines and in the London Market in the UK, Europe, the US, Bermuda and Asia.

The wider Advisory & Consulting Service Line is a rapidly growing, award winning, global group of successful teams working together to present a go-to-market differentiator whilst delivering the highest quality of work for our clients.

Directors play a key role in the delivery of our firm’s strategic objectives:

• Develop Mazars as a purposeful firm;
• Be best in class at what we do.

We are looking for a Director who can lead projects in the key service areas of Capital. We would like the successful candidate to attain “Responsible Individual” status with final signing responsibility for projects within 12 months of joining the firm.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Managing teams of actuaries delivering a variety of projects;
• Explaining results to technical and non-technical audiences;
• Review and sign-off (upon obtaining RI status) of actuarial analysis, models, working papers and reports;
• Leading ongoing client relationships and developing new client relationships and propositions;
• Playing an active role in the actuarial leadership team which is responsible for the team’s strategy;
• Helping to develop the next generation of actuaries.

The Person:

• Experience within Non-life insurance, specifically capital modelling and model validation.
• Qualified Non-Life actuary.
• Excellent knowledge of Excel/VBA/Access.
• Experience using other actuarial software such as R is beneficial.
• Excellent communication skills and technical attention to detail.
• Interest in managing people and preferably experience working in and leading small teams.
• Willingness to travel occasionally.
• Proactively develop self and others.
• Proactively manage time effectively and work well with others in a team.
• Proactive and willing to take on responsibility.
• Focused on delivery of quality.
• Professional and personable approach to work with both clients and colleagues.
• Promotes the firm’s values and beliefs, demonstrating integrity and maintaining an ethical stance, using flexibility and tact to express views as necessary.

Flexibility:

We are keen to provide our staff with a structure of work that fits their needs. We are happy to meet candidates seeking a wide variety of working set ups including:

• Full-time;
• Part-time;
• Seasonal (winter) based contracts;
• Reduced hours in summer months.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:

At Forvis Mazars diversity, equity and inclusion are central to our values. We value our people’s unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experience, and know this diversity creates better outcomes for our clients. We seek to attract, develop, and retain the best talent, inclusive of sex, ethnicity, disability, socio-economic background, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, and faith. We select candidates based on skills, knowledge, qualifications, and experience and aim to support all our team members to reach their potential. At Forvis Mazars, we promote an environment in which you can grow your skills, belong to a team that values your ideas, and make an impact that matters.