Chief Actuary in Leeds

Responsibilities

• Directs a team of actuarial professionals.
• Crafts the operating model and works closely with participants.
• Supports business planning and decisions by providing insight, control, and thought leadership.
• Responsible for delivering elements related to reserves, capital, and liquidity, including maintaining and improving processes and models.
• Provides pricing and underwriting support.
• Proactively considers forward-looking capital and optimisation projects for the General Insurance business.
• Leads processes to deliver regular and ad hoc insightful information to influence business decisions.
• Contributes to the strategic direction of the General Insurance business, applying insight to support participation, product, rate setting, and risk assessment options.
• Maintains a high performing team to ensure colleagues are led, mentored and developed.
• Interprets and translates policy into processes for functional areas and business divisions.

Qualifications

• Qualified actuary with extensive experience of GI pricing, capital (quantification, reporting, management and monitoring), reserving (including claims processes and reserve monitoring/setting), liquidity management and ALM.
• Business planning experience, especially stress and sensitivity.
• Entity / Reinsurance structure knowledge.
• Sound knowledge of market consistent techniques, policies/risk appetite, SII Internal Model and its calibrations, SII legislative requirements, the wider regulatory context and practical implications.
• Track record of explaining sophisticated technical matters to broader senior audiences.
• Ability to have difficult conversations at any level in the organisation, provide constructive challenges and effective oversight of significant/sophisticated businesses.
• Delivering sophisticated projects across different functions; taking practical decisions to deliver what’s required on time and within budget.
• Leading others through change.