Corporate Actuary

The Capital Management and Reporting Team (CMR) is seeking an ambitious, high-performing nearly/newly qualified actuary with a strong track record of delivering in dynamic, fast-paced corporate actuarial environments. This is a unique opportunity to work at the heart of a global life reinsurer, shaping insight and strategy across multiple domains – capital management, business planning, reporting and forecasting – while collaborating with colleagues across functions, time zones, and geographies.

You’ll partner with actuaries, accountants, risk managers, and treasury professionals to deliver insights that matter. Your work will span our three core businesses (Savings & Retirement; Protection; Capital Solutions) and will directly influence senior management decisions.

• Capital Management: Apply deep technical and commercial acumen to assess risks and constraints, identifying innovative solutions to optimise capital and liquidity positions.
• Business Planning: Develop robust multi-year capital plans across multiple balance sheets, providing senior stakeholders with high-quality analysis to guide effective business management and strategic decision-making.
• Reporting: Analyse and interpret the key drivers of economic and regulatory balance sheets, transforming complex data into clear, actionable narratives for senior leadership.

This role is designed for someone who thrives on intellectual challenge, collaboration, and delivering insights that drive real business outcomes.

Essential Qualifications: Nearly/newly qualified actuary (Institute & Faculty of Actuaries or equivalent).

Essential Experience:

• Strong technical and analytical capabilities with a deep understanding of a life (re)insurers’ balance sheet.
• Proven communication and stakeholder engagement skills – confident in distilling complex information for diverse audiences.
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to deliver under pressure.
• Experience collaborating across disciplines, functions, and geographies.
• Ability to identify and escalate critical issues promptly, ensuring they receive appropriate attention.
• Ability to focus on quality, accuracy, and delivering outputs that are insightful, reliable, and fit for purpose.

Desirable Experience:

• Prior experience in business planning, capital management, or ALM.
• Exposure to group or central actuarial functions.
• Experience across multiple reporting/capital frameworks: SII, Economic Capital, BMA EBS, US GAAP, LDTI, IFRS 17.

KEY BEHAVIOURS:

• A self-starter with a proactive, results-driven mindset; able to take ownership and deliver high-quality outputs with minimal oversight.
• Precision and attention to detail, coupled with a growth mindset – learns from mistakes and implements improvements.
• Sound actuarial judgement, with the confidence to make decisions in situations of limited information.
• Strong commercial acumen, with awareness of emerging issues in actuarial practice and the global life (re)insurance landscape.
• A critical thinker who challenges existing processes and seeks smarter, more efficient, and innovative solutions.
• Flexible, resourceful, and resilient under pressure – able to juggle competing priorities while meeting demanding deadlines.
• Engaged, articulate, and impactful in meetings – able to influence and add value.
• A collaborative team player who contributes openly, shares expertise, and strengthens collective performance.

Working For Pacific Life Re: Every person in our global team is valued for the unique qualities they bring to our business and we seek to build their expertise and support their individual ambitions at every step. Of course, we take our work seriously and we know our team can operate under great pressure. We work hard and thrive on achievement, but we also know how to have fun and relax too. We regularly host a range of team building days to strengthen our team's connection with each other and reflect on their successes. Providing employees with a healthy work-life balance is very important to our culture. We have a wide range of employee benefits and we host regular social activities and well-being initiatives. We are also committed to supporting our employee's involvement in their communities, by actively fundraising, hosting charity events and overseeing volunteering opportunities.

Benefits (Only for Permanent and Fixed Term Employees):

• 25 days of annual leave with option to buy/sell more days.
• Adoption and fertility leave.
• Generous enhanced parental leave.
• Comprehensive private insurance coverage for employee and dependents.
• Group Life Insurance coverage of 9x basic annual salary and Group Income Protection up to 75% of basic annual salary.
• Optical benefits.
• 15% combined employee/employer contributions.
• Subsidized gym membership.
• Access to Employee Assistance Program.
• Cycle to Work and Electric Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme.
• Time off for volunteering.
• Charitable matching of employee donations.

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we will provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure equal access to applicants with disabilities. Please contact us about your needs so that we can discuss these with you to make sure that suitable adjustments are made, where possible.

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