Actuarial Manager (Life Prophet Modelling) in London

About The Role

Team: Actuarial - Life

Working Pattern: Hybrid, 2 days per week in the Vitality London Office. Full time, 37.5 hours per week. We are happy to discuss flexible working!

Top 3 skills needed for this role:

• Proven Prophet Modelling Expertise
• Demonstrated Actuarial Valuation Knowledge
• Strong Stakeholder Collaboration Skills

What this role is all about:

We are looking for an Actuarial Manager to join the Life Prophet Modelling team, playing a key role in the development, maintenance and enhancement of Vitality's actuarial modelling capability. This position is responsible for ensuring Prophet models remain robust, accurate and fit for purpose, supporting financial reporting, valuation, capital and pricing activities while contributing to the ongoing evolution of actuarial modelling across the business.

Key Actions:

• Develop, maintain and enhance actuarial models using Prophet Enterprise and Prophet Professional
• Support the end-to-end model development lifecycle including testing, governance, deployment and production releases
• Translate business requirements into technical modelling specifications and solutions
• Enhance models to meet regulatory requirements and evolving business needs
• Identify and implement automation and efficiency improvements to actuarial processes and model performance
• Perform model validation and testing to ensure reliability, accuracy and regulatory compliance
• Maintain robust model governance, documentation and change control standards
• Collaborate with actuarial, finance, technology and wider business teams to integrate modelling solutions
• Provide technical leadership and guidance on model development priorities and best practice
• Support internal and external audit activities relating to actuarial modelling and valuations

What do you need to thrive?

• Qualified Actuary or Senior Actuarial Student
• Expert knowledge and practical experience of Prophet modelling and development
• In-depth experience of actuarial valuations including IFRS17 and Solvency II
• Experience developing and enhancing actuarial models to support valuation efficiency and new functionality
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into technical model solutions
• Strong understanding of actuarial modelling best practice, governance and controls
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to a range of stakeholders
• Experience collaborating effectively across multiple teams and business functions
• Ability to work under pressure within a fast paced and changing environment
• Experience engaging with auditors and external actuarial partners

So, what's in it for you?

• Bonus Schemes: A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
• A pension of up to 12%: We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
• Our award-winning Vitality health insurance: With its own set of rewards and benefits
• Life Assurance: Four times annual salary

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page.

Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!

If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:

• Help you to be the healthiest you've ever been
• Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self
• Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work
• Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths
• Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be
• Give you the space to try, fail and learn
• Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support
• Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits
• Be there for you when you need us
• Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.

About The Company

We're incredibly proud to be recognised for the culture we've created, recently being named one of Glassdoor's Best Places to Work 2026, and in 2024 we were delighted to be awarded Top 10 Places to Work in the Sunday Times Awards.

Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place. We've been a purpose and values-driven business from day 1 - long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance and protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared-value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives - they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits. We're successful because we attract, develop, and retain the best people - and because we care.

Plus, you get to join our 1.7+ million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out.

Ready to find out if we're the right fit for you? We can't wait.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Vitality, we're committed to diversity and inclusion because it's good for our employees, for our business, and for society. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

Vitality's approach to sustainability

Vitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page.

If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please submit your application as soon as possible.