Senior Actuarial Analyst - Reserving

Location: London

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time and Hybrid

What you’ll spend your time doing:
Here’s a snapshot of some of the key parts of the job:

Data Processing and Interrogation

• Ensure the data that supports the reserving exercise is robust.
• Create and run processes to ensure data is efficiently and effectively transferred for use in the reserving exercise.
• Use understanding of data available to ensure the reserving exercise is undertaken in the most informative way.

Analysis and Projections

• Undertake and review reserving projections to provide estimates for use in financial reporting and consideration of business performance
• Undertake analysis on data to inform reserving conclusions and drive additional insight, including suggesting innovative analysis to understand emerging risks
• Supporting the development and delivery of new reserving tools within the team, including the opportunity to work with new tools and software

Communication

• Discuss trends and analysis with a range of business areas including claims, underwriting and pricing
• Communicate outcomes of analysis to a wide range of stakeholders in order to ensure these are understood and have maximum impact
• Actively contributing to the actuarial team culture of high performance and inclusivity

You’re going to enjoy this job if you…

• Are a strong problem solver who enjoys thinking through the best way of processing data and analysing information
• Want to do impactful work that has the potential to meaningfully improve existing processes and results
• Have a high attention to detail and accuracy
• Have an inquisitive mind and question what you are doing and why
• Can communicate complicated concepts effectively in person and in writing

What you’ll need:

For this particular role we need you to have:

• Experience in an actuarial role considering appropriate analysis and solving problems (does not have to be in reserving)
• Good logical reasoning skills coupled with commercial acumen 
• Excellent communication skills

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What Can You Expect From Us?

• Competitive Base Salary
• Performance Related Discretionary Bonus
• Holiday: 28 days core annual leave, and you can buy up to 5 days
• Pension: A minimum 2% employee contribution plus 7% MS Amlin contribution (9%) up to a maximum of 5% employee contribution plus 13% MS Amlin contribution (18%)
• Private Medical: cover for yourself. Family members/dependants can be added.
• Flex Fund: £1,000 (pro-rated based on start date) to spend on flexible benefits. 
• Life Assurance: 5 x annualised base salary
• Enhanced Parental Leave (maternity and paternity): 6 months full pay, entitled from day 1. 
• Continuous Learning Approach: Including study support with professional qualifications.
• Carers Leave: 5 days full pay.
• Employer Supported Volunteering: 3 days volunteering leave - full pay.
• Annual health screening
• Give as you earn
• Cycle to work
• Season ticket loan
• Green car scheme  
• Retail discount platform

About MS Amlin

MS Amlin is a group of leading global (re)insurance companies, and we are part of the global top-10 non-life insurance group MS&AD.  We operate through four legal entities operating in the Lloyd’s, Continental European, US and Bermudian global (re)insurance markets.

This role is in our Lloyd’s business

Our Lloyd’s business writes a diverse (re)insurance portfolio and specialises in providing insurance coverage to commercial businesses and offering reinsurance protection to other insurance companies around the world.  We operate from our offices in the heart of London’s (re)insurance district and from our market hubs in Asia and the Middle East. We work in partnership with our brokers and clients to provide proactive risk solutions and support across a broad range of trades and industries. We operate through our Lloyd’s Syndicate 2001, and we can trace our roots in the insurance market, back over 100 years.