About this role
Actuary - Long-Term Valuation
Job Responsibility
- Responsible for actuarial reserving and other financial reporting for long-term products; manage the Long-Term valuation team.
Key Tasks & Accountabilities
- Actuarial Reserving and Solvency Reporting
- Lead and manage the long-term actuarial reserving process, including IFRS 17 BBA and Japanese Statutory frameworks, support Swiss Solvency reporting.
- Oversee reserving governance and conduct reviews of reserving results.
- Review experience studies and establish assumptions for mortality, morbidity, and lapse rates.
- Team Leadership
- Serve as the people manager for the long-term valuation team (up to 7~9 members if including APAC), providing guidance and performance management.
- Forecasting and Business Insights
- Prepare forecasts and deliver management insights to support strategic decision-making and business planning.
Relationships
- Internal: UW(underwriting) team, IT, Finance, Claims, Zurich Region & Central Teams
- External: APAC (Zurich Actuarial Service Center), Auditor
Qualifications / Experience
- Qualified Actuary, or near qualification, with a recognized Actuarial Institute.
- Minimum of 8 years’ actuarial experience within insurance companies; experience in life actuarial or long-term valuation is preferred.
- Demonstrated team management experience is an advantage.
- Strong communication skills.
- Proficient in actuarial software; experience with SAS, Prophet and Databricks is preferred.
- Fluency in English is required; proficiency in Japanese is advantageous.