Senior Specialist

Senior Specialist, Asia

Gurgaon/Bangalore, India

We invent the new to help the world move forward. Combining powerful analytics and deeper insights with bigger ideas and innovative solutions, we free up our clients potential, thereby fulfilling our own. Take it seriously. Make it fun. Know it matters. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Qualified/Nearly qualified Actuary to join our newly established Asia Reserving team.

What youll be DOING

What will youressential responsibilities include?

• Play a key role in defining how we create impact, engage stakeholders and add value, while delivering high-quality actuarial work that supports AXA XLs Asia growth strategy across multiple markets.
• This is not just another reserving role you will be entrusted to: Design our local statutory actuarial reserving workflows. Execute exploratory analyses / reviews of our portfolio to determine appropriate segmentation, methodology. Adjust our general approach/methodologies for specific lines, markets, or branches based on your judgment. Lead / participate in discussions on results, assumptions and emerging experience with local business units. Liaise with other actuarial specialists / SMEs within the central actuarial reserving team.
• Be responsible for a complex and dynamic commercial and specialty lines book with global exposure. Our markets include regional hubs which service global companies through multiple channels.
• Be assisted by a junior actuarial team member, and will be in charge of supervising the technical aspects of their work.
• Statutory reporting: Statutory actuarial reserving for Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia (Labuan markets). Stress-testing, as required by the local regulators and/or for the Own Risk and Solvency reports (ORSA). Actuarial aspects of local regulatory returns, including risk-based capital, IFRS 17 and reinsurance support.
• Business partnering: Engaging with key business stakeholders to help understand and interpret the business, and to explain actuarial decisions (local, regional, divisional). Provide meaningful insights on business-specific issues.

You will report to Chief Actuary, Asia.

What you will BRING

Were looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Qualified / nearly qualified Actuary (IFoA, CAS, SOA, IoAA qualifications)
• Relevant years of experience in P&C insurance and/or actuarial consultancy
• Experience with at least one of the items: Hong Kong, Singapore or Malaysia regulatory reporting, Soild working experience in commercial and specialty lines of business.
• Outstanding analytical and modeling capabilities with research and problem-solving skills.

Desired Skills and Abilities:

• Experience in Python, SQL and/or R in a work context.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision and problem-solving ability particularly an ability to lead the design and build out of solutions.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities and tight deadlines, and be responsible for priorities and deadlines for others.
• Able to work with and influence stakeholders at all levels, both locally and remotely.