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Manager - Actuarial Life

Oliver James
Posted 25 days ago, valid for 9 days
Location

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh EH105BP, Scotland

Salary

£60,000 - £90,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

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  • Salary: Not specified
  • Years of experience required: Not specified
  • Role includes reporting and audit support, mergers & acquisitions, capital management, transformation, technology change, and investment advisory
  • Key responsibilities involve managing project delivery, operational metrics, creating innovative insights, improving operational efficiency, and managing time effectively
  • Skills needed include strong technical/mathematical skills, good communication and project management skills, attention to detail, good people skills, and ability to work independently

The Role:

  • Reporting and audit support
  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Capital management, including regulatory support such as Internal Model reviews/applications and strategic change, such as optimisation, Part VII transfers and independent expert support
  • Transformation including accounting change and operational change
  • Technology change including analytics, automation and ML/AI
  • Investment advisory

Key Responsibilities:

  • You will manage the delivery of key projects for clients on a wide range of topics
  • You will manage the operational metrics on projects, including working through resourcing, budgeting and scoping with the senior team and clients
  • You will create innovative and commercial insights for clients, adapt methods and practices to fit operational teams and cultural needs, and contribute to thought leadership
  • You will contribute to and manage the delivery of improving operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives, consistently driving projects to completion making sure that the work delivered is best in class
  • You will be expected to manage your time and be responsible for delivering to both clients and internal stakeholders, keeping a clear focus on anticipating and identifying risks, and escalate issues as appropriate
  • Working closely with colleagues, you will create a positive learning culture and coach and counsel junior team members and help them to develop
  • You will contribute to the development of the practice's capabilities in technical areas and engage with clients regarding the application of these methodologies to their businesses
  • You will collaborate with colleagues outside of UK Life Actuarial to deliver multi-disciplinary and cross-geographical work

Skills and attributes for success

  • Strong technical / mathematical skills
  • Good communication and project management skills
  • Very keen attention to detail
  • Good people skills, including ability to work effectively in teams, guiding more junior members of staff and influencing senior team members
  • Able to work independently and to demonstrate initiatives and commitment to assigned projects

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.