Job Summary
The position offers exposure across the full actuarial control cycle, with close interaction with senior stakeholders and meaningful involvement in pricing, profitability, and strategic decision‑making within a stable yet forward‑thinking environment.
Key Responsibilities:- Design, build, deploy, and maintain life insurance actuarial and pricing models across the actuarial control cycle
- Lead enhancements to models and systems, including impact, scenario, and sensitivity analysis
- Interpret and communicate results related to pricing strategy, profitability, policy growth, VNB, and embedded value
- Analyse, validate, and reconcile data from multiple sources to ensure accuracy and robustness
- Monitor key performance metrics and identify emerging business trends
- Partner with senior stakeholders to support strategic and commercial decision‑making
- Identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, and innovation
- Ensure strong governance, documentation, and compliance with regulatory and professional standards
- Coach, mentor, and provide technical guidance to junior actuarial analysts, contributing to team capability and succession
Job Experience and Skills Required:
- Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Actuarial Science, or a related quantitative field
- Nearly / newly qualified Actuary (minimum 12 exams)
- Experience:
- 3+ years' actuarial experience within the financial services or insurance industry (essential)
- Skills:
- Strong actuarial modelling and analytical capability
- Experience with pricing, profitability, and experience analysis
- Excellent documentation and process governance skills
- Ability to translate technical results into clear business insight
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
- Coaching and mentoring capability
Why Consider This Opportunity?
- Senior exposure within a well‑established Life Actuarial function
- Strong balance of technical depth and commercial influence
- Opportunity to develop leadership skills and shape junior talent
- Stable Johannesburg North–based role with clear career progression
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I also specialise in recruiting in the following:
- Actuarial: Life, Short-Term, Health, Pensions, and Quantitative
- Data & Analytics: Data Scientists, Data Analysts (Python, R, SQL, Machine Learning)
- Risk: Credit Risk, Market Risk, Model Risk, and Operational Risk Analysts
- Pricing: Specialists in Insurance and Financial Products
- AI & Machine Learning: ML Ops, NLP, Predictive Modelling Data Scientists
- Quantitative: Experts across Banking, Insurance, and FinTech
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Zahrah Gani
Specialist Recruitment Consultant
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