Actuarial Consultant/Senior Consultant-Remote or Hybrid

Job Overview

Working with a high degree of autonomy, the Actuarial Consultant/Senior Consultant is responsible for leading development of best practices integration into processes and methods used by the Pricing Excellence department. The successful candidate will mentor actuarial analysts while applying their knowledge to complex actuarial analysis in the pursuit of solving business issues and answering business questions.

Note: we are open to hiring at the Actuarial Consultant or Senior Actuarial Consultant level

Job Responsibilities

• Analytical
  • Researches, extracts, and manipulates complex data from relevant sources, and assesses data quality
  • Supports the business and overall team by performing analyses/reviews and completing ad-hoc requests/special projects in a timely manner with minimal support from peers and leaders
  • Evaluates procedures and processes, and recommend alternatives or improvements 
• Process Improvement/Efficiency
  • Evaluates existing processes to find areas for increased efficiency
  • Identifies opportunities for automation of routine tasks and implementation of advanced techniques while ensuring ethical and responsible application of solutions
  • Develops new approaches to problem solving and assess impacts of solution options with minimal support from leaders
• Industry
  • Identifies emerging industry trends and analyzes the impact they will have on Wawanesa
  • Encouraged to represent Wawanesa at external events that may include universities, actuarial clubs, industry organizations, and charitable causes
• Commitment to Learning
  • Commits to professional development and continuous experiential learning to build cross-functional knowledge, technical skills, and mastery in competencies
  • Focuses learning activities on bringing new knowledge and skills to team in order to address any existing gaps
• Stakeholder Management
  • Provides regular project updates to stakeholders. Anticipates obstacles and raises them in advance.
• Project Management
  • Leads projects from beginning to end. Includes implementation of final product. May include training and documentation of the project.
• Mentorship
  • Actively contributes to the mentorship, training and development of actuarial analysts
• Coaching & Developing Others
  • Provides feedback, instruction, and development guidance to help others excel in their current or future job responsibilities
• Leadership
  • Builds trust and credibility with peers. Develops strong working relationships across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or other related discipline
• More than four years of actuarial experience an asset
• 7 CAS exams or ACAS designation an asset
• Communication/Building Relationships
  • Advanced oral and written communication skills, demonstrating the ability to convey business terminology and insights that are meaningful and well received
  • Ability to clearly document major projects and key processes
  • Effective at comfortably communicating analysis and results to senior leaders in written and/or oral form, and influencing direct leader to accept recommendations
  • Discusses ideas in terms familiar to colleagues in different functional areas and teaches the necessary actuarial concepts when needed.
• Computer/Programming Skills
  • Proficient with Excel, SQL, R, Python and/or other related software/programming languages/actuarial software
  • AWS (S3 and Sagemaker) or Power BI experience would be an asset
  • Ability to easily adapt to new enterprise system environments
  • Ability to identify areas for improved efficiency and suggest solutions
• Problem solving
  • Advanced knowledge of actuarial science, mathematics, probability, statistics, principles of finance and business, and strong ability to apply this knowledge to problems in insurance
  • Ability to develop efficient and viable solutions to problems and assess impacts of these solution options
• Detail oriented
  • Strong attention to detail when performing analysis with minimal technical errors
  • Ability to identify errors and areas of concern that may significantly impact analysis
  • Ability to peer review through reasonability checks
  • Ability to balance materiality/efficiency and accuracy/detail
• Time Management/Organization
  • Ability to prioritize and complete multiple concurrent assignments, both individually and as a leader of a group, in a timely manner while proactively keeping leader informed of progress.
  • Develops timelines for project plans
• Conflict Management/Teamwork
  • Ability to work efficiently and co-operatively in a team environment.
  • Ability to respectfully challenge status quo. 
  • Seeks input from others to get stronger results.
• Actuarial Standards
  • Keeps abreast of current industry and professional standards and applies them directly to requirements and decisions

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