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Actuarial Analyst

Posted on Feb. 19, 2025

  • Full Time

Actuarial Analyst
About Asteron Life
At Asteron Life, we are here to help customers build bright futures and protect what matters most.
We offer a range of personal insurance products that can help you through just about anything life throws at you.
We work with advisers, so you get expert insurance advice, matching the right insurance you need to help you live life to the fullest.

Why us?
We’ve been supporting New Zealanders for longer than you think: nearly 150 years. Our roots trace all the way back to 1878. Our dedicated claims teams understand what’s at stake for each claim. We had 94% of claims accepted and $121 million paid to customers from 01 July 2022 - 30 June 2023. We do everything we can to make you feel like you matter, because you do.
The Opportunity

Are you a detail-oriented and analytical thinker with a passion for numbers? We are seeking an Actuarial Analyst to join our dynamic team. In this role, you'll provide high-level actuarial, analytical, and technical support to our Actuarial teams. Your responsibilities will include data preparation and analysis, modelling, profit and capital requirement analysis, and industry/competitor analysis. You'll play a crucial role in the development and review of actuarial, financial, and product systems, as well as providing support for ad hoc requests from various functional areas.

As an Actuarial Analyst, you'll also be responsible for delivering data insights to support our business units in achieving their strategic objectives. This includes preparing and reviewing data integrity, running models and extracting outputs, debugging models and spreadsheets, and formulating statistical and actuarial recommendations. Your effective communication skills will be essential in clearly conveying analysis results and recommendations.

Additionally, you'll contribute to financial reporting and business planning, providing key data trends to enable effective decision-making. Your insights will assist other business units with their strategic planning. We are committed to your professional growth, offering opportunities for technical skill development and continuous education. Join us and be part of a positive and productive team culture, where you'll engage in targeted coaching, improvement initiatives, and challenging projects.

Your Story

We have adopted agile ways of working, providing a flexible environment for individuals to make a significant contribution to our success through the application of their skill and experience. To thrive in this environment ideally a candidate has the following attributes:
  • Provision of data insights which support the business units to achieve their strategic objectives through a high level of actuarial, analytical and technical support (including not limited to):
    • Preparation of data, investigation and review of data integrity
    • Running models and code and extract output from models
    • Debugging of models and spreadsheets to identify and resolve problems quickly when they arise
    • Formulation of statistical and actuarial advice and recommendations based on results of data interpretation and analysis and knowledge of environment in a timely and accurate manner
    • Effective and clear communication of analysis results and recommendations
  • Provision of financial reporting and business planning, which meets internal customer requirements and provide insights into key data trends to enable effective decision making.
  • Provision of business insight to other business units to assist with their strategic planning and decision making.
  • Development of technical skills and continuing professional education to ensure ongoing delivery of best practice actuarial support to the business units and to ensure that knowledge of actuarial methodologies is kept up to date.
  • Work to maintain a positive and productive team culture by participating in targeted coaching, committing to improvement initiatives and projects and agreeing to challenging objectives
Critical Skills
At Asteron Life, we have identified the following critical skills which are key to success in our culture:
  • Customer Focused: Passionate drive to delight our customers and offer unique solutions that deliver on their expectations.
  • Critical Thinking: Thoughtful process of analysing data and problem-solving data to reach a well-reasoned solution.
  • Team Mentality: Partnering effectively to drive our culture and execute on our common goals.
  • Business Acumen: Appreciation and understanding of the financial services industry in order to make sound business decisions.
  • Learning Agility: Openness to new ways of thinking and acquiring new skills to retain a competitive advantage.

What Will We Do For You:
We offer the freedom to work in a flexible environment, we respect and encourage diversity, and we offer opportunities for training and career advancement.
We believe that every day is an opportunity to grow – and we hope to offer our people a career, not just a job.
The learning and development opportunities we have include supporting the completion of executive-level short courses, access to leading online learning tools, on the job training, and mentoring by highly experienced business leaders.

Join us
Before commencing employment in this role you will need to provide two references, full working rights and complete police and credit checks through an online provider.
As an equal opportunity employer strongly committed to working in a diverse and inclusive workforce you will be provided with any support or accessibility requirements throughout your interview process. Please feel free to contact our Talent Team directly at talent@resolutionlife.com.au.

Proud to be part of Resolution Life.
Resolution Life is a global life insurance group focusing on the acquisition and management of portfolios of life insurance policies.
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