Job Description Actuarial Senior - SOU000PT

 Location : South Africa

Job purpose

 

As an Actuarial Senior, you'll make a significant technical contribution to Actuarial client engagements and internal projects and you'll actively establish, maintain and strengthen internal and external relationships. You'll also identify and escalate potential business opportunities for Ernst & Young within existing engagements.

With a clear focus on anticipating and identifying risks, you'll escalate issues as appropriate. Working closely with colleagues, you'll confirm that the work plan is properly executed, documented and concluded in compliance with Ernst & Young's quality and risk management (Q&RM) guidelines.

As an influential member of the team, you'll help to create a positive learning culture, coach and counsel junior team members and help them to develop.

 

Your client responsibilities

• Work effectively as a team member, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication, and updating senior team members on progress
• Help prepare reports and schedules that will be delivered to clients and other parties
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel
• Build strong internal relationships within Ernst & Young Advisory Services and with other services across the organization

Your people responsibilities

• Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for staff
• Contribute to people initiatives, including recruiting and retaining actuarial professionals
• Contribute to an educational program to continually develop interpersonal and technical skills of staff
• Understand and follow workplace policies and procedures

  

Technical skills requirements (Amend the following as required)

 

Insurance

• Previous experience in an actuarial-oriented position
• Proficiency with MS Office
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics and/or other related field
• Actively pursuing Associate membership to the Society of Actuaries, or equivalent

Property Casualty

• Previous experience in an actuarial-oriented position
• Proficiency with MS Office
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
• Bachelor's or Master's degree Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics and/or other related field
• Actively pursuing Associate membership of the Casualty Actuarial or Society of Actuaries, or equivalent

Why should I work for Ernst & Young in Risk?

 

Risk management protects business performance and contributes to sustainability in results. It's about achieving a clear understanding of risks and developing plans to manage them. As part of our team of risk professionals, you'll work with multinational businesses and public sector organizations to develop an integrated, holistic approach to risk and control. You'll help them benefit from their investments in internal controls and have greater confidence they can respond to whatever the future may hold. You'll be engaged in delivering some of the most significant and class-leading internal audit and risk engagements globally. As part of our market-leading global network of risk professionals, you'll gain the valuable experience you need to become a successful risk advisor. You'll also team with our performance improvement professionals in multidisciplinary engagements with major global clients, helping them transform and sustain their business performance. At Ernst & Young, we recognize that it's the perspectives, skills and enthusiasm you bring to our clients that makes the difference.

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