Hybrid Actuarial Manager

at Aviva

• Job title: Actuarial Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Python
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Montreal, Canada

About the role

• Actuarial Manager leading actuarial pricing initiatives for Quebec personal insurance at Aviva Canada. Collaborating across teams to align pricing solutions with business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the overall performance and people management of an Actuarial Street Pricing team.
• Directly responsible for actuarial methods and assumptions used as well as the overall pricing of Quebec auto personal insurance.
• Lead and support rate reviews for personal insurance products.
• Proactively monitor trends, mix of business, and changes in operational practices that affect personal insurance performance.
• Effectively communicate the results of the rate reviews to all collaborators and get consensus from team members on rate proposals.
• Build regular monitoring processes.
• Seek improvement in existing processes and procedures to improve effectiveness and accuracy.
• Be forward-thinking and adapt models and techniques to changes in business requirements, product, and data structure.
• Collaborate with other regional teams to ensure that pricing decisions fit within the overall product strategy.
• Works with the Data Science team to bring to market sophisticated pricing models including dynamic market models.
• Drive a balanced approach between technical considerations and business objectives to ensure maximum impact.
• Be able to demonstrate the value of predictive analytics to non-actuaries.
• Coach junior staff members to develop their technical and personal skills.
• Act as a role model for the Aviva values and inspire others to follow them.
• Obtain a deep understanding of your assigned book of business in particular, and the Canadian business in general, to explain the key factors underlying the emerging experience and to provide strategic insights to collaborators.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in actuarial science, Math or Statistics or other related subjects.
• Minimum ACAS/ACIA, FCAS/FCIA is preferred.
• 5+ years of personal insurance pricing experience or 7+ years of P&C actuarial experience.
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to mentor and develop a team.
• Proven ability to manage and complete projects with facility to multitask and prioritize.
• Strong problem-solving and outstanding analytical skills with an insatiable desire to probe, question, validate and challenge to ensure accurate and insightful analysis.
• Entrepreneurial and motivated spirit, with the ability to understand business requirements and turn them into actuarial analysis (and vice-versa).
• Effective negotiation skills with the ability to build consensus and influence effectively.
• Solid verbal and written communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
• Hands-on as well as managerial experience in scripting/coding, including in Python and SAS.

Benefits

• Compelling rewards package including base compensation, eligibility for annual bonus, retirement savings, share plan, health benefits, personal wellness, and volunteer opportunities.
• Outstanding Career Development opportunities.
• We’ll support your professional development education.
• Competitive vacation package with the option to purchase 5 extra days off per year.
• Employee driven programs focused on gender, LGBTQ+, origins, diversity and inclusion.
• Corporate wellness programs to support our employees’ physical and mental health.
• Hybrid flexible work model.