Chief Actuary

Turf PG; United Arab Emirates; Remote; AED 180,000 - 260,000; Part time

Job summary

Turf PG is seeking a Chief Actuary for a part-time remote role based in the United Arab Emirates. The position focuses on supervising actuarial methodologies for AI-driven risk analytics, designing models, and validating assumptions to ensure accurate loss, premium, and reserve projections.

The role requires leadership experience, strong communication, and proficiency with Excel, R, and Python, along with Fellowship in a recognized actuarial society.

Qualifications

• Analytical skills to interpret complex datasets and support strategic decisions.
• Finance expertise to assess profitability, capital requirements, and long-term financial implications.
• Statistics knowledge to design, validate, and refine predictive models for risk analysis.
• Insurance domain experience to understand product structures, underwriting practices, and claims behavior.
• Actuarial science skills including reserving, pricing, and risk modeling.
• Fellowship in a recognized actuarial society (e.g., FSA, FCAS, FIA) and leadership experience.
• Proficiency with actuarial and data tools (Excel, R, Python) and AI-driven analytics platforms.
• Strong communication skills to present actuarial findings to non-technical audiences remotely.
• Ability to work independently and align actuarial work with business strategy.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all actuarial methodologies supporting AI-driven risk analytics.
• Design and validate actuarial models and review assumptions.
• Ensure accuracy of loss, premium, and reserve projections.
• Translate statistical findings into clear recommendations for stakeholders.
• Collaborate with data scientists and product teams; mentor team members.

Skills

Analytical skills

Finance expertise

Statistics knowledge

Insurance domain

Actuarial science

Fellowship (FSA/FCAS)

Strong communication

Independent work

Tools

Excel

R

Python

Job description

Role Description The Chief Actuary at Turf PG is a part-time, remote role responsible for overseeing all actuarial methodologies that support the company’s AI-driven research and risk analytics. This role involves designing and validating actuarial models, reviewing assumptions, and ensuring the accuracy and integrity of loss, premium, and reserve projections. The Chief Actuary will interpret complex data, provide guidance on insurance and financial risk, and translate statistical findings into clear recommendations for internal stakeholders and clients. Day-to-day tasks include collaborating with data scientists and product teams, setting actuarial standards, monitoring regulatory and industry developments, and preparing concise reports and presentations on risk, profitability, and long-term financial impact. The role also includes mentoring team members on actuarial best practices and contributing to strategic planning for new products and services.

Qualifications

• Candidates should possess strong Analytical Skills to interpret complex datasets, evaluate model performance, and support strategic decision-making.
• Candidates should possess Finance expertise to assess profitability, capital requirements, and long-term financial implications of underwriting and pricing decisions.
• Candidates should possess Statistics knowledge to design, validate, and refine predictive models and to apply appropriate statistical techniques in risk analysis.
• Candidates should possess Insurance domain experience to understand product structures, regulatory considerations, underwriting practices, and claims behavior.
• Candidates should possess Actuarial Science skills, including familiarity with standard actuarial techniques, reserving, pricing, and risk modeling.
• Fellowship in a recognized actuarial society (e.g., FSA, FCAS, FIA, or equivalent) and several years of leadership experience in actuarial roles.
• Proficiency with actuarial and data tools (e.g., Excel, R, Python, or similar), and comfort working with AI-driven or automated analytics platforms.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present complex actuarial findings clearly to non-technical audiences in a remote, collaborative environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, manage part-time hours effectively, and align actuarial work with business and product strategy.