Actuarial Manager

Aware Super; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing support

Work from home tech reimbursement

Salary continuance insurance

Job summary

Aware Super is seeking an experienced Actuarial Manager to provide technical leadership on retirement product design, fund projections, defined benefit arrangements, and regulatory change. You will oversee complex actuarial initiatives, ensuring high-quality modelling, sign-off, and stakeholder collaboration.

Ideal candidates bring FIAA candidacy or progress, plus hands-on coding with Matlab/R/Python, and SQL/Power BI/Azure skills to drive retirement solutions and policy submissions in a dynamic

Qualifications

• 7+ years actuary experience, ideally in superannuation/wealth/retirement analytics.
• Deep knowledge of Australian superannuation and wealth management.
• Actuarial qualification FIAA or working towards it.
• Led complex actuarial projects end-to-end with stakeholder management and sign-off.
• Represented organization externally (industry forums, regulators, policy submissions).
• Proficiency with Matlab/R/Python/Macro.
• Basic to intermediate SQL, PowerBI, and Microsoft Azure.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end actuarial workstreams across strategic projects and initiatives.
• Provide technical oversight, peer review and actuarial sign-off for models and disclosures.
• Develop and enhance member and fund projection capabilities and retirement modelling.
• Lead actuarial support for defined benefit funds and major strategic initiatives.
• Contribute actuarial expertise to regulatory change and policy submissions.
• Provide assurance for member-facing calculators, retirement tools and digital solutions.

Skills

Actuarial leadership

Stakeholder management

End-to-end delivery

Analytical thinking

Education

FIAA qualification (or in progress)

Tools

Matlab

R

Python

Macro

SQL

Power BI

Azure

Job description

As one of Australia's largest profit-for-members superannuation funds, we always remember whose money it is and whose future we're looking after. We work to reimagine a new way forward for our 1.1 million members and their communities. Each other. And our world.

Sound good? Learn more about us and what we do at aware.com.au

Your New Role

• 12 month max term opportunity
• Sydney or Melbourne location

As an Actuarial Manager, you'll provide technical leadership across some of our most complex and strategically significant initiatives, including retirement product design, fund projections, defined benefit arrangements, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory change, and public policy.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading end-to-end actuarial workstreams across strategic projects and business initiatives.
• Providing technical oversight, peer review and actuarial sign-off for models, projections, calculations and disclosures.
• Driving the development and enhancement of member and fund projection capabilities, retirement modelling and actuarial methodologies.
• Leading actuarial support for defined benefit funds, remediation programs and major strategic initiatives.
• Contributing actuarial expertise to regulatory change, public policy submissions and industry consultations.
• Providing assurance for member-facing calculators, retirement tools and digital solutions.

How do you exceed our expectations?

• 7+ years' actuarial experience, ideally within superannuation, wealth management, retirement solutions or advanced analytics.
• Deep knowledge of the Australian superannuation and wealth management industries, particularly retirement solutions, defined benefit, insurance, legislation and policy.
• Actuarial qualification - FIAA required or AIAA working towards the qualification.
• Demonstrated track record of leading complex actuarial projects end-to-end, including stakeholder management, peer review and final technical sign-off.
• Experience representing an organisation externally (e.g. industry forums, regulators, policy submissions, external actuarial counterparts).
• Proficiency and hands-on experience with coding using Matlab/R/Python/Macro.
• Basic-to-intermediate proficiency in SQL, PowerBI and Microsoft Azure.

Employee Experience

We understand that not everyone works in the same ways. We value flexibility and know that it helps you manage work and life.

Why you'll love working at Aware Super:

• Have a super impact: You'll think big and care deeply to help more Australians live their best lives in retirement.
• Be part of something super unique: You'll work to reshape super and retirement. We'll invest in your growth and give you the opportunity to work on career-defining projects.
• Work with super humans: You'll work hard and innovate, but also have some fun along the way.
• Feel super cared for: We'll support your wellbeing today, as well as in the future. Enjoy a health & fitness reimbursement, work from home technology reimbursement, salary continuance insurance and organisation-wide meeting free zones.

The Aware Super difference

At Aware Super, we believe that diversity of thought, background and experience creates better outcomes for our members and communities and a stronger sense of belonging for our people. We value a diverse workplace and strongly encourage women, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, people with cultural and linguistic diversity, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, and mature-age individuals to apply. We are proud to be consistently recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality and our CEO, Deanne Stewart, is a Pay Equity Ambassador.