Actuarial System Specialist

TAL Services Limited; Sydney; On-site; AUD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

TAL Services Limited in Sydney, Australia, seeks an experienced actuary to join the Actuarial Systems team. You will deliver system enhancements, develop initiatives and improvements supporting liability and capital valuations, embedded value reporting, and business planning.

Role requires Prophet expertise and strong SQL/Excel skills, with 7+ years in life insurance. You will collaborate with Finance and Actuarial teams to drive robust systems and meaningful insights.

Qualifications

• Qualified Actuary or near-qualified with life insurance experience.
• Strong knowledge of Prophet platform and actuarial modelling.
• Excellent data analysis and programming skills in SQL and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Support design, build, test and implementation of actuarial projection models using Prophet Enterprise.
• Analyse data requirements and maintain data integration points for model inputs/outputs.
• Contribute to data flow processes for IFRS reporting in the IDR.

Skills

Prophet platform

Actuarial modelling

SQL

Excel

Data analysis

Education

Actuary qualification (or nearly)

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Job Description
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Actuarial Systems team, a critical function supporting TAL's actuarial and finance operations. The role is responsible for delivering system enhancements, development initiatives, and ongoing improvements that underpin key actuarial and financial processes, including liability and capital valuations, embedded value reporting, and business planning. Working closely with stakeholders across Finance and Actuarial teams, the position plays an important role in ensuring systems remain robust, efficient, and fit for purpose, while driving continuous improvement and supporting evolving business needs. This role offers the opportunity to combine technical expertise with business impact, contributing to the delivery of critical insights that help inform strategic decision-making across the organisation.

In this role you will:

• Support the Actuarial System team in the design, build, test and implementation of Actuarial projection models (using the prophet enterprise platform)
• Analyse and specify data requirements (variable names, formats, attributes) for prophet model inputs and outputs Modify DCS processes to maintain system integration points in line with model changes
• Contribute to the build and implementation of data flow process interacting with the IDR (Insurance Data Repository for Prophet model inputs and outputs) to meet IFRS reporting requirements

Qualifications

• Qualified Actuary (or nearly qualified) 7+ years life insurance experience Deep knowledge and experience with Prophet (programming language and software operation)
• Strong technical skills in programming and data analysis, and strong SQL skills and Excel skills Desirable:
• Experience in designing or managing databases Commercial acumen
• Experience with Atlassian software workflow and documentation tools - JIRA and Confluence