Senior Advisor, Actuarial analysis and statistics

Relevance; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual bonus

4 weeks of flexible vacation

Defined benefit pension

Group insurance including telemedicine

Health and wellness reimbursement

Telework equipment

Job summary

Desjardins in Mississauga, Canada seeks a senior actuarial and statistical advisor to guide profitability and risk‑return balance for products and services. You will establish reserves, build statistical models, and advise on complex strategic projects across the organization with strong stakeholder coordination.

You will lead initiatives, communicate with decision bodies, and represent the unit in external agreements, leveraging extensive actuarial expertise and bilingual communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field is required.
• Minimum of six years of relevant experience.
• Successful completion of at least five examinations of CAS or FCIA.
• Other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients and partners to plan, develop, execute and monitor strategic projects.
• Develop and update policies, standards, models and programs for strategic initiatives.
• Identify, analyze and diagnose major issues and make recommendations to decision‑making bodies.
• Represent the unit before decision‑making bodies.
• Represent Desjardins’s position in agreements with external partners.
• Lead development projects and strategic initiatives that are complex and innovative.

Skills

Action oriented

Customer Focus

Interpersonal Savvy

Nimble learning

Strategic mindset

Bilingual (French/English)

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Job description

As a senior actuarial and statistical advisor, you help ensure profitability and balanced risk-return ratios for products and services. You also establish reserves, produce statistical models that inform decision‑making, and analyze problems and business opportunities for the organization’s actuarial initiatives. You lead development projects and strategic initiatives that are complex and innovative. Your initiatives require extensive knowledge of your specialty area. You make recommendations on the planning and execution of operationally and conceptually complex projects and initiatives that require comprehensive analysis and understanding of the organization and line of business. Coordination is critical, so you interact with stakeholders working in many other fields. Interpersonal savvy is therefore essential. You serve as a specialist advisor and subject matter expert, as well as a resource person and coach for decision‑making bodies. More specifically, you will be required to:

• Advise your clients and partners to help them position, plan, develop, execute and monitor strategic projects and initiatives
• Develop and update policies, standards, models and programs to support your unit’s strategic projects and initiatives

• Identify, analyze and diagnose major issues and make recommendations to decision‑making bodies

• Represent your unit before decision‑making bodies

• Represent Desjardins’s position when making agreements with external partners and organizations

What we offer*

• Competitive salary and annual bonus
• Salary range : $80 009 to $117 347 per year
• 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
• Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
• Group insurance including telemedicine
• Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment

* Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.

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What you bring to the table

• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• A minimum of six years of relevant experience
• Successful completion of at least five examinations of the Casualty Actuarial Society or a Fellow‑level (FCIA) examination of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries
• Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered
• Strong communication skills in both French and English, both oral and written due to the nature of the duties or work tools or because the position involves interactions with english‑speaking parteners, members and/or clients

• Action oriented
• Customer Focus
• Differences
• Interpersonal Savvy
• Nimble learning
• Strategic mindset

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility

At Desjardins, we believe in equity, diversity and inclusion. We're committed to welcoming, respecting and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for all. At Desjardins, we have zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind. We believe our teams should reflect the diversity of the members, clients and communities we serve.

If there's something we can do to help make the recruitment process or the job you're applying for more accessible, let us know. We can provide accommodations at any stage in the recruitment process. Just ask!

Job Family

Actuarial Services (FG)

Unposting Date

2026-11-8

This position is actually vacant.

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