SVP, Actuary

Marsh; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Anchor day in office

Job summary

Marsh is seeking a senior actuary in Toronto to be a strategic partner with brokers and clients. The role supports the Global Analytics & Advisory Actuarial team with analytics resources and client-facing solutions in a hybrid setting requiring three days in-office weekly.

The candidate will lead complex models, advise on pricing strategies, and help expand services beyond traditional reinsurance. Strong communication and coding skills in R, Python, SQL, and VBA are essential.

Qualifications

• Actuarial professional with ACAS required, FCAS preferred
• 7–10 years of industry experience in actuarial services and valuations
• Pricing, valuation and/or capital modeling experience
• Strong skills in Microsoft Office suite and data visualization tools
• Experience with Power BI or Tableau for client reporting
• Programming experience in R, Python, VBA or SQL
• Ability to lead day-to-day parts of projects and drive progress
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities

Responsibilities

• Act independently to propose actuarial services and valuations to clients
• Modify complex specialty models and develop more value-added models
• Expand client services beyond reinsurance to drive business development
• Direct team to build complex models for risk assessment and pricing strategy
• Advise senior management on issues and progress in the transaction process
• Communicate strategically with brokers, reinsurers and clients to meet needs

Skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Problem-solving

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science, Economics, Math or Statistics

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Excel

Microsoft Office

R

Python

VBA

SQL

Alteryx

Job description

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Global Analytics & Advisory Actuarial team at Guy Carpenter. This role will be based in Toronto. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

You will be a strategic partner with brokers and clients helping to find the solutions to client problems. The SVP, Actuary needs to be able to work hand in hand with the broking teams to ensure analytics resources are used appropriately, client needs are met, and GC Analytics is supporting and strengthening the relationship with the client.

We will count on you:

• Act independently to propose actuarial services and valuations to clients on their current and future needs to help them mitigate risk
• Modify complex specialty models, and propose more value-added models to brokers and clients to assess their risk exposure and forecast risks, losses, and financial impact
• Expand client services beyond reinsurance transactions to drive business development
• Direct team to build complex specialty models to assess risk and develop pricing strategies for a range of risk exposures
• Advise senior management on issues, progress, etc., regularly in order to ensure the reinsurance transaction process
• Communicate strategically with brokers, re-insurers, and clients to anticipate clients’ needs and drive usage of reinsurance actuarial services

What you need to have:

• minimum ACAS, preferably FCAS; at least 7-10 years in the industry
• Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Economics, Math, Statistics, or related field
• Pricing, valuation and/or capital modeling experience
• Strong skills in Microsoft Office suite
• Visualization skills – Power BI, Tableau or similar
• Excellent communication skills; verbal and written
• Coding experience in programming languages (i.e. Alteryx, R, Python, VBA, SQL)
• Comfortable working in interactive teams with brokers and clients
• Ability to lead day-to-day parts of the project and make decisions to keep projects moving forward
• Strong problem-solving skills

What makes you stand out:

• Reinsurance experience
• French Canadian fluency

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, Marsh will provide a reasonable accommodation to employees and prospective employees to the point of undue hardship upon request and as required in respect of the individual’s particular restrictions and limitations. If you require a specific accommodation because of a disability or medical need, please contact [e-mail].

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.

This is a New position.

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