Actuarial Analyst - Life

Forvis Mazars; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Forvis Mazars as an Actuarial Analyst in Edinburgh, where you will collaborate with diverse teams and clients, contributing to financial reporting and consultancy in a dynamic environment. This role involves mentoring junior staff, fostering a culture of inclusion, and enhancing your skills through varied projects in a growing team.

Benefits

Career progression opportunities

Inclusive work environment

Mentorship programs

Qualifications

• Good working knowledge of financial reporting methodology, e.g., IFRS, Solvency II.
• Experience in developing new business ideas.
• Knowledge of Technical Actuarial Standards.

Responsibilities

• Support external audit during financial reporting season.
• Mentor and develop Actuarial Technicians.
• Work on a variety of actuarial and insurance consultancy projects.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder Management

Project Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science or related field

Job description

Forvis Mazars cares about your career progression, offering individually designed career paths that help you pursue your interests, match your changing needs, and explore your true potential. We work with diverse, prestigious clients across a range of sectors and geographies, giving you the opportunity to constantly update and grow your skills for lifelong professional development.

About the team

The Actuarial team uses expertise in financial, risk, and capital modelling to help clients manage the complexities that are inherent in business. We use a blend of technical and commercial expertise to provide insight, assurance and enable effective decision-making by business leaders. You will serve regional, national, and international companies of all sizes and structures combining your skills with the right actuarial and non-actuarial team members for every engagement.

About the role

We are looking for a talented Actuarial Analyst to join the Life Actuarial team for our newly formed team in Edinburgh.

This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in a wide choice of projects and roles, across both the Actuarial Team and wider Financial Services Consulting Team to add value to a fast growing UK business. Supporting the Partners and Directors, this role will also include external audit during the financial reporting season and a wide range of actuarial and insurance consultancy work for the balance of the year. Experience in the following is desired:-

• Good working knowledge of financial reporting methodology e.g., IFRS, Solvency II, UK GAAP.
• Support the development of new ideas to maintain existing business and growing new business .
• Developed project management skills, good stakeholder management and on-time delivery.
• Working knowledge of Technical Actuarial Standards .
• Develop the actuarial trainees (Actuarial Technicians) through effective coaching and motivating influences .
• Contribute to a work environment that people find inclusive as a place to learn, grow and contribute.

About you

We are looking for a self-starting, positive and driven individual, a confident communicator and comfortable interacting with both current and potential new clients on a regular basis.

We are a growing team; the role will also include assisting with the training, development and support of the team of more junior staff. We want you to be excited by dealing with ambiguity, problem solving, and charting your own course.

About Forvis Mazars

Forvis Mazars is a leading professional services network. The network operates under a single brand worldwide, with just two members: Forvis Mazars LLP in the United States and Forvis Mazars Group SC, an internationally integrated partnership operating in over 100 countries and territories.

Both member firms share a commitment to providing an unmatched client experience, delivering audit & assurance, tax and advisory services around the world. Together, our strategic vision strives to move our clients, people, industry and communities forward. Through our reach and areas of expertise, we help organisations respond to emerging sustainability issues in the global marketplace including human rights, climate change, environmental impacts and culture.

We are one diverse, multicultural, multi-generational team with a huge sense of connection and belonging. This is a place where you can take ownership of your career, get involved, believe in yourself and put your ideas into action.

At Forvis Mazars, we empower our people and celebrate individuality. We thrive on teamwork and are agile. We have bold foresight and give people the freedom to make a personal contribution to our shared purpose. We support one another to deliver quality, create change and have a deeper understanding, to help make an impact so that everyone can reach their full potential.

Being inclusive is core to our culture at Forvis Mazars; we want to ensure everyone, whether in the recruitment process or beyond is fully supported to be their unique self. To read more about our approach click here

Our aim is to make the recruitment process as accessible and inclusive as possible - please contact us to discuss any changes you may require so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.

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