Pricing & Development Actuary, Individual Annuities

Rymer, Echols, Slay & Nelson-Archer, P.C.; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Edinburgh is seeking an experienced Pricing & Development Actuary. Responsibilities include running pricing processes for individual annuities, collaborating with various teams, and mentoring junior members. Candidates should have a solid understanding of UK life insurance and strong analytical skills. The role offers flexible working arrangements and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Essential: understanding of the technical and commercial aspects of life insurance and annuities.
• Preferred: knowledge of individual annuities pricing and related areas.
• Experience with data and trend analysis.

Responsibilities

• Run the new business pricing process for individual annuity products.
• Perform pricing assumption reviews.
• Produce internal governance and approval papers.

Skills

Understanding of UK life insurance products

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Communication and presentation skills

Job description

At M&G our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. As an international savings and investments business with roots stretching back more than 170 years, we offer a range of financial products and services through Asset Management, Life and Wealth. All three operating segments work together to deliver attractive financial outcomes for our clients, and superior shareholder returns.

Through our behaviours of telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

The Role: Pricing & Development Actuary, Individual Annuities

Individual Life & Pensions is a division of M&G Life, responsible for the manufacture, sale and management of individual insurance products in the UK and internationally.

We have a strong ambition to increase our share of the Fixed Term Annuity market and expand into Lifetime Annuities. We are growing the Individual Annuities Pricing & Development Team to deliver this exciting goal.

The remit of the team is to establish and execute a competitive pricing strategy for our with-profits annuity propositions and ensure all technical elements associated with launching and maintenance of our products are appropriately designed and implemented. This includes, but is not limited to, establishing a valuation methodology for new business, assisting the build of a customer quotation platform, negotiating and setting up longevity reinsurance and developing an enhanced annuity underwriting process.

This role involves collaborating with a wide range of internal teams and external partners to ensure the successful development and management of individual annuity products.

Key responsibilities for this role

• Run the new business pricing process for our individual annuity products.
• Perform pricing assumption reviews through the production of robust experience and market analysis.
• Assist with the development and launch of new individual annuity products.
• Produce internal governance and approval papers (e.g. for pricing methodologies or product developments), influencing our stakeholders across the business.
• Coordinate the implementation and testing of calculations on IT systems.
• Develop new and enhanced modelling capability, including tech solutions across the Individual Annuity pricing infrastructure
• Develop and mentor junior team members.

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Understanding of UK life insurance products and concepts is essential, with both technical and commercial knowledge of life insurance and annuities.
• Knowledge of individual annuities pricing is preferred, but not essential; experience in related areas such as bulk purchase annuities and longevity modelling is also helpful.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and compliance standards in the insurance industry.
• Experience with data and trend analysis and statistical techniques to develop compelling propositions and assess risk.
• Strong communication and presentation skills to effectively convey technical information to non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Finance, Marketing, Investment, Risk and external business partners.
• Ability to build a network across the business and use it to move projects forward.
• Comfortable taking ownership of key business processes.
• Strong analytical and problem - solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data.
• Proactive and results focused - responding quickly and adaptably to urgent priorities as they arise.

Job Level: Experienced Colleague
Recruiter: Phoebe Ewers

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G plc, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.

M&G is also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader , and we welcome applications from candidates with long-term health conditions, disabilities, or neuro-divergent conditions. Being a Disability Confident Leader means that candidates who meet the minimum criteria of a job, will be offered an interview if they 'opt in' to the scheme when applying.

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