Senior Actuarial Analyst

IGA Talent Solutions; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

IGA Talent Solutions seeks a Senior Actuarial Analyst to join a leading life insurance player. The role offers exposure to financial reporting, modelling, and transformation across life insurance projects in a flexible/hybrid UK setting.

You will contribute to capital optimisation, risk management, and cross-functional initiatives, with a strong technical life insurance background and progress toward actuarial qualification.

Qualifications

• 2 to 5 years' actuarial experience within life insurance.
• Strong technical life insurance background in reporting/valuation/solvency.
• Progress toward actuarial qualification.
• Experience with actuarial modelling and reporting processes.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of financial reporting and actuarial reporting projects.
• Develop and enhance actuarial models, processes, and reporting capabilities.
• Contribute to transformation programmes, helping clients improve actuarial systems, controls, and operating models.
• Work on technology-enabled change initiatives, including automation and process improvement.
• Support capital optimisation and risk management projects.
• Analyse complex actuarial data and communicate findings to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across actuarial, risk, finance, and technology functions.

Skills

Actuarial modelling

Actuarial reporting

Life insurance

Education

Actuarial qualification progression

Job description

Senior Actuarial Analyst – Life Insurance

Location: Flexible / Hybrid (Various UK Locations)

Salary: Competitive + Benefits

We're working with a leading player in the life insurance market who is seeking to hire a Senior Actuarial Analyst to join their growing team. This is an excellent opportunity for an actuarial professional with a strong technical grounding in life insurance who is looking for broader exposure beyond traditional actuarial reporting.

The role offers significant variety across the business including financial reporting, actuarial transformation, technology-enabled change, and capital optimisation projects, providing exposure to both technical delivery and strategic initiatives across the life insurance sector.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of financial reporting and actuarial reporting projects.
• Develop and enhance actuarial models, processes, and reporting capabilities.
• Contribute to transformation programmes, helping clients improve actuarial systems, controls, and operating models.
• Work on technology-enabled change initiatives, including automation and process improvement.
• Support capital optimisation and risk management projects.
• Analyse complex actuarial data and communicate findings to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across actuarial, risk, finance, and technology functions.

About You

• 2 to 5 years' actuarial experience within life insurance.
• Strong technical life insurance background, ideally within financial reporting, valuation, solvency, or a related actuarial discipline.
• Progress towards actuarial qualification
• Experience working with actuarial modelling and reporting processes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with clients and colleagues.
• A desire to work across a broad range of projects rather than within a narrowly defined actuarial role.

What's on Offer

• Exposure to a diverse range of life insurance projects.
• The opportunity to work across:
• Actuarial Transformation & Technology
• A collaborative and high-performing team environment.
• Clear career progression and professional development support.
• The chance to work with leading on strategically important programmes.

If you're looking for a role that combines strong technical actuarial work with broader transformation, and strategic exposure, we'd love to hear from you.