Senior Portfolio Actuary

Convex

Greater London

On-site

GBP 100,000 - 160,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave 30 days

Birthday Leave

Pension 10% contrib

Private Health Insurance

Income Protection

Life Assurance

Parental Leave

Annual Health Check

Volunteer Leave

Learning Budget £1,300

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Job summary

Convex seeks a Senior Portfolio Actuary to join the Analytics - Actuarial - Impact Analytics team in London. You will architect long-term portfolio design and manage pricing risks across diverse lines, collaborating with ceded re, exposure management, actuarial, capital, and innovation teams to build resilient portfolios.

You will lead pricing model design, partner with underwriting, and drive data-driven decisions to support strategic growth across markets including London and the US.

Qualifications

The candidate is a qualified actuary with 7+ years of pricing experience in long-tail or casualty lines within the London market.
Strong influencing, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills are required.
Experience with modern pricing tools and analytics is advantageous.

Responsibilities

Long term portfolio design, partnering with underwriters to manage growth across lines.
Lead specification and parameterisation of pricing models with actuarial and underwriting teams.
Advise on new lines of business balancing growth with portfolio strategy.
Shape underwriting priorities and co-own business outcomes.
Champion analytics tooling to improve data-driven decisions.

Skills

Actuarial pricing

Long-tail experience

London market

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Education

Actuarial qualification

Job description

Senior Portfolio Actuary

Department: Analytics - Actuarial - Impact Analytics

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London, UK

Description

The Portfolio Insights team operates as a core strategic partner to our Insurance and Reinsurance divisions. As a Senior Portfolio Actuary, you will operate as an integral part of our underwriting teams to architect long-term portfolio design and manage pricing risks across a highly diverse, multi-geography product suite in London and the US. You will be integral to the commercial strategy for long-tail lines, collaborating seamlessly with cross-functional experts in ceded re, exposure management, actuarial, capital, and innovation to build highly resilient, future-proof portfolios.

Key Responsibilities

Long term portfolio design: partner with underwriters on the strategic design and management of net portfolios across long-tail, casualty, and financial lines to ensure long-term, sustainable growth.
Model design and integration: lead the specification and parameterisation of pricing models in close partnership with the broader Actuarial and Underwriting functions.
Integrated commercial advisory: act as a dedicated partner to evaluate new lines of business, balancing growth with overarching portfolio strategy.
Strategic business partnering: leverage your deep product expertise to shape underwriting priorities, co-owning business outcomes and driving commercial success.
Analytics leadership: champion the evolution of our market-leading tooling, increasing business transparency and confidence in data-driven decisions.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Qualified Actuary with 7+ years of actuarial pricing experience across long-tail or casualty insurance lines in the London market.
Strong influencing skills, with an aptitude for anticipating stakeholder needs and think about the right ways to provide support. You’ll understand underwriters’ priorities and how you can add value.
Communicate with impact; you are a thoughtful and effective communicator with a diverse audience both face-to-face and in writing.
Strong insights on modern tooling and how it can be leveraged for the benefit of underwriting and portfolio analysis.
Collaborative nature, which reflects itself in your ability to share workload and foster open communication with your peers across Convex and the humility to recognise other people’s strengths and how they complement your skill set.

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