Senior Pricing Analyst, Savings and Retirement – 28720

The Emerald Group; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the actuarial field is seeking an individual with a strong technical background to join their S&R Deal Pricing team in London. The role involves improving pricing processes, utilizing actuarial models, and contributing to team initiatives. Candidates should be progressing through professional exams and possess strong Excel skills.

Qualifications

• Strong technical skills to build and operate actuarial models.
• Experience with pricing tools and Excel.
• Understanding of mortality and/or market risks modeling is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of pricing tools and produce pricing quotes.
• Identify inefficiencies in pricing processes and implement improvements.
• Understand macroeconomic impacts on pricing.

Skills

Technical actuarial skills

Excel

Actuarial modeling

Education

Student member of IFoA or SOA

Tools

Tyche

Job description

Exciting opportunity for an individual with a strong technical actuarial or investment background to join the S&R Deal Pricing team, contributing to the team’s responsibilities.

Location:

London

Type:

Permanent

Key Duties (Including but not limited to):

1. Take ownership of existing pricing tools (Tyche models and Excel models). Responsible for producing pricing quotes and upgrading tools as needed.
2. Identify inefficiencies in pricing processes & controls and implement improvements to enhance processes.
3. Understand macroeconomic assumptions (interest rates, credit spreads, FX) and their impact on pricing. Obtain and interpret investment data from Bloomberg and investment teams.
4. Be a student member of the IFoA or SOA, making good progress through professional exams.
5. Possess strong technical skills to build and operate actuarial models, including pricing tools. Experience in pricing is not mandatory but understanding mortality and/or market risks modeling is advantageous.
6. Work independently to critically review model outputs, understand drivers of changes, and perform sense-checking at an analyst level.
7. Have strong experience with Excel and actuarial modelling software (Tyche or similar).