Actuary Ireland

107632 Capital Markets Operations; Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Annual bonus potential

Generous holiday entitlement

Job summary

Standard Life is seeking an Actuary to join their Actuarial Profession in Dublin. This role involves applying actuarial and technical knowledge to support informed decision-making aligned with company strategy. Responsibilities include developing complex models, leading projects, and communicating effectively with stakeholders.

Applicants should be Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries or Society of Actuaries in Ireland, with knowledge of financial statements and Life Company products preferred. The position offers a competitive salary and various benefits including private medical insurance and an attractive pension plan.

Qualifications

• Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries or Society of Actuaries in Ireland is required.
• Extensive experience with Life Company Solvency II results preferred.
• Pro-active and able to work autonomously.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the specification, development, and testing of complex propositions.
• Lead small scale projects or elements of large scale projects.
• Act as actuarial subject matter expert on strategic business projects.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Commerciality

Impact & Influence

Education

Fellow of Institute and Faculty of Actuaries or Society of Actuaries in Ireland

Job description

Career Family, Level & Title

Actuarial. Intermediate, Lead Professional/Manager

Job Type

Fixed Term Contract

Who are we?

We’re Standard Life, a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We champion the belief that everyone’s journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years, we’ve been helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures.

Life today is increasingly complicated, uncertain and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpected moments and navigate important choices. We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return we expect curiosity, connection, accountability and high standards. We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day.

We’re currently recruiting for an Actuary to join our Actuarial Profession to provide a professional service applying actuarial, technical & business knowledge to support the delivery of informed & effective decision making in order to deliver the company strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the specification, development and testing of complex propositions or numerical models, analysing a range of business data, making recommendations to Senior Actuaries and/or senior management to support decision making.
• Contribute to the preparation of papers and reports for senior management and executives as required, with suitable supervision.
• Lead small scale projects or elements of large scale more complex (12 month plus duration) projects to support the business.
• Act as actuarial subject matter expert on strategic business or Group level projects to ensure specialist input is provided to business decision making.
• Communicate effectively with a technical actuarial audience and simplify communications of technical issues to a non-technical audience.
• Provide technical leadership in key areas of expertise and represent business area appropriately within cross divisional projects.
• Applying commercial understanding of the business to ensure financial, business & actuarial advice is aligned with the business needs.
• Communicating complex concepts and recommendations to multiple stakeholders across the business both in the UK and potentially globally.
• Regularly working to defined and tight timescales whilst maintaining professional standards.
• Balancing business demand, issues and risks by applying sound judgement in complex scenarios, often with considerable uncertainty.

What We’re Looking For

Essential

• Education - Fellow of Institute and Faculty of Actuaries or Society of Actuaries in Ireland
• Languages - English

Desirable

• Extensive experience of Life Company Solvency II results and financial statements
• In-depth understand of Life Company products in particular unit-linked life and pension savings products, annuities (immediate and deferred) and protection products
• Pro‑active and able to work autonomously

What We Offer

Bring your ‘whole self’, skills and dedication to the Phoenix Group and we’ll recognise your effort, support your development and help to drive your ambition. We’ll ensure you’re rewarded for your contribution with a competitive package that includes an attractive pension, annual bonus potential, private medical insurance, generous holiday entitlement, enhanced maternity and adoption leave and a range of other financial services and lifestyle flexible benefits.

Key Competencies

Analytical Skills: Use of a variety of diagnostic techniques to understand a situation/issue/problem by breaking it down and tracing the root cause/underlying implications in a methodical step‑by‑step way.

Commerciality: The ability to be commercially focused at all times.

Communication Skills: Clearly and effectively communicates information, ideas, plans, requests and opinions to internal and external stakeholders through a range of channels including written and oral. Ensures alignment with communication guidelines and policies.

Delivering Results: Meeting and exceeding performance goals and expectations to deliver results.

Impact & Influence: Influencing others to achieve a positive impact. This includes communicating clearly, building support for ideas and having an impact on other people.

Market and Industry Knowledge: Knowledge of the markets, competitors, products, services, trends, impacting forces and factors, etc. that make up the industries which Standard Life operates in.

Online Interviews and Onboarding

All our interviews, onboarding and new joiners are now managed remotely. We have in place a strong virtual support network to ensure new colleagues are supported and developed as they navigate their first few months with us.

We want to hire the whole version of you.

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

We’re reviewing applications as they come in, so apply early to avoid missing out.

Find out more about working at Standard Life

Information about the company, culture and values are available on our website.

We value diversity in our workforce and welcome enquiries from everyone.

We value diversity in our workforce and welcome enquiries from everyone.