Life Manager

Raretec Recruitment; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Raretec Recruitment is assisting a leading global professional services firm in Dublin to recruit a Life Actuarial Manager for its Risk Consulting team. The role focuses on delivering actuarial projects, managing junior colleagues, and developing technical capabilities across life and related consulting services.

The successful candidate will have at least 3 years PQE in life insurance or life consultancy, strong technical/analytical skills, and experience with IFRS 17 or related areas.

Qualifications

• Qualified Actuary with ≥3 years PQE and 6+ years total life/consultancy experience.
• Strong technical and analytical skills.
• Experience in actuarial software such as MoSes or Prophet.
• Experience IFRS 17 or related areas preferred.
• Excellent communication and client-facing skills.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery and management of actuarial projects and client relationships.
• Lead production of client deliverables prioritising quality and teamwork.
• Mentor and develop junior colleagues.
• Develop areas of technical excellence and contribute to R&D.
• Adopt account-management mindset, promoting firm services and values.
• Lead client interactions and supervise juniors.
• Engage across assurance and business consulting projects to build a network.

Skills

Actuarial

Life insurance

IFRS 17

Client management

Programming

Education

Qualified Actuary

Tools

MoSes

Prophet

Job description

Our client, a leading global professional services firm with a well-established actuarial practice, is seeking a Life Actuarial Manager to join its Risk Consulting team on a permanent basis.

This role is based in Dublin and offers exposure to a broad range of life and non-life business consulting and audit services, working closely with actuarial teams across the UK and Europe on multi-service line engagements. The successful candidate will play a key role in the delivery and management of actuarial projects, while also supporting the development of junior colleagues. This is a strong opportunity to join a growing team of talented and ambitious actuaries.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the successful delivery and management of actuarial and multidisciplinary projects, including client relationships and internal team performance
• Drive the production of client deliverables with an emphasis on quality and teaming
• Assist with the management and development of junior colleagues
• Develop several areas of technical excellence and contribute to research and development supporting the growth of these fields
• Adopt an account management mindset, identifying client-specific needs and promoting the firm's strategy, services, and values
• Take the lead confidently in both client interactions and with junior colleagues
• Work across a broad range of assurance and business consulting projects, building a network through multi-disciplinary engagements

Requirements

• Qualified Actuary, with a minimum of 3 years PQE and over 6 years' total experience in life insurance, reinsurance, or life consultancy, preferably with IFRS 17 or related experience
• Excellent technical and analytical skills
• IT programming (e.g. asset/liability model development) or actuarial software experience (e.g. MoSes, Prophet)
• Awareness of the challenges facing the life insurance industry
• Previous experience in at least two of the following: IFRS 17, Solvency II, Financial Reporting, Capital and Risk Management
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Professional attitude, confident dealing with clients, and comfortable managing multiple tasks to deadlines