Reserving Actuary

Raretec Recruitment; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client is a leading global insurance and reinsurance business seeking a Reserving Actuary to join its Actuarial Financial Reporting team in Dublin. This hybrid role offers exposure across reserving, business planning, and legal entity support with collaboration across London, Paris, the US and India.

The successful candidate will contribute to valuation analysis, support annual planning, and drive methodological improvements while presenting findings clearly to underwriting and senior

Qualifications

• Qualified Actuary with experience in non-life insurance focusing on reserving.
• Knowledge of Solvency II regulations and developments.
• Strong planning and organisational skills with ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent communication skills to present findings to underwriters and senior stakeholders.
• Commercial mindset with strong business partnering ability.

Responsibilities

• Support business partnering across different legal entity branches, including reserve and performance views.
• Assist in the delivery of valuation analysis, including Actual vs Expected reviews twice yearly.
• Assess and evaluate methodologies and assumptions across relevant lines of business, driving changes where appropriate.
• Contribute to the annual business planning process, including setting target budget loss ratios.
• Support legal entity assessments and the rationalisation of legal entity changes.
• Get involved in special projects, including process development and focused investigations into new methodologies.

Skills

Qualified Actuary

Reserving

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

ResQ software

Excel add-in

Job description

Our client, a leading global insurance and reinsurance business operating across Europe and Asia, is seeking a Reserving Actuary to join its Actuarial Financial Reporting team in Dublin.

This is a hybrid role based in Dublin city centre, offering broad exposure across reserving, business planning, and legal entity support. The successful candidate will work closely with actuarial teams based in London, Paris, the US, and India, as well as engaging with underwriting, pricing, claims, ceded reinsurance, and finance stakeholders.

This is a strong opportunity to join a well-established team and play a key role in reserving and financial reporting for a major international insurance group.

Key Responsibilities

• Support business partnering across different legal entity branches, including reserve and performance views
• Assist in the delivery of valuation analysis, including Actual vs Expected reviews twice yearly
• Assess and evaluate methodologies and assumptions across relevant lines of business, driving changes where appropriate
• Contribute to the annual business planning process, including setting target budget loss ratios
• Support legal entity assessments and the rationalisation of legal entity changes
• Get involved in special projects, including process development and focused investigations into new methodologies

Requirements

• Qualified Actuary with relevant experience in the non-life insurance industry, with a focus on reserving
• Knowledge of ResQ software and Excel add-in an advantage
• Knowledge of Solvency II regulations and developments
• Strong planning and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple conflicting priorities
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present findings clearly to underwriters and senior stakeholders
• Commercial mindset with strong business partnering ability