Senior Actuarial Transactions Lead (Hybrid)

Irish Life Group Services Limited; Leinster; Hybrid; EUR 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive salaries and bonuses

Learning & Development support

Defined Contribution pension

Job summary

Canada Life Group Services in Ireland is seeking a senior risk solutions actuary to lead the origination, pricing and execution of new reinsurance transactions across EMEA. You will manage a small actuarial team and provide detailed pricing analyses, reserving and capital modelling to support governance decisions.

The role requires a recognised actuarial qualification with 10+ years of relevant experience, strong numeracy, and deep technical expertise in pricing areas and ALM.

Qualifications

• A recognised actuarial qualification with typically 10+ years relevant experience.
• Highly numerate with deep technical expertise in at least one of: experience analysis, demographic basis setting, biometric (re)insurance pricing, asset intensive (re)insurance pricing, IFRS17 reserving, capital modelling.
• Strong understanding of longevity and/or asset risks, including derivation of mortality improvements, setting inflation and discount rates assumptions, asset reinsurance risks such as credit, currency, liquidity and reinvestment risk.
• Familiarity with asset–liability management principles and asset modelling
• Knowledge of international reinsurance and investment markets, products, and industry trends.

Responsibilities

• Lead the origination, pricing and execution of new transactions reinsuring asset and longevity risk across EMEA.
• Manage a small team of high-performing actuarial professionals and support their ongoing development.
• Oversee the detailed pricing of new transactions (including data analysis, experience analysis and basis setting, modelling of reserves and capital) to produce high-quality risk assessments and pricing recommendations.
• Present new business opportunities internally for governance approval.
• Support new business origination by developing and maintaining client relationships.
• Work alongside legal colleagues on reinsurance treaty negotiation and associated implementation work.

Job description

Canada Life Group Services in Ireland is seeking a senior risk solutions actuary to lead the origination, pricing and execution of new reinsurance transactions across EMEA. You will manage a small actuarial team and provide detailed pricing analyses, reserving and capital modelling to support governance decisions.

The role requires a recognised actuarial qualification with 10+ years of relevant experience, strong numeracy, and deep technical expertise in pricing areas and ALM.