Experience Studies Actuary

SWISS RE; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Swiss Re seeks an experienced actuary to lead and standardize global L&H experience studies. You will develop governance, SOPs, and training programs, while delivering and harmonizing ES practices across regions. This role also anchors local leadership for the Bangalore-based ES team.

Must have 7+ years in L&H actuarial work, strong R programming skills, and the ability to influence across levels. A global, cross-functional collaboration mindset is essential.

Qualifications

• Must have: Qualified or near qualified actuary with 7+ years in the L&H actuarial domain.
• Excellent knowledge of L&H experience studies and governance frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of R programming.
• Great communication and influential skills.
• Ability to interact with colleagues across all levels and work both independently and in a team.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the best practice, governance framework and SOP for experience studies to achieve operational excellence.
• Develop and maintain a training program around experience studies, including ES theory, R programming and internal global ES tools.
• Deliver ES training to the worldwide ES community and collaborate with regional and central teams.
• Take a proactive role in the L&H Experience Studies Expert Group and support the ES Centre in shaping the future of experience studies.
• Act as the local team lead for the wider Oval and Global Experience Studies team based in Bangalore and provide day-to-day location management support.

Job description

You will join the exciting Swiss Re journey to transform its global L&H experience studies (ES) landscape by shaping, influencing, introducing and maintaining a new standardized and state‑of‑the‑art solution that is built for the global L&H experience studies community.

About the Role

Develop and maintain the best practice, governance framework and standard operating procedure for experience studies to achieve operational excellence, balancing regional and global requirements and needsDevelop and maintain training program around experience studies, which includes but not limited to ES theory, R programming and internal global ES tools.Deliver ES training program to the worldwide ES communityFoster strong collaboration and involvement across regions and central teams to ensure alignment and contribution to a common global experience studies approachTake a proactive role in the L&H Experience Studies Expert Group, supporting the L&H Experience Studies Centre to shape the future of experience studiesWork with and provide support to other team members within ES Centre to deliver the global ES project and other team mandatesAct as the local team lead for wider team members within Oval and Global Experience Studies team based in Bangalore and provide day‑to‑day local location management support to them

About the Team

Our team, Experience Studies Centre, which is a sub‑team of the OVAL and Global Experience studies team, forms part of L&H Portfolio Steering & Monitoring (PSM) within the Chief Underwriting Office (CUO). We aim to implement a standardised and state‑of‑the‑art Experience Studies solutions that enables effective generation of insights of the L&H business to proactively steer L&H Re in delivering sustainable profits.

We therefore closely collaborate with the market units as well as other functions across the L&H community to maximise value and manage risk within our portfolio.

About You

Must have

• Qualified or near qualified actuary with 7+ years of experience in the L&H actuarial domain
• Prior hands‑on working experience with L&H experience studies and governance framework related work
• Good knowledge in R programming
• Great communication and influential skills
• Ability to interact with colleagues across all levels of the organisation and worked toward a common solution
• Ability to work independently and in a team (including cross functional teams) to contribute to successful delivery of work
• Strong analytical skills and the ability and courage to constructively challenge decisions based on emerging information, but also have the business mindset to be solutions oriented

Nice to have

• Expertise in a variety of L&H products, ideally across multiple global markets / regions

Role: Actuarial Analyst

Role Category: General Insurance

Industry Type: Insurance

Department: BFSI, Investments & Trading

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

Education

• UG: Any Graduate
• PG: Any Postgraduate