Lead Actuarial Analyst

Principal Global Services; Pune District; Remote; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Principal Global Services in Pune seeks a Lead Actuarial Analyst (6-10 yrs) to support RIS Actuarial across valuation, financial reporting, modeling, and retirement/annuity processes. You will independently own actuarial work and deliver high-quality results while identifying automation opportunities and AI-driven improvements.

The role requires mentoring teammates, collaborating with home office and Pune teams, and applying strong technical skills in valuation, pricing, reserving, reporting and

Qualifications

• Graduate/Bachelor's degree (any stream).
• Strong technical, analytical and communication skills.
• Experience in actuarial valuation, reporting or modeling preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead actuarial work in RIS Actuarial and mentor the team on technical aspects.
• Bridge home office and Pune teams, ensuring timely, high-quality delivery.
• In-depth knowledge in valuation, pricing, reserving, reporting and risk management.
• Guide and mentor analysts within the team.
• Translate business requirements into projects with aligned timelines and quality.
• Collaborate with seniors and consultants to plan delivery paths and strategy alignment.
• Act as a technical expert across pricing, reserving, modeling, and monthly/ quarterly/annual reporting.
• Identify risk mitigation strategies and automation opportunities.
• Bring industry best practices and apply external tech trends in the workplace.
• Interact with home office and business stakeholders to meet needs.

Skills

Mentorship

Analytical thinking

Communication

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Access

VBA

R

SAS

Job description

What You'll Do

Designation: Lead Actuarial Analyst
Years of Experience: 6 to 10 yrs

The Lead Actuarial Analyst will play a key technical role within RIS Actuarial, supporting actuarial valuation, financial reporting, modeling, analysis, and other retirement/annuity processes.

The role is expected to independently own actuarial work, deliver high-quality results, solve problems, work effectively with business partners, and identify opportunities to improve processes through automation and AI.

Key Responsibilities

• Being in a senior technical role, Lead Actuarial Analyst will trasition with work form Home Office. WIll be a significant contibutor to mentor and guide the team on technical aspects.
• Ensuring timely and quality delivery, minimizing escalations, acting as a bridge between home office team and Pune team
• Should Have in-depth of technical/functional knowledge in one or more actuarial domains like valuation, pricing, reserving, reporting and risk management
• Should be able to guide and mentor nalysts in the team.
• The person should be responsible for analysing and translating business information and technical requirements into projects that can be handled and managed by the time in the most optimum timeframe with quality and timely delivery. The person should work with Senior actuarial analysts and consultants to produce delivery timeframe and path for projects. Make sure this aligns with the overall strategy and expectations of PGS and the home office.
• Viewed as a technical expert and critical resource across multiple disciplines. Ability to adapt in a variety of business areas and actuarial domains and move easily from one to another like pricing, statutory reserving, modelling, monthly, quarterly and annual reporting functions
• The candidate should resolve disputes and make tradeoffs
• The candidate should complete and lead the team to complete actuarial tasks using organization standards toolsets
• The person should plan for evolutionary paths and be innovative and hence explore automation opportunities. The candidate should identify risk mitigation strategies associated with the actuarial work
• Bring Industry wide best practices and understand external technology trends. Should be able to relate those trends to the workplace
• In case of Data focus, the person should be able to guide the team on use of tools like MS Access, VBA, R and SAS
• The person should Assist in Planning for the project/program
• The person should Identify and interact with the home office team and necessary Business stakeholders to make sure their needs and expectations are being met
• The person should be a strong proponent of Actuarial practice and conducting roadshows (or other Sessions) to demonstrate it.

Process

• Comply with Principal / BU specific practices
• Provide Support to Manager/Sr. Manager / Group Manager/ head of operations for estimation and risk identification. Mitigate technical, functional and people related risks
• Technical mentorship
• Build actuarial expertise.
• Be an SME in one or more areas like valuation/pricing/reserving/risk management.
• Lead Community actuarial analysts and senior analysts.
• Contribute towards BU maturity in actuarial credentials and technical areas.

Who You Are

Must Have

Education

GraduateBachelors degree (any stream)

Other

• Sound technical skills, high aptitude, positive attitude, strong inter-personal skills, good experience in estimation methodologies, excellent communication and time management skills required. Good English communication
• Exposure to global working environment
• Abilities like problem solving, analytical, time management, planning & decision making, self-motivated, facilitate collaborate

Competencies

• Make sound business decision
• Embrace Change
• Build strong Partnership
• Get results
• Act Strategically
• Lead Cultivate Talent

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