Senior Specialist, Asia

AXA Global Business Services; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

AXA XL is seeking a qualified or nearly qualified actuary to join the Asia Reserving team in Gurgaon. The role involves statutory reserving, regulatory reporting for multiple Asian markets, and close collaboration with local business units.

You will lead analyses, develop workflows, and supervise junior staff while partnering with stakeholders across the region. This senior specialist position emphasizes technical excellence, cross-market insights, and the ability to influence decisions at

Qualifications

• Qualified / nearly qualified actuary with professional credentials (IFoA, CAS, SOA, IoAA).
• Experience in PC insurance and/or actuarial consultancy is required.
• Experience with regulatory reporting for HK, Singapore or Malaysia is a plus.
• Strong analytical and modeling capabilities and problem-solving skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Define how to create impact and deliver high-quality actuarial work to support AXA XL Asia growth across markets.
• Design local statutory actuarial reserving workflows and conduct portfolio analyses to determine segmentation and methodologies.
• Lead and discuss results, assumptions and experience with local business units and other actuarial specialists.
• Supervise junior actuarial staff and ensure accurate statutory reporting and business partnering.

Skills

Actuary qualification

Actuarial consultancy experience

Regulatory reporting experience

Analytical and modeling skills

Education

IFoA/CAS/SOA/IoAA qualifications

Job description

Senior Specialist, Asia

Gurgaon, India

We invent the new to help the world move forward. Combining powerful analytics and deeper insights with bigger ideas and innovative solutions, we free up our clients- potential, thereby fulfilling our own. Take it seriously. Make it fun. Know it matters. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Qualified/Nearly qualified Actuary to join our newly established Asia Reserving team.

What you-ll be DOING

What will your essential responsibilities include

• Play a key role in defining how we create impact, engage stakeholders and add value, while delivering high-quality actuarial work that supports AXA XL-s Asia growth strategy across multiple markets.
• This is not just another reserving role - you will be entrusted to: Design our local statutory actuarial reserving workflows. Execute exploratory analyses / reviews of our portfolio to determine appropriate segmentation, methodology. Adjust our general approach/methodologies for specific lines, markets, or branches based on your judgment. Lead / participate in discussions on results, assumptions and emerging experience with local business units. Liaise with other actuarial specialists / SMEs within the central actuarial reserving team.
• Be responsible for a complex and dynamic commercial and specialty lines book with global exposure. Our markets include regional hubs which service global companies through multiple channels.
• Be assisted by a junior actuarial team member, and will be in charge of supervising the technical aspects of their work.
• As a team, we are collectively responsible for Statutory Reporting and Business Partnering
• Statutory reporting: Statutory actuarial reserving for Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia (Labuan markets). Stress-testing, as required by the local regulators and/or for the Own Risk and Solvency reports (ORSA). Actuarial aspects of local regulatory returns, including risk-based capital, IFRS 17 and reinsurance support.
• Business partnering: Engaging with key business stakeholders to help understand and interpret the business, and to explain actuarial decisions (local, regional, divisional). Provide meaningful insights on business-specific issues.

You will report to Chief Actuary, Asia.

What you will BRING

We-re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Qualified / nearly qualified Actuary (IFoA, CAS, SOA, IoAA qualifications)
• Relevant years of experience in PC insurance and/or actuarial consultancy
• Experience with at least one of the items: Hong Kong, Singapore or Malaysia regulatory reporting, working experience in commercial and specialty lines of business.
• Outstanding analytical and modeling capabilities with research and problem-solving skills.

Desired Skills and Abilities:

• Experience in Python, SQL and/or R in a work context.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision and problem-solving ability - particularly an ability to lead the design and build out of solutions.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities and tight deadlines, and be responsible for priorities and deadlines for others.
• Able to work with and influence stakeholders at all levels, both locally and remotely.

Who WE are

AXA XL, the PC and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don-t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.

How By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business - property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.

With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.

Learn more at axaxl.com

What we OFFER

Inclusion

AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic. At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and enables business growth and is critical to our success. That-s why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most inclusive workforce possible, and create a culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and reach their highest potential. It-s about helping one another - and our business - to move forward and succeed.

• Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe.
• Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements
• Enhanced family-friendly leave benefits
• Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index
• Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter

Learn more at axaxl.com/about-us/inclusion-and-diversity.AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Total Rewards

AXA XL-s Reward program is designed to take care of what matters most to you, covering the full picture of your health, wellbeing, lifestyle and financial security. It provides competitive compensation and personalized, inclusive benefits that evolve as you do.

We-re committed to rewarding your contribution for the long term, so you can be your best self today and look forward to the future with confidence.

Sustainability

At AXA XL, Sustainability is integral to our business strategy. In an ever-changing world, AXA XL protects what matters most for our clients and communities. We know that sustainability is at the root of a more resilient future.

Our 2023-26 Sustainability strategy, called -Roots of resilience, focuses on protecting natural ecosystems, addressing climate change, and embedding sustainable practices across our operations.

Our Pillars:

• Valuing nature: How we impact nature affects how nature impacts us. Resilient ecosystems - the foundation of a sustainable planet and society - are essential to our future. We-re committed to protecting and restoring nature - from mangrove forests to the bees in our backyard - by increasing biodiversity awareness and inspiring clients and colleagues to put nature at the heart of their plans.
• Addressing climate change: The effects of a changing climate are far-reaching and significant. Unpredictable weather, increasing temperatures, and rising sea levels cause both social inequalities and environmental disruption. We''re building a net zero strategy, developing insurance products and services, and mobilizing to advance thought leadership and investment in societal-led solutions.
• Integrating ESG: All companies have a role to play in building a more resilient future. Incorporating ESG considerations into our internal processes and practices builds resilience from the roots of our business. We-re training our colleagues, engaging our external partners, and evolving our sustainability governance and reporting.
• AXA Hearts in Action:We have established volunteering and charitable giving programs to help colleagues support causes that matter most to them, known as AXA XL-s -Hearts in Action programs. These include our Matching Gifts program, Volunteering Leave, and our annual volunteering day - the Global Day of Giving.

For more information, please see axaxl.com/sustainability.