Associate Actuary - MYS (Life)

Milliman Ireland; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Milliman is seeking talented actuarial candidates to join our life insurance and family takaful consulting team in Kuala Lumpur. You will work on mergers & acquisitions, risk management, and business/product strategy projects in addition to traditional actuarial tasks, with exposure to Malaysia and other markets in the region.

A clear path toward senior responsibilities is emphasized through continuous technical and professional development.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in life insurance or family takaful.
• Commitment to achieving fellowship in an international actuarial association.
• Strong quantitative abilities, good written and verbal communication, team player.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to mergers & acquisitions, risk management, and business/product strategy projects.
• Assist with traditional actuarial work in life insurance and takaful.
• Collaborate with regional teams and may involve occasional international travel.
• Develop professionally with a view toward senior responsibilities.

Skills

Quantitative skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Teamwork

Presentation

Education

Actuarial fellowship (international)

Tools

Prophet

Job description

Milliman is seeking talented candidates to join our life insurance and family takaful consulting team in Kuala Lumpur. The candidates can expect to be involved in mergers & acquisitions, risk management, and business/product strategy work in addition to traditional actuarial work. This role will involve exposure to work in Malaysia and other markets around the region and may involve international travel from time to time. A strong focus will be placed on the continuous technical and professional development of the candidates, with a view of the candidates taking senior responsibilities in the near future.

The candidates should have minimum two years and up to five years of working experiencein the life insurance and/or family takaful industry, and must be committed to achieving the fellowship in an international actuarial association. The ideal candidates must be talented in quantitative work, have good written and verbal communication skills, able to work well in teams, well-presented, and is able to contribute to a pleasant and friendly working environment. For experienced candidates, those with exposure in modelling-related work / projects (ideally using Prophet), financial reporting and insurance regulation would be ideal.