Associate Actuary - MYS (Life)

Milliman; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Kuala Lumpur seeks experienced candidates for its life insurance and family takaful consulting team. Responsibilities include mergers and acquisitions, risk management, and business strategy work. Candidates should possess 2-5 years of experience in the industry and demonstrate strong quantitative, communication, and teamwork skills. Commitment to professional development and potential for international travel are part of the role.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years of experience in life insurance or family takaful.
• Commitment to achieving fellowship in an actuarial association.
• Experience in modelling-related work (ideally using Prophet) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Involved in mergers & acquisitions and risk management.
• Work on business/product strategy and traditional actuarial tasks.
• International travel may be required.

Skills

Quantitative skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Teamwork

Presentation skills

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 experience in 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.