Senior Manager - Actuarial & Insurance Risk

KPMG New Zealand; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Annual incentive scheme

Opportunities for secondments

Wellbeing leave

Staff discounts

Job summary

KPMG New Zealand is seeking an energetic qualified life insurance actuary to join our growing Actuarial & Insurance Risk team. You will work across insurance lines and risk management engagements, collaborating with Consulting and Audit colleagues to deliver valuable insights for clients and the firm.

This role offers opportunities to broaden expertise across financial sectors, with access to the wider KPMG network and hybrid working arrangements that support work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Qualified actuary with life insurance experience.
• Strong client relationship skills and ability to win new business.
• Proven problem solving and multitasking abilities.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including with senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Perform actuarial modelling and valuation for financial reporting, remediation, due diligence or external audit.
• Assist clients with climate risk management, modelling and reporting.
• Develop and enhance actuarial and risk reporting to improve efficiency.
• Engage in reinsurance and capital optimisation modelling.
• Contribute across engagements using sector knowledge to add client value.

Skills

Actuary

Client relationships

Problem solving

Communication skills

Project management

Curiosity

Education

Actuarial qualification

Job description

KPMG is one of the most trusted and respected global professional services firms. Through depth of expertise, clarity of insight and strength of purpose we help our clients solve complex problems, steer change, strengthen, transition and grow. We are looking for talented people who share our purpose of inspiring confidence and empowering change for our clients, our people and our communities.

The consulting environment at KPMG is dynamic and fast-paced, offering diverse opportunities to work on challenging projects with leading organisations across various industries. As a consultant at KPMG, you will be part of a collaborative team that provides strategic insights and innovative solutions to help clients address complex business issues and drive growth. You will work with experienced professionals who are committed to delivering high-quality services and fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional development.

Alongside this, we expect our people to engage in ongoing learning and responsible practice in relation to the cultural history, societal interests, and identity of Aotearoa New Zealand, and to reflect that learning in their behaviour, advice, and outcomes.

We’re looking for an energetic qualified life insurance actuary to join our growing local Actuarial & Insurance Risk team. Depending on the candidates interests and experience, we will offer the opportunity to work on a wide range of engagements across the insurance (life, general & health), risk management and government sectors.

This role will collaborate with members of our Consulting & Audit teams - who supply advisory, consulting and audit services respectively across New Zealand. Our advisors combine extensive knowledge of a wide variety of businesses and sectors to provide clients with a service which adds recognised value. Our service offering and client portfolio provides an exciting and challenging environment.

Our actuarial and insurance risk team works closely with our actuarial team in Australia and has access to skills and solutions within the wider KPMG international actuarial network. We also often work on multi-skilled engagements with our other consulting and audit colleagues.

The Opportunity

• You will have the opportunity to get involved in a wide range of projects stretching across different functional areas within the traditional insurance landscape, allowing you to broaden your understanding of insurance operations.
• Depending on your interests, you will also have the opportunity to broaden your expertise through a range of interesting projects across the financial sector, potentially outside of traditional actuarial work, including across our Advisory team and supported by experienced colleagues from around the KPMG network.
• We’re looking for candidates who are energised by using their analytical abilities to solve diverse client challenges. You may come from a consulting or corporate background, and if you have been working in either life insurance or general insurance, we want to hear from you!

Day To Day You Will

• Depending on your experience and skills across a variety of actuarial fields, your day-to-day activity could include any number of activities such as, but not limited to:
• Traditional actuarial modelling and valuation work, from a variety of perspectives such as financial reporting, remediation, due diligence or external audit.
• Assisting clients in formulating an approach to climate risk management, modelling and reporting.
• Assisting clients in transforming and enhancing existing actuarial and risk management reporting and processes to increase operational efficiencies.
• Reinsurance and capital optimisation and modelling.
• Involvement in a diverse range of client engagements where your specific sector knowledge and analytical skill set can be used to enhance our wider KPMG client offering.

What You'll Bring To Our Team

• Qualified actuary with experience in life insurance.
• Confident and credible in building client relationships, winning new business and developing existing business as this will be a key part of your role.
• Demonstrated ability in problem solving and managing multiple tasks.
• Strong technical and communication skills (both written and oral) and the ability to engage with clients and senior leaders.
• Proven project and people management skills, and an ability to structure task allocations around critical goals.
• Relevant actuarial experience gained within either a consultancy or company environment.
• Curiosity and flexibility to explore new approaches.

Recruitment Agencies

The recruitment for this role is being managed directly by the KPMG Talent Acquisition team. We will contact our preferred agency partners if we require agency assistance. Thank you for your understanding.

Life at KPMG

KPMG values diversity in the workforce and we encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply for roles, including individuals with a disability, additional mental health needs, chronic health conditions or who identify as neurodivergent.

For disabled and neurodiverse candidates, if you encounter accessibility barriers or if you have access needs and require support to participate equitably in the recruitment process, please email Emma at

For any general questions about the role or recruitment process, feel free to reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at

We offer rewarding careers to talented individuals and a holistic range of benefits to support your life balance, whatever your circumstance. We want you to do Work That Matters, Thrive and Grow and know that you Belong here with us, at KPMG.

As a KPMG Employee, We Will Offer You

• Access to the firm's annual incentive scheme
• Opportunities for local and international secondments
• Hybrid working across a mix of office, client and home hubs to recognise that people have individual circumstances and preferences when it comes to where and how they work
• Flexible leave options, including the ability to purchase additional annual leave
• Gender-neutral support for all stages of the parental journey, including access to 18 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents
• A paid professional association membership of your choice
• Digital accreditations through our partnership with Microsoft, LinkedIn Learning, with bespoke learning pathways for all employees
• A wide-range of special offers and discounts on insurances, banking services, and lifestyle goods and services
• The support, allyship and opportunity to join our many Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Affinity networks, including the Kiwa, Pride, Ethnicity, Accessibility and Wahine groups
• The opportunity to participate in Green Team activities, as we work toward reducing the firm’s environmental footprint and become carbon zero by 2030
• An invitation to join your local Social club and enjoy events aimed at bringing people together for social, cultural, family and fundraising activities
• Paid time off for volunteering and involvement in citizenship activities
• An array of health and wellness benefits such as free flu vaccinations, subsidised sporting events, free confidential counselling services, additional 5 days of Wellbeing leave to support you and your family's overall health and wellness, access to our Wellbeing portal with an extensive range of advice and resources and much much more!

We believe that diversity of background and experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, clients and communities. Our goal is to be recognised as an employer of choice for all, irrespective of gender, ethnicity, generation, flexible work status, family circumstances, sexual orientation or disability. Further info can be found on our website.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.