Actuarial Senior Manager

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC); Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm based in Singapore is seeking an Actuarial Senior Manager to lead large-scale actuarial and advisory engagements for life insurance and reinsurance clients. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in actuarial roles, providing high-impact expertise in areas such as capital optimisation and finance transformation. The role requires strong leadership ability and excellent client management skills. Compelling candidates will bring experience in managing multidisciplinary teams and driving business development initiatives.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of actuarial experience within life insurance, reinsurance, or consulting environments.
• Advanced knowledge of life insurance products, reserving methodologies, capital frameworks, and regulatory requirements.
• Extensive experience leading complex engagements and managing multiple project teams concurrently.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex actuarial audit and advisory engagements.
• Provide expert actuarial advice on capital optimisation and enterprise risk management.
• Oversee large-scale finance transformation initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Client stewardship

Actuarial expertise

Business development

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or related

Fellowship in a recognized actuarial body

Tools

Prophet

Pathwise

Excel

R

Python

SAS

Job description

The Actuarial Senior Manager is responsible for leading large-scale actuarial and advisory engagements for life insurance and reinsurance clients. The role focuses on delivering high-impact projects across actuarial audit support, finance transformation, systems implementation, M&A due diligence, and strategic advisory. This position combines deep actuarial expertise with leadership responsibility, client stewardship, and practice growth contributions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex actuarial audit and advisory engagements, ensuring high standards of quality, governance, and timely execution
• Provide expert actuarial advice on capital optimisation, enterprise risk management, regulatory change, and life insurance product strategy
• Oversee large-scale finance transformation initiatives, including actuarial process automation, data architecture design, and operating model optimisation
• Act as a senior client lead for actuarial engagements, managing scope, delivery outcomes, and long-term client relationships
• Review and challenge actuarial models, methodologies, and assumptions related to valuation, reserving, and capital frameworks
• Lead, mentor, and develop actuarial professionals, strengthening technical capability, leadership depth, and succession planning
• Drive business development initiatives through proposal leadership, market offerings, and actuarial thought leadership development
• Manage multidisciplinary teams across audit, tax, deals, and consulting to deliver integrated, cross-service solutions
• Track emerging accounting, regulatory, and industry developments and assess their implications for clients and internal capabilities

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related quantitative discipline
• Fellowship in a recognised actuarial body such as SOA, IFoA, or equivalent preferred
• Minimum of 10 years of actuarial experience within life insurance, reinsurance, or consulting environments
• Advanced knowledge of life insurance products, reserving methodologies, capital frameworks, and regulatory requirements
• Extensive experience using actuarial software and tools such as Prophet, Pathwise, Excel, R, Python, or SAS
• Demonstrated experience leading complex engagements and managing multiple project teams concurrently
• Strong commercial awareness with experience identifying and developing advisory opportunities