Senior Financial Insights & Value Leader

Great Eastern Sun; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Great Eastern invites a senior leader to head the Financial Insights & Value Management team in Singapore. You will drive forward-looking insights into embedded value, new business value and IFRS 17, partnering with actuarial, finance and business teams to support planning, forecasting and strategic decision-making.

This role requires 7–10 years of actuarial experience in a life insurer, with strong technical knowledge of EV/IFRS17, data visualization skills, and the ability to translate complex

Qualifications

• Hold a degree in Actuarial Science or a related quantitative discipline.
• Are qualified actuaries, or have made significant progress towards an internationally recognised actuarial qualification.
• Possess 7 to 10 years of actuarial experience within a life insurer, reinsurer or actuarial consulting environment.
• Have experience in financial planning, performance management, management reporting or business analytics, with exposure to data visualisation and business intelligence tools would be advantageous.
• Demonstrate strong technical knowledge of life insurance valuation methodologies, Embedded Value (EV), IFRS 17 and Singapore RBC frameworks.
• Are proficient in actuarial and analytical tools, including Prophet, Excel/VBA, SQL and other relevant modelling or reporting platforms.
• Have strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to translate complex technical analyses into clear business insights and recommendations.
• Are effective communicators who can engage and influence stakeholders across actuarial, finance, distribution and senior management functions.
• Are proactive, intellectually curious and comfortable challenging existing assumptions to drive continuous improvement and better business outcomes.
• Demonstrate strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to foster collaboration and positive working relationships across teams.
• Possess a high level of integrity, accountability and professional judgement, with a strong commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes.
• Thrive in a dynamic environment, embracing change and adapting quickly to evolving business, regulatory and market requirements.

Responsibilities

• Produce and analyse Embedded Value (EV), New Business Embedded Value (NBEV) and IFRS 17 new business value metrics, providing insights into the value generated by new business and its contribution to the Group's financial objectives.
• Monitor and assess the emergence of value and profitability from new business, identifying deviations from expected experience, emerging risks and opportunities, and ensuring anticipated value is ultimately realised in financial performance.
• Perform actual-versus-expected analyses to identify drivers of value creation and erosion, investigate emerging experience trends and provide actionable insights to support management decision-making.
• Drive the Group's annual business planning process and regular forecasting of key financial metrics, leveraging value-based insights to improve performance predictability and support long-term financial sustainability.
• Partner with actuarial, finance, distribution and business stakeholders to translate financial and value-based metrics into actions that improve profitability, expense efficiency and sustainable growth.
• Support strategic, business transformation and corporate-wide initiatives across the Group.
• Maintain awareness of industry developments, regulatory requirements, emerging risks and market trends, assessing their implications on business performance and value creation.
• Highlight potential concerns and risks proactively, and recommend appropriate actions and risk-management practices.

Education

Actuarial Science or related quantitative discipline

Actuarial qualification in progress

Tools

Prophet

Excel/VBA

SQL

Job description

Great Eastern invites a senior leader to head the Financial Insights & Value Management team in Singapore. You will drive forward-looking insights into embedded value, new business value and IFRS 17, partnering with actuarial, finance and business teams to support planning, forecasting and strategic decision-making.

This role requires 7–10 years of actuarial experience in a life insurer, with strong technical knowledge of EV/IFRS17, data visualization skills, and the ability to translate complex