Actuarial Modernization Lead | Financial Software Engineer

Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (SA) Ltd; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (SA) Ltd in Johannesburg is seeking an experienced professional to drive the modernisation of the actuarial environment. The role bridges actuarial, IT and data to simplify modelling, valuation and reporting through automation and scalable data solutions.

You will translate complex business challenges into practical technology solutions, shaping the future of actuarial processes within financial services and collaborating with governance forums and senior

Qualifications

• Experience as a Situated Software Engineer delivering enterprise-grade software.
• Experience managing Group IT requirements as a Situated IT Software Engineer.
• 6+ years' life insurance/financial services experience is a plus.
• Education: relevant degrees including actuarial, engineering, computer science or similar.
• Post graduate quantitative finance qualification is a strong advantage.
• Proficiency in analytics, data modelling and reporting techniques.

Responsibilities

• Lead the reimagination of our actuarial reporting value chain and build a sustainable, future-fit actuarial environment.
• Develop and execute the actuarial modernisation roadmap aligned to business and actuarial strategy.
• Influence actuarial modernisation priorities through governance forums and senior management.
• Identify opportunities to simplify and optimise actuarial modelling, valuation and reporting processes.
• Lead initiatives that reduce operational complexity, manual intervention and risk across actuarial processes.
• Test and develop modern actuarial technologies, platforms and automation capabilities.
• Champion best practice architecture, reusability and standardisation.
• Partner with enterprise data teams to align actuarial solutions with broader data strategy.

Skills

Software engineering

IT governance

Enterprise software

Data modeling

BI analysis

Data analysis

Numerical aptitude

Problem solving

Education

Masters degree (NQF Level 9)

Tools

Analytics software

Job description

Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (SA) Ltd in Johannesburg is seeking an experienced professional to drive the modernisation of the actuarial environment. The role bridges actuarial, IT and data to simplify modelling, valuation and reporting through automation and scalable data solutions.

You will translate complex business challenges into practical technology solutions, shaping the future of actuarial processes within financial services and collaborating with governance forums and senior