Actuary - Financial Reporting

About this role | He Aha Te Tūranga

As the Actuary – Financial Reporting, you will support the delivery of accurate and timely actuarial reporting for private health insurance, working under the guidance of senior actuarial team members.

The role contributes to month-end reporting, insurance liability valuation, capital and solvency analysis, statutory and regulatory reporting, and preparation of actuarial advice and documentation.

The role is expected to assist with analysis and reporting on:

• Gross profit performance, including drivers of experience
• Claims inflation headline figures and supporting analysis
• Claims liabilities and valuation report inputs
• Other month-end actuarial and finance processes
• Capital-related actuarial analysis and scenario testing

About you | Ko Wai Koe
With 3–5 years of relevant actuarial experience, you’ll bring a strong actuarial background, with an Associate qualification or progress towards Fellowship preferred. You’ll also have experience in financial, capital and regulatory reporting, along with strong financial modelling capability and advanced Excel skills.

You’ll be a clear communicator who can make complex analysis easier to understand and enjoys partnering with actuarial, finance and other stakeholders to get the best outcomes.

You’ll bring:

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, with attention to detail and a control mindset
• Exposure to private health insurance, general insurance, life insurance or another financial services environment (highly regarded)
• Experience with insurance liabilities, reserving, IFRS 17, capital, solvency or financial reporting processes (preferred)
• Practical experience using programming, data manipulation or automation skills, for example SQL, Python, R, VBA or AI-enabled tools to improve efficiency, automate manual tasks and build reliable repeatable processes
• Experience preparing management reporting, commentary or audit-supporting documentation (preferred)
• A continuous-improvement mindset, with the curiosity and initiative to identify manual or inefficient processes and use automation and AI responsibly to improve them.

Don't tick every box? If this role excites you and you bring relevant experience, we'd still love to hear from you.

About nib | Ko Wai M­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ātou

Here at nib, we pride ourselves on our innovative and passionate approach in offering Kiwis affordable, world-class health and life insurance.

We believe in “challenging the status quo” and admire the diversity of thought and seek out people with an intrinsic need to make the world a better place. Health and wellbeing go hand in hand with our ‘future state’ strategy. Ehara i te toa takitahi (success is not achieved alone) - you will be joining a collaborative, innovative and driven team with the following benefits:

• Free health, life, income protection insurance + discounts for family members
• Hybrid work environment: work from home and the Christchurch or Auckland office
• Join a supportive and dedicated team where you can develop and enhance your career
• An exceptionally generous leave policy including 22 days annual leave, cultural leave, 18 weeks fully paid parental leave for all parents
• Short term incentive programmes
• New starter benefit – to set up a functioning home workspace

Diversity, equity and inclusion | Te kanorau me te whakaurunga

We embrace an inclusive working environment.  We are LGBTQIA+, disability and neurodiverse inclusive, and welcome people from diverse backgrounds aiming to create a work environment where employee differences such as age, culture, nationality, accessibility, and education are valued to reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate.

Our hybrid working model provides our employees with the flexibility to work from one of our office Hubs and from home based on what works best for them and their team (1-2 days in office required).

We’re committed to creating an accessible recruitment process, if you identify as a person living with disability and require adjustments to our online application, recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, or would like this advertisement in an alternative format, please contact us at nibemployment @nib.com.au.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Successful applicants will be required to complete a background check (including criminal history check) prior to commencement of employment.

Next steps: If successful, you will receive an email from Sapia.ai inviting you to complete an online, chat‑based assessment.