SVP, Actuary

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Global Analytics & Advisory Actuarial team at Guy Carpenter. This role will be based in Toronto. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

You will be a strategic partner with brokers and clients helping to find the solutions to client problems. The SVP, Actuary needs to be able to work hand in hand with the broking teams to ensure analytics resources are used appropriately, client needs are met, and GC Analytics is supporting and strengthening the relationship with the client.

We will count on you to:

• Act independently to propose actuarial services and valuations to clients on their current and future needs to help them mitigate risk

• Modify complex specialty models, and propose more value-added models to brokers and clients to assess their risk exposure and forecast risks, losses, and financial impact

• Expand client services beyond reinsurance transactions to drive business development

• Direct team to build complex specialty models to assess risk and develop pricing strategies for a range of risk exposures

• Advise senior management on issues, progress, etc., regularly in order to ensure the reinsurance transaction process

• Communicate strategically with brokers, re-insurers, and clients to anticipate clients’ needs and drive usage of reinsurance actuarial services

What you need to have:

• minimum ACAS, preferably FCAS; at least 7-10 years in the industry

• Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Economics, Math, Statistics, or related field

• Pricing, valuation and/or capital modeling experience

• Strong skills in Microsoft Office suite

• Visualization skills – Power BI, Tableau or similar

• Excellent communication skills; verbal and written

• Coding experience in programming languages (i.e. Alteryx, R, Python, VBA, SQL)

• Comfortable working in interactive teams with brokers and clients

• Ability to lead day-to-day parts of the project and make decisions to keep projects moving forward

• Strong problem-solving skills

What makes you stand out:

• Reinsurance experience

• French Canadian fluency

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.

• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.

• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.