Senior Actuarial Specialsit - Cape Town

SENIOR ACTUARIAL SPECIALIST
Western Cape (Northern Suburbs)

Assist on a technical level with the systems renewal project in Product Management. Liaise and collaborate with other product line specialists and segment managers to ensure that the migration strategy is aligned with the strategies of those products they are migrated to.

Play a leading role in the rationalisation of the existing product range
Play a leading role in the planning and implementation of the migration of business from legacy systems to new or target systems
Analyse system data and specifications and create output files and reports as required by the business in respect of the consolidation and migration of the product suite.
Identify and analyse deficiencies, loopholes, etc. in system processes and propose a way forward to effectively deal with them
Investigate and propose process optimisation opportunities in the context of best practice and improved operational efficiency
Documenting and reviewing all existing product bases.
Providing support to the service areas in terms of product content.
Managing own performance and development.
Ensuring effective and consistent service delivery and support to both internal and external clients in line with the Company Values and Treating Customers Fairly Principles.

Matric/Grade 12
An actuarial or B-degree with mathematics or statistics as majors
5 or more years of experience in development, system analysis or business analysis in an insurance or financial services environment
Experience in product management, product development and/or product pricing in the individual life insurance industry would be an advantage
Sound numerical skills and computer literacy in MS Office with exceptional Excel skills
Well-developed data manipulation skills and the use of related software like MS Access or SQL
High attention to accuracy and reconciliation of financial data.