Job Description
Our client, an international insurance company, is looking for a Senior Business Life Monitoring Actuary to support the Financial Business Team.
He/she will be in charge of the following tasks :
* You will monitor/steer the financials of the Life business, proactively initiating ad-hoc analyses & deep-dives on any areas of the portfolio exhibiting deviations vs plan.
* You will have Transversal (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg) steering of the company's Life KPIs, in particular IFRS17 P&L, IFRS17 CSM, New Business Margins, and Return-on-Equity.
* You will be able to switch between multiple accounting regimes and translating the key concepts to provide business-relevant insights for C-suite members.
* You will actively manage all contributors involved in producing the Life P&L (both Actual & Planned), thus ensuring timeliness & quality of delivery.
* You will streamline less efficient processes and introduce more digital tooling & mindset within the team.
* You will take contact with the relevant business owners in order to ensure the appropriate remediation/optimization actions are taken.
* You will be producing the Life section of the "Planning Dialogue", the annual exercise undertaken with the business and the Group shareholder in order to construct the financial plan.
* You must be comfortable articulating & explaining the differences in balance sheet and P&L between the various applicable accounting norms (IFRS17, Solvency II, local GAAP) and understand the business implications of the accounting choices taken.
* You will need to drive the continuous refinement, automation, simplification of the various reporting processes in your scope.
Profile
* You have a master's degree in actuarial, finance, econometrics/statistics or in another relevant field.
* You have the intrinsic drive and skills to work with a very talented team of individuals in an international environment.
* You have more than 10-year experience in Controlling, Actuarial or Risk.
* You communicate fluently in English, and preferably also in French and/or Dutch.
* Excellent communication skills are a must-have, as you will need to build & maintain strong relationships with colleagues from outside of Finance, including C-suite members, who will often have a less technical background.
* You will furthermore be required to present financial results to a senior (CFO / Group) audience in periodic closing calls.