Business Development Actuary

SUMMARY:
If you’re a commercially minded Actuary who thrives at the intersection of strategy, analytics, and relationship-building, this opportunity is your next big move. Join a dynamic organisation where your actuarial insight directly guides client solutions, pricing strategy, and sustainable growth.

POSITION INFO:
Small, high-impact teams mean that your voice matters — and your ideas will shape the future of clients' portfolios and new business.

Join a forward-thinking insurance partner known for technical excellence, strong client relationships, and a culture where innovation and collaboration drive performance. In this role, you’ll blend actuarial expertise with business development flair — crafting product strategies, shaping client engagements, and influencing bottom-line outcomes.

You’ll work with cross-functional teams locally and internationally, stay ahead of emerging market trends, and help deliver capital-efficient solutions that support long-term profitability.

If you want a role where your strategic thinking, communication skills, and actuarial depth all come together, this is it.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build, nurture, and expand strong, mutually beneficial client partnerships.
• Develop compelling product positioning strategies and produce high-impact marketing and sales collateral.
• Prepare and deliver powerful presentations to internal and external stakeholders.
• Assess capital requirements across business lines and create strategies to optimise capital usage.
• Collaborate with Pricing to ensure accurate, profitable quotations for new business.
• Monitor client portfolios proactively and drive corrective actions where needed.
• Draft treaties and treaty addenda aligned to internal guidelines, legal requirements, and due-diligence standards.
• Manage client accounts, outstanding balances, and profit commission calculations.
• Produce performance summaries for existing treaties and support ongoing relationship management.
• Promote leadership excellence through collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Education:
• Qualified or nearly qualified Actuary.
• Experience:
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in life insurance or reinsurance.
• Strong technical grounding with exposure to business development or client-facing actuarial work.
• Skills:
• Advanced MS Excel and Word, and intermediate PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Exceptional communication and presentation capabilities.
• Commercial acumen with strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
• Non-negotiables:
• High attention to detail.
• Strong stakeholder-engagement and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to take initiative and work independently.
• Deadline-driven, customer-centric, and collaborative.

• Actuarial roles (Life, Short-Term, Health, Pensions, Quantitative)
• Data Scientists / Data Analysts (Python, R, SQL, Machine Learning)
• Risk Analysts (Credit, Market, Model Risk, Operational)
• Pricing Specialists (Insurance, Financial Products)
• Machine Learning & AI Data Scientists (ML Ops, NLP, Predictive Modelling)
• Quantitative Specialists across Banking, Insurance, and FinTech