Senior Pricing Actuarial Analyst

Recruiter:

Network Recruitment

Job Ref:

NFP016655/KM

Date posted:

Friday, March 6, 2026

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

SUMMARY:

Are you a nearly qualified Actuary with strong technical depth across pricing, modelling, and advanced analytics? This opportunity is ideal for an actuarial professional who excels in building pricing models from first principles, applying modern machineâlearning techniques, and translating technical outputs into meaningful commercial insights.

POSITION INFO:

An exciting opportunity exists for a technically strong Senior Pricing Actuary / Actuarial Data Scientist to join a forwardâthinking analytics and actuarial function. This role is suited to someone who enjoys solving complex business problems through pricing model development, advanced statistical modelling, and machineâlearning-driven optimization.

This is an opportunity to work with cuttingâedge modelling tools, lead highâimpact analytical projects, and deepen your expertise in pricing, capital, and risk modelling across a dynamic and innovative actuarial environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Build and refine pricing models from first principles, ensuring technical accuracy and commercial relevance.
Apply advanced modelling techniques, including GLMs, machine learning, decision trees, gradient boosting, XGBoost, and ensemble methods.
Develop and enhance pricing and risk models using Python, R, SQL, Emblem, Radar, ResQ, and other actuarial platforms.
Implement model automation and contribute to deployment pipelines.
Translate complex analytical outputs into actionable business insights for senior decisionâmakers.
Support pricing, reserving, capital, or risk analytics (depending on the candidate’s core experience).
Work within regulatory frameworks, with exposure to SAM or IFRS 17 considered advantageous.

Job Experience and Skills Required:

Education:
- Nearly qualified Actuary (minimum 10 actuarial exams completed)
- BSc in Actuarial Science / Honours in Actuarial Science / a related quantitative discipline
- Membership with a recognized professional body (ASSA or IFoA)
Experience:
- 5+ years' actuarial or data science experience in pricing, risk, or analytics
- Clear understanding of actuarial domains: Pricing vs reserving vs capital
- Proven experience building pricing models from scratch
- Demonstrated ability to quantify model impact on business performance
Technical Skills:
- Advanced modelling experience: GLMs, decision trees, XGBoost, gradient boosting, and ensemble models
- Strong use of Python libraries, such as pandas, scikitâlearn, and XGBoost
- Essential experience in Emblem (pricing software)
- Proficiency in Python, R, SQL, Power BI, Emblem, Radar, and ResQ
- Experience with Earnix is an advantage
- Understanding of model automation, deployment, and machine learning workflows
Soft Skills:
- Excellent analytical and problemâsolving capability
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate analytics into business outcomes
- Confident communication skills with the ability to influence and guide stakeholders

Apply now!

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Actuarial (Life, ShortâTerm, Pensions, Health, Quant)
Data Science & Advanced Analytics
Pricing & Product Modelling
Market, Credit & Quantitative Risk
Machine Learning & AI Specialists

If you have not received a response within two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful. Your profile will remain on our database for future opportunities.

For more information, contact:
Kholo Mongalo
Recruitment Researcher – Actuarial & Analytics
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