Overview
Senior Manager – FRM Actuarial Jobs in Johannesburg, South Africa at KPMG-SouthAfrica
Description of the role and purpose of the job:
Seeking a
dynamic
individual with highly quantitative skills within the actuarial team, advanced academics, and
strong communication skills
to manage engagements and take responsibility for deliverables.
Key responsibilities:
• Overseeing the development and validation of actuarial models for provisioning and (regulatory) capital calculation purposes.
• To take responsibility for managing client engagements or components of large scale engagements, as well as individually contributing quality work on the engagement.
• Provides technical knowledge, direction and training to people, coordinates engagement management and effectively utilises resources as appropriate.
• Manages engagements to consistently achieve specific revenue and profit objectives and deliver quality outcomes and consistently meet agreed deadlines.
• Day-to-day management of team on engagements, including coaching and providing constructive feedback.
• Increasing focus on business development, building on networks across the practice and people development activities, to manage and develop external client relationships through direct business development activity and internal people/
resource management
.
Take responsibility for the seamless delivery of internal projects/services, managing others and influencing key stakeholders.
Skills and attributes required for the role:
• An undergraduate qualification in a quantitative discipline such as Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial or similar.
• Qualified Actuary
• Relevant experience within an insurer or consultancy business is desirable with at least 8 or more years of experience.
• Coding skills ( SAS, Python, R, etc.) would be an advantage.
• Experience in leading projects desired.
• Experience in current hot actuarial topics such as IFRS 17, ESG, big data and wider advisory engagements desirable.
• Other competencies that would be desired:
o Critical Analytical Thinking
o Business Acumen
o
Strong Communication Skills
with ability to articulate quantitative concepts to both technical and non-technical individuals
o Must be resilient
o Must be a team player
o Ability to cope with and work under pressure
Minimum requirements to apply for the role (including qualifications and experience):
• An undergraduate qualification in a quantitative discipline such as Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial or similar.
• Relevant experience within an insurer or consultancy business is desirable with at least 8 or more years of experience.
• Qualified Actuary
Title: Senior Manager – FRM Actuarial
Company: KPMG-SouthAfrica
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Category: Finance & Banking (Risk Manager/Analyst)
