Actuary - Strategic Research

Job description

Americas

Charlotte United States (US)

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Actuary - Strategic Research

Permanent

Actuarial

About SCOR

SCOR is the 4th largest Reinsurance Company worldwide, following a profit-driven underwriting policy and practising selectively across all branches of reinsurance. Our specialist teams operate in over 120 countries, developing value added and innovative products and services and making long-term commitments to their clients, namely insurers and large corporations.
The Group’s strategy is based on a development model driven by three entities: SCOR Global P&C (Property and Casualty reinsurance), SCOR Global Life (Life reinsurance), and SCOR Global Investments (asset management).

Job Summary

Assists in the development and management of predictive analytics and research. Provides business line and technical expertise to cross-functional projects, particularly with respect to solving problems and developing new capabilities.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

· Serve as a subject matter expert on life research and development multi-discipline team with focus on mortality
· Key contributor on global strategic research projects
· Prepare and structure data for analysis
· Determine modeling approach fit for purpose of study
· Develop models to analyze data and perform actuarial modeling to support research projects.
· Assist global functional teams in the development of the project proposal submissions and assessment of project costs, resources and success factors
· Timely preparation and communication to present reports and research findings
· Deployment of in-depth research as identified via governance process and ad-hoc research, as needed.
· Analysis of correlations, trends, and leading indicators of mortality to support the development of SGL’s POV
· Support for internal model calibrations, as necessary.
· Support the extension of SGL’s POV in the marketplace through articles, webinars, publications and speaking engagements, and participation on industry committees.
· Support the drive the innovation initiatives and expand the Velogica product into the preferred underwriting market
· Participate in the development of research papers that present the SCOR view on industry mortality and experience trends that will position SCOR as a thought leader in the Industry
· Monitor developments and research around mortality, mortality trends, and modelling techniques through review of publications, papers, etc., prepare summary reports, with follow-up with further research, as needed

Required Experience and Education

· 2-5 years relevant experience as credentialed actuary; ASA required, FSA preferred.
· Competent in statistical/datascience programming language such as R, Python, SAS or SQL.
· Knowledge of modeling, mortality analysis, underwriting implications on mortality, statistical, actuarial and risk modeling
· Intellectual curiosity and demonstrated ability to research and solve complex technical problems.
· Strong oral and written communication skills with demonstrated ability to understand audience and effectively communicate technical concepts.
· Ability to work on multiple projects and meet deadlines without sacrificing quality.
· Demonstrated ability to understand broader picture and impact of decisions.
· Demonstrated ability to understand complex models and perform analysis to deliver required results.
· Demonstrated ability to identify and implement departmental processes and controls and ensure appropriately documented.
· Technically astute within the actuarial discipline and industry software applications.
· Ability to communicate to technical and non-technical business associates on broad business issues and how the interaction of those business processes and decisions affect our business plan.

Required Education

· Fellow of the Society of Actuaries