Lead Actuary - Brussels, België - QBE

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Primary Details


Time Type:
Full time


Worker Type:
Employee

Lead Actuary

Brussels, Leeds or London

Permanent (Hybrid)

The Opportunity

We are looking to recruit a Lead Actuary to join the QBE Re reserving team, responsible primarily for the Brussels reserving classes and line management of the Brussels-based Senior Analyst.

The role can be based in either Brussels, Leeds or London; with regular (approximately quarterly) travel to Brussels to build and maintain relationships with the local team.

This role will be to provide actuarial advice to the relevant business units and be the key point of contact for underwriter, claims and finance representatives.

Deliver half-yearly reserving advice plus provide input into business planning, reserve variability and business partnering to undertake deep dives into relevant segments of the portfolio, supporting the QBE Re Senior Reserving Manager as required.

Your New Role- Awareness and understanding of the business drivers for the function that they are supporting.- Awareness and understanding of the business drivers for the function that they are supporting.

Have awareness of the plan and its context to be able to deliver appropriate support.- Able to understand areas of uncertainty.- Contribute to business meetings as required to understand and support business requirements.- Use and assist with the development of appropriate systems and procedures to ensure accurate data is used and subsequently appropriate analyses produced.

This is to include adopting efficient and consistent actuarial models and process and / or technologies where appropriate.- Ensure appropriate checks are performed within processes to minimise inaccuracies.

- Maintain and comply with documentation of key processes and policies to ensure QBE Europe and its Divisions:

• Comply with all material legal and regulatory requirements.
• Adhere to relevant actuarial standards and good practice.
• Meet all internal European and / or global internal reporting requirements.
• Minimise the risk of business discontinuity.
• Assist the Actuarial Manager to ensure that processes are aligned with business needs and fit for purpose.
• Manage and monitor Actuarial process, where applicable, to ensure their continued delivery and improvement to meet.
• Identify areas for continuous improvement, drives toward efficiencies in process, challenges the status quo.
• Ensure that processes drive performance and quality.
• Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders to improve customer focus.
• Understand developments in wider Actuarial community to stay abreast of current development.
• Able to respond customer needs.
• Takes personal responsibility for own areas of delivery.
• Ensure that results are delivered to team timelines.
• Perform the forecasting of technical provisions, reserve margins and reserve uncertainties to support business analysis/MI for reports and accounts, business planning, profitability studies and commutations.
• Ensures technical quality of work and is able to understand drivers of materiality.
• Able to work way through complexity and explain to stakeholders' key assumptions.
• Understands impact of regulatory environment on technical work
• Ensures that work is appropriately reviewed and undertakes appropriate review.
• Coach, develop and support direct reports.
• Look to give a broader view of career development to junior staff.
• Is recognised as a role model for junior team members.

About You- Fully Qualified Institute and Faculty of Actuaries or equivalent body- Effective communication and participate in discussions with wider business.- Ability to persuade and influence both directly and indirectly.- Ability to work independently.- Strong skills in Excel and other analytical tools.

Ability to develop sophisticated models to address business needs.- Strong abilities in the use and interpretation of numerical data- Ability to organise own work and direct reports to meet deadlines.- Ability to work within defined procedures.- Able to collaborate across the actuarial teams.- Ability to question established processes and suggest improvements.- Able to work in an agile manner, responsive to stakeholder requirements.

Why QBE? At My Best

At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best, that's why we have created "At My Best".

It's our connection, our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesn't fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. It's in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people.

Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA - because we know it's not just what we do that matters, it's how we do it that makes the difference.

In addition to this, we also offer flexible parental leave for both parents and have several employee network gro