Support pricing actuaries in the production of deliverables for product initiatives in partnership with Product Management
Understand how pricing models work and detect potential model errors, including the impact of changing assumptions or inputs on the output of the model
Become familiar with Moody’s AXIS software to support development of high quality pricing models
Follow pricing guidelines, standards, and policies while supporting development of pricing assumptions and production of cash flow projections, profit metrics, and other model output
Contribute written content to product reports and continue to build knowledge and expertise in preparation for presenting pricing analysis to Actuarial Advisory Group
Provide visibility to pricing actuaries on opportunities to improve existing processes or risks associated with work being performed
Support the production of performance monitoring and planning deliverables such as Value of New Business reporting and the New Business Plan models.
Identify opportunities to improve the structure or maintenance of pricing infrastructure such as models, reports, documentation, and spreadsheets
Includes automation, auditability, and compliance with policies and standards
Develop understanding of how the Product Actuarial team interacts with other Foresters departments such as Corporate Actuarial, Risk Management, Finance, Planning, Sales, IT, and Product Management
Communicate results of pricing analysis to fellow team members and other actuarial professionals within Foresters
Key qualifications / competencies
Bachelor’s degree in mathematics, science, business, economics, or another relevant field
One (1) year of actuarial experience in a life or health insurance company an asset
Demonstrated progress through the SOA and CIA education and examination process
Communication skills required to progressively deal with both technical and non-technical audiences with diverse professional backgrounds
Capable of performing bottom up checking of processes or models to ensure accuracy of results
Develop ability to recognize when models or analysis contains errors and troubleshoot
Demonstrated ability to recognize when conflicting information or lack of information could affect analysis and work with manager or teammates to resolve
Proactively recommend possible solutions, including ones based on knowledge acquired by passing actuarial exams
Ability to become expert with Moody’s AXIS and Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint essential. Current experience with these tools an asset.
Innovative thinker and problem solver
Willingness to think outside the box, especially from a contrarian perspective
Ability to develop project and time management skills as responsibilities increase
Develop and maintain current knowledge of life insurance products in the U.S. and Canada
Begin to gain familiarity with product regulations and other external standards
Begin to develop familiarity with other Foresters Corporate / Group functions such as financial reporting, ALM, Capital Management, Risk Management or Business Planning