Sr. Actuary, Data Analytics

What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. Because, at Markel, the work you do gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities. Whether you’re wild about horses, bananas for boats or driven by data, you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realize our potential, we can help others reach theirs.

Join us and play your part in something special!

The primary function of this position is to lead efforts in providing valuable insights, solutions, services, and operational improvements across the global Actuarial function through the use of data & analytics. Activities include, but are not limited to data analysis, statistical modeling, and creating tooling and visualization solutions

Job Responsibilities

• Create more efficient management reporting and/or dashboards using appropriate reporting tools.
• Performs data analytics and statistical modeling on existing data sets to provide insights/recommendations into business/product performance and improve decision making.
• Identify areas to increase efficiency and automation of data analysis processes.
• Design and implement automated reporting solutions.
• Be an advocate for the use of data to support data driven decision making.
• Research and apply knowledge of existing and emerging data science principles, theories, and techniques to inform business decisions.
• Develop business analytics solutions across Actuarial.
• Develop strategic tools and actionable insights to enable smarter underwriting and claims decisions that will augment existing processes

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Finance, Actuarial Sciences, Business or similar specialized

Certification

• ACAS or FCAS designation required

Work Experience/Skill Set

• Minimum of 10 years of Actuary experience
• Commercial insurance experience strongly preferred
• SQL and R programming experience a plus
• Self-motivated and able to be given a task and run with it
• Flexible with the ability to shift focus quickly from one project to another while maintaining accuracy
• Ability to manage ad hoc requests that have tight timelines while continuing to make progress on long-term projects
• Outstanding oral, written communication and interpersonal skills and excellent presentation skills
• Team player with analytical, quantitative and leadership abilities

Who we are:

Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) a fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better

We enjoy the everyday | We think further

What’s in it for you:

In keeping with the values of the Markel Style, we strive to support our employees in living their lives to the fullest at home and at work. 

·       We offer competitive benefit programs that help meet our diverse and changing environment as well as support our employees’ needs at all stages of life. 

·       All full-time employees have the option to select from multiple health, dental and vision insurance plan options and optional life, disability, and AD&D insurance. 

·       We also offer a 401(k) with employer match contributions, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, PTO, corporate holidays and floating holidays, parental leave.  

·       Markel offers hybrid working schedules of 3 days in the office and 2 days remote. 

 

Are you ready to play your part?

Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

The base salary offered for the successful candidate will be based on compensable factors such as job-relevant education, job-relevant experience, training, licensure, demonstrated competencies, geographic location, and other factors. 

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