Actuarial Accounting Analyst

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Whether it’s aircraft, international business or offshore wind parks, Allianz Commercial has an extensive range of risks covered when it comes to protecting businesses.   

 

We are looking for an Actuarial Accounting Analyst based in Chicago.  This role is a hybrid role. 

  

Your Team 

Allianz Commercial (AzC) employs the brightest, most passionate people in the insurance industry. We’d love for you to join our growing team! We invest in our people through training and professional development while supporting you along the way—all so you can meet your career goals. To us, the most important measure of our success is yours. 

 

The Impact You Will Have  

In this role, you will support actuarial analysis in collaboration with other team members. This includes the procession of input data, preparation and updating of actuarial models, and documentation of assumptions and results. You will be involved in discussions with the business and maintains links to the other Actuarial and CFO departments as well as to Group functions. You will also provide project support in documentation and testing of the project deliverables. You will support local North American and company-wide IT transformation efforts. 

 

Some of your specific responsibilities could include: 

• Develop global actuarial approaches and processes as well as enhance actuarial models and analyses. Present newly developed functionalities to stakeholders, globally and across all key business areas. 

• Participate in closing meetings and assists in monitoring timeliness of processes and identifying items for discussion or resolution. 

• Support accounting actuarial expert with local requests from other business areas to optimize processes and foster mutual understanding how business developments impact actuarial drivers in the financials. 

• Prepare and reconcile data for actuarial processes and support the IBNR closing by running, maintaining and improving related tools. 

• Provide documentation of processes, checks and controls. 

• Drive innovation and efficiency in all our processes. 

 

What You’ll Bring to the Role 

• At least 1 year of finance and insurance know-how (ideally P&C), as well as understanding of complexities inherent in an insurance group allowing for cross-departmental thinking. 

• Experience in insurance accounting experience, including knowledge of US statutory and GAAP accounting principles. Knowledge of IFRS is a plus. 

• An Interest working in an international environment as part of a global team. 

• Strong computer skills (MS Office including VBA and relevant expert systems such as Matlab, R, SQL or Java, etc.). 

• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics or Accounting. 

• Ability to understand, elaborate and convey information clearly and effectively in respect to the audience / level of management (both verbal and in writing). 

• The ability to positively influence others' actions, decisions, opinions or thinking resulting in positive outcomes. Ability to persuade and motivate others without direct authority. 

• Ability to identify patterns and root causes in complex (e.g., ambiguous, from various sources) data