Actuarial Consultant - Financial Services - Advisory - P&C - Manager

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Advisory Services Manager – Financial Services – Insurance and Actuarial Advisory Services – Property & Casualty – Advisory: This position could be located in NY, NC, GA, IL, MA, PA, VA.

 

EY is the only professional services firm with a separate business unit Financial Services Organization ('FSO') that is dedicated to the financial services marketplace.  Our FSO teams have been at the forefront of every event that has reshaped and redefined the financial services industry.  If you have a passion for rallying together to solve the most complex challenges in the financial services industry, come join our dynamic FSO team!

 

The opportunity

 

The Insurance Actuarial Advisory Service (IAAS), Property/Casualty (PC) practice within FSO is seeking an individual that is highly motivated with experienced pricing abilities, robust knowledge of data analytics and the associated tools and programming languages, excellent operational management capabilities and communication skills.

 

This position will report directly to the Leader of the IAAS, PC Actuarial Advisory practice.  

 

Put simply, our actuarial advisers deliver creative and innovative thinking to high-profile PC Insurance companies worldwide, supporting them in making confident financial judgments in support of their business goals.  Here, you will be supporting the PC actuarial advisory practice working with the team to:

 

• Deliver EY’s actuarial transformation and premium acceleration service offerings,
• Develop efficiencies throughout the practice,
• Streamline the operational aspects of the group.

 

Your key responsibilities

As a Manager within the IAAS PC practice you will be challenged to participate on engagement teams focused on several of the following areas:

• Predictive Modeling and customer analytics
• Actuarial Transformation® and modeling
• Rate setting all lines of business
• Financial forecasting, valuation
• Product development
• Mentor and develop Staff

Skillset and attributes for success

• Effectively manage and motivate client engagement teams with diverse skills and backgrounds,
• Demonstrate in-depth technical capabilities and professional knowledge. Demonstrate ability to quickly assimilate to new knowledge.  Possess good business acumen and remain current on new developments in advisory services capabilities and industry knowledge,
• Develop a strong personal brand and enhance the EY brand by writing articles, participating in industry groups and speaking at seminars,
• Cultivate a good working relationship with the Senior Managers, fellow Managers, and Staff on the team.

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, and/or other related major,
• Approximately 6+ years of experience in an actuarial-oriented position, with a minimum of 2 years project or people management responsibility,
• Associate of Casualty Actuarial Society required, Fellowship preferred,
• 3 years of experience with Excel, SAS, VBA and/or C++,
• 4+ years working with advanced analytics including knowledge of R, SQL, Python or similar data and analytics programing languages
• Strong writing, presentation, conceptual, analytical, and interpersonal skills as evidenced by preparing and presenting results and/or findings to clients or senior management
• Strong organizational skills
• Self-motivated
• Ability to understand and persuade on complex subjects both in writing and verbally
• Experience working in a team environment on project-based work

Ideally, you will also have

• Previous consulting experience or experience implementing new processes/procedures in a corporate environment.

What we look for

• We are most interested in intellectually curious people with a clear passion for actuarial work.  You will also need to be a great communicator, as well as flexible in the face of often rapidly changing projects and engagements.

What Working at EY Offers

We offer a competitive compensation package where you will be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business.  In addition, our Total Rewards package