Actuarial Analyst - Discovery Life

at  Discovery Ltd

Business Unit: Discovery Life
Function: Actuarial Sciences
Date: 2 Aug 2024
Discovery Life
Actuarial Analyst
Market Analytics and R&D

A high functioning, dynamic personality with a broad set of skills pertaining to product development, data analytics and marketing. The role will require this Actuary to provide product, market and strategic insights to our distribution channel to increase new business market share and to unlock new support in the IFA space while forming an important part of the R&D team. The incumbent would be involved in:

• Form a key part of Research and Development by utilising industry and new business insights to guide the development of innovative products and services that enhance our value proposition to financial advisers and their clients.
• Anaylsing big data to inform senior management of new business trends and opportunities.
• Collaberate with various stakeholders across the business to create and optimise products, processes and strategies.
• Developing in depth competitor and industry analysis.
• Analysing big data to identify sales opportunities for each distribution channel.
• Being a Discovery Life expert and having sound understanding of the competitive landscape in order to be a subject matter authority in meetings and presentations.
• Development of launch material for distribution.
• Lead meetings with high-net-worth clients and large life writers.
• Create and present targeted client and broker presentations.
• Intellectual leadership through claims documents, journalist articles etc.

The incumbent would be involved in strategic thinking around product ideation, development and launches and would form a crucial element of our broader Reseach and Development team.