Job Description:

WHAT YOU WILL BRING

We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Experience in non-life insurance pricing;
• Experience and advanced technical aptitude with common programming languages for actuaries and analytics (e.g., SQL, VBA, R, Python);
• Proven ability to work with global, multi-disciplinary teams, including information technology staff;
• Excellent communications skills, written and oral, with the proven ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences;
• A diligent, detail-oriented, collaborative, and collegial approach to project execution;
• A demonstrated passion for innovation and utilising new technologies; and
• A bachelor’s degree, preferably in mathematics, statistics, actuarial science, or computer science.

DESIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of core actuarial concepts;
• Experience with the development of pricing models for commercial insurance;
• Knowledge of best practices for enterprise software development (e.g., coding principles and optimisation, testing methods, version control, etc.);
• Experience with modern information technology infrastructure for analytics (e.g., cloud services, Databricks, etc.);
• Experience with the execution of a large-scale, corporate transformation or information technology project; and
• Experience as a manager of a team of consultants, technical experts, or other analytics professionals.

WHO WE ARE

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.
How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.
With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.
Learn more at axaxl.com

• Establish and support a new platform and development framework for pricing models that will: (a) incorporate developing reusable components such as a standardised user interface and common APIs; (b) enable consistent data capture across product lines, business units, and regions; and (c) define and enforce effective model versioning
• Ensure that the pricing platform enables faster development of scalable models by a wide group of developers within Pricing & Analytics;
• Increase the ability of model developers and pricing actuaries to quickly and easily recalibrate pricing algorithms in response to portfolio performance, changes in market condition, or the discovery of new risk factors;
• Provide the expertise necessary to establish technical and operational integrations between pricing tools and other internal systems, including connections to third-party data services;
• Create technical documentation and deliver training for pricing actuaries to enable them to develop their own models and tools in accordance with company standards and industry best practices;
• Establish and leverage a strong network of relationships with operations and underwriting colleagues to ensure successful design, deployment, and adoption of pricing tools;
• Identify and implement enhancements to pricing models and tools that improve performance and user experience;
• Collaborate with information technology teams to provide day-to-day support for existing pricing tools and databases; and
• Support migration of existing pricing models to the new platform