Senior Actuarial Analyst

at  AXA

SENIOR ACTUARIAL ANALYST

Bogota, Colombia
Join a winning team responsible for driving the Latin American treaty reinsurance business into the next dimension. Based in Bogota, you will strengthen our existing regional platform and coordinate closely with our local underwriting and actuarial teams, and also with claims/accounting.
As Senior Actuarial Analyst you should have moderate experience in the insurance sector, and at AXA XL you will learn to price treaties, apply standard methodologies and support the Underwriters in the region to take data-driven decisions. The team performs traty account pricing, tool development, and line of business research. You will have the opportunity to work in a regional team of pricing actuaries while collaborating with underwrites, cat modelers, claim experts and reserving actuaries.
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What will your essential responsibilities include?

• Your focus will be on supporting our portfolio in Latin America across several lines of business (Property, Casualty, Accident & Health, Marine). The role will be flexible, and, over time, you should gain experience within other business lines and other international markets. You will also be working with actuaries and underwriters from across International Re (e.g. product experts based in Europe).
• We expect the role to be based in Bogotá, but the candidate may need to travel to other AXA XL Re offices from time to time.
• Assist underwriters with treaty review/analysis during the renewals, by either carrying out the pricing directly or ensuring that the pricing is carried out using approved pricing models appropriately, depending on the complexity of the business and the guidelines in force for that region / line of business.
• Help to ensure consistency of approach and, where appropriate, make suggestions for improvement.
• Make recommendations to use technology as efficiently as possible in various ways, such as the continual development/improvement of our suite of treaty pricing models, or the streamlining of our management information.
• Coordinate and collaborate with other actuaries across our region, International Re, and with actuaries in other regions. You will also interact with the actuarial reserving team as needed.
• The compensation package includes base salary, bonus and benefits and will be set according to the candidate skills and experience.

You will report to the Senior Actuary AVP responsible for Latin America Reinsurance.

SHARE YOUR TALENT

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

• Moderate experience in Actuarial Insurance/Reinsurance areas.
• Bachelor’s degree or better in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Physics or equivalent.
• Keen to pursue the path to becoming a qualified actuary, with a recognized international Actuarial organization. Successful completion of CAS or SOA exams is a plus.
• Very good command of English and Spanish. Working knowledge of a second language, such as Portuguese, would be preferable, but is not a pre-requisite.
• An ability to code in R, Python (or a similar programming language) would be very valuable.
• Excellent working knowledge of Excel and other Microsoft Office programs.
• Self-starter with the ability to multi-task, prioritize issues and work effectively under pressure. Demonstrates a ‘can do’ attitude, dedication and sense of urgency.
• Team player, highly motivated and open-minded.
• Forward-looking, innovative problem solver. Result-driven.
• Comfortable taking ownership for own work and identifying the need for action.
• Able to communicate effectively, explaining complex/specialist matters to team members, and more senior colleagues.

• Your focus will be on supporting our portfolio in Latin America across several lines of business (Property, Casualty, Accident & Health, Marine). The role will be flexible, and, over time, you should gain experience within other business lines and other international markets. You will also be working with actuaries and underwriters from across International Re (e.g. product experts based in Europe).
• We expect the role to be based in Bogotá, but the candidate may need to travel to other AXA XL Re offices from time to time.
• Assist underwriters with treaty review/analysis during the renewals, by either carrying out the pricing directly or ensuring that the pricing is carried out using approved pricing models appropriately, depending on the complexity of the business and the guidelines in force for that region / line of business.
• Help to ensure consistency of approach and, where appropriate, make suggestions for improvement.
• Make recommendations to use technology as efficiently as possible in various ways, such as the continual development/improvement of our suite of treaty pricing models, or the streamlining of our management information.
• Coordinate and collaborate with other actuaries across our region, International Re, and with actuaries in other regions. You will also interact with the actuarial reserving team as needed.
• The compensation package includes base salary, bonus and benefits and will be set according to the candidate skills and experience