Senior Actuarial Analyst - Pricing (Delegated Authority Business) (Part-Tim

at  Zurich insurance

THE OPPORTUNITY

Are you looking for that next step up in your Actuarial career? Are you someone with a desire to add real value to the Delegated Authority (DA) Pricing team through your excellent analytical and communication skills? If so, this could be your next role and we would love to hear from you!
This role sits within our Delegated Authority (DA) pricing team, which includes both Personal Lines and SME portfolios across multiple lines of business. You’d be ensuring that top quality analysis is carried out to support our MGA & DA partners with their pricing and support the wider business in tracking and improving their performance against their financial targets.
Many of our employees work flexibly in a variety of different ways, including part-time, flexible hours, job share, an element of working from home or compressed hours. This is because we want the best people for our roles, and we recognise that sometimes those people aren’t available full-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you may need.

WHO WE ARE:

At Zurich we aspire to be one of the most responsible and impactful businesses in the world and the best global insurer. Together we’re creating a brighter future for our customers, our people and our planet.
With over 55,000 employees in more than 170 countries, you’ll feel the support of being part of a strong and stable company who are a long-standing player in the insurance industry.
We’ve made a promise to each other and every employee; to focus on sustainable impact, to care about each other’s wellbeing, to use our diverse expertise to be curious and optimistic and to develop the skills needed for our future.
If you’re interested in working in a dynamic and challenging environment for a company that recognises and rewards your creativity, initiatives and contributions - then Zurich could be just the place for you. Be part of something great.

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?

Working within the Delegated Authority (DA) Pricing team on our various MGA and DA products, you will be responsible for:

• Pricing analysis – working with a variety of datasets to produce high-quality pricing analyses in support of our partners, helping to improve the quality of their pricing.
• Portfolio monitoring – developing and maintaining our data and portfolio monitoring dashboards which are used & trusted by a variety of stakeholders, and utilising these to forecast & communicate emerging performance and key portfolio trends
• New deals – working collaboratively with other functions to diligently assess the performance of potential new DA portfolios, and assisting with a robust onboarding process when deals are agreed
• Process improvement – developing and maintaining systems & processes through innovation, incorporating efficiencies and improvements as standard
• Collaborating – building strong relationships across the company (claims, reserving, underwriting, finance) and our DA partners, providing a first class service & trusted insights, and helping to foster a strong data-driven culture
• Technical skills – the chance to learn and use SQL, R, Power BI & more
• Professionalism – demonstrating strong knowledge of relevant actuarial disciplines and standards, to ensure you are able to provide first class service to our stakeholders
• Culture – contributing to a friendly, positive and supportive team environment.
• Coaching & mentoring – opportunities to help develop the technical and non-technical skills of more junior team members, with the possibility of line management if having the right experience