Senior Life Actuary 80-100%

Your Role

As a member of the ZGEBS Actuarial Team, you will be involved in a range of actuarial topics relating to the management of a life reinsurance portfolio.

This is an excellent opportunity to gain exposure to a wide range of actuarial work, interact closely with other functions and add value to the business.

As the Senior Life Actuary your main responsibilities will involve:

• Valuation & reserving for life reinsurance
• Review actuarial assumptions
• Reinsurance treaty review
• Delivery & implementation of IFRS17 topics
• Planning and performance monitoring

Your Skills and Experience

As the Senior Life Actuary your skills and qualifications will ideally include:

• Fully or partially qualified actuary (e.g. SAV, DAV, SOA, FIA)
• Strong analytic/numerate background
• 5+ years’ experience gained in life insurance or reinsurance
• Experience with pricing and/or valuation of life and disability protection products
• Good understanding of key financial reporting standards (IFRS, Swiss local stat., MCEV, risk analysis)
• Enthusiasm for working in a dynamic international environment
• Good communication skills in both English and German
• Good knowledge of Excel, VBA and Access

Additional Information

Primary work location is Zürich, Switzerland. If you value an exciting and varied working environment and meet the above requirements, then our recruiter Patrick Weymann is looking forward to receiving your application by clicking on the button “Apply online”.

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Who we are

Zurich is a strong brand - more than 1.4 million Swiss customers place their trust in our products and services. Our 53,000 employees worldwide form the basis of our success, helping our customers in 210 countries and territories to understand and protect themselves from risk. In order to deliver our services, we offer our employees flexible working models and interesting opportunities for further training & development. As a Zurich employee you benefit from a multitude of advantages as well as a strong culture, characterized by acceptance, diversity and team spirit.

At Zurich we are an equal opportunity employer. We attract and retain the best qualified individuals available, without regard to race/ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability.

Information for recruitment agencies

Zurich accepts no unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies for this position. We therefore request that recruitment agencies do not submit any candidate documents neither via our employees nor through our online career portal.

We refuse any responsibility for unsolicited applications as well as any associated fees. Thank you for your understanding.

Primary Location:Switzerland-Zurich-Zurich

Schedule:Full-time

Travel:No

Job Posting:06/29/18

Unposting Date:Ongoing