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Sr. Actuarial Associate (Life)

Admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:39:49 GMT

Position: Sr. Actuarial Associate

Company: Insurance Organization

Location: New Jersey

Job ID: 15061

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Provide Actuarial support for Economic Capital and Embedded Value projects.
- Compilation of data
- Analysis of results
- Documentation
- RBC calculations
- Experience studies
- Pricing support

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Skilled with spreadsheet applications
- Exam progress toward ASA preferred
- Works with limited supervision
- Strong analytical skills
- Strong communication skills

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15061, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Actuarial Technician (Life)

Admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:23:07 GMT

Position: Actuarial Technician

Company: Insurance Organization

Location: Iowa

Job ID: 15052

RESPONSIBILITIES

- The responsibilities for this position will include significant data management and manipulation, auditing system data, creating and running macros and queries, and creating and distributing reports. - This position will be involved with the move to our new admin system, ALP.
- This position will work directly with others on the Actuarial staff and staff in various departments within TCM.

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Bachelors degree in actuarial science, mathematics, or other relevant area. 0 - 4 years relevant work experience.
- The successful candidate must be self-motivated and able to work somewhat independently with some guidance.
- Must have effective written and oral communication skills along with strong PC skills, including some programming.
- The qualified candidate will have experience with MS Word, Excel & Excel macros, Access, Document Direct and Vantage lookups.
- Experience with writing SQL queries would be beneficial. Knowledge of annuity products and our various bank/broker partnerships is helpful.
- Strong mathematical skills are essential.

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15052, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Berater/Senior Berater (Life)

Admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:54:07 GMT

Position: Berater/Senior Berater

Company: Consulting Company

Location: Germany

Job ID: 15060

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Beratung unserer Kunden bei den verschiedensten aktuellen Themen der Versicherungswirtschaft
- Mitarbeit in bzw. Leitung von Kundenprojekten in allen Bereichen der aktuariellen Beratung (z. B. Solvency II, Asset Liability Management, Produktentwicklung, aktuarielles Controlling, internationale Rechnungslegung und betriebliche Altersvorsorge)
- Erstellung aktuarieller Fachkonzepte für Angebots- und Verwaltungssysteme
- Durchführung aktuarieller und finanzmathematischer Analysen

QUALIFICATIONS:

- über ein Studium der Mathematik, Wirtschaftsmathematik oder ähnlicher Fachrichtungen, idealerweise ergänzt durch eine Zusatzausbildung zum Aktuar (m/w) DAV oder vergleichbare Kenntnisse, verfügen
- mindestens 2 Jahre Berufserfahrung in der Personenerst- oder Rückversicherung haben
- über Kenntnisse der Produktentwicklung in der Personenversicherung und/oder
- Erfahrung in der nationalen bzw. internationalen Rechnungslegung und/oder
- über themenbezogene IT-Kenntnisse verfügen

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15060, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Marketing Product Specialist (Life)

Admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:24:36 GMT

Position: Marketing Product Specialist

Company: Insurance Organization

Location: California

Job ID: 15059

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Leads the implementation of a product release in a market.
- Researches and monitors competitor offerings and industry trends to identify gaps or limitations in current benefit designs.
- Provides recommendations for implementing benefits strategy and making benefit modification recommendations.
- Interfaces with the existing product teams to ensure Individual & Small Group (ISG) benefit plans implementation success.
- Identifies potential issues and roadblocks to implementation from a benefits/product perspective early in the plan development process.
- Oversees the maintenance of existing plans to ensure they remain compliant and are updated via the benefit versioning cycle.
- Works with matrix partners/organizations such as Service Operations, Medical Management, Sales, Pricing, Legal, Compliance and Product Managers to resolve any issues/questions on plan provisions.
- Works with Marketing and the Managed Care Fulfillment Unit to create broker/member benefit summaries and Benefits At a Glance Brochures.
- Ensure effective and positive relationships across the team and matrix partners
- Partners with Actuarial and Executive team to review viability of current plan offerings.

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15059, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Marketing Product Specialist (Life)

Admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:11:57 GMT

Position: Marketing Product Specialist

Company: Insurance Organization

Location: California

Job ID: 15058

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Leads the implementation of a product release in a market.
- Researches and monitors competitor offerings and industry trends to identify gaps or limitations in current benefit designs.
- Provides recommendations for implementing benefits strategy and making benefit modification recommendations.
- Interfaces with the existing product teams to ensure Individual & Small Group (ISG) benefit plans implementation success.
- Identifies potential issues and roadblocks to implementation from a benefits/product perspective early in the plan development process.
- Oversees the maintenance of existing plans to ensure they remain compliant and are updated via the benefit versioning cycle.
- Works with matrix partners/organizations such as Service Operations, Medical Management, Sales, Pricing, Legal, Compliance and Product Managers to resolve any issues/questions on plan provisions.
- Works with Marketing and the Managed Care Fulfillment Unit to create broker/member benefit summaries and Benefits At a Glance Brochures.
- Ensure effective and positive relationships across the team and matrix partners
- Partners with Actuarial and Executive team to review viability of current plan offerings.

QUALIFICATIONS:

- 3 to 5 years experience in all aspects of healthcare
- Strong detailed knowledge of benefit designs.
- Experience in Individual and Small group products preferred
- Superior collaboration and verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent project management skills with a strong understanding of business processes and operations
- Team player with proven ability to foster and manage working relationships within a matrix environment
- Ability to juggle multiple priorities

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15058, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Retirement Consulting Associate (Life)

Admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:31:43 GMT

Position: Retirement Consultant Associate

Company: Consulting Company

Location: Switzerland

Job ID: 15057

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Preparing cost estimates and actuarial valuations.
- Participating in client meetings and advising them on benefit questions.
- Design, implement, administer and improve the effectiveness of pension and retirement plans.
- Design, analyze and solve financial problems related to clients' benefits plans.
- Opportunities to work with colleagues around the globe on assignments that reflect our clients’ broader business strategies
- The chance to enhance your intellectual capital and business development skills

QUALIFICATIONS:

- 2 or 3 years of experience in the insurance/Consulting industry
- 5+ Courses towards A.S.A. desired.
- The ability to see the “big picture”, leveraging the resources of related practices to address the clients’ business challenges
- The business acumen to understand how legislation applies to product creation and program management
- High motivation, initiative and demonstrated leadership skills.
- Ability to mentor and share knowledge
- Be able to multi-task and manage own work to deadlines
- Be able to work with and manage project team
- Keep current on applicable legislation
- Excellent communication skills in verbal and written required

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15057, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Retirement Consultant (Life)

Admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:50:09 GMT

Position: Retirement Consultant

Company: Consulting Company

Location: Tokyo

Job ID: 15056

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Defining the scope, formulating the approach for consulting engagements
- Participating in large consulting projects such as: mergers & acquisitions, benefit strategy and plan design, executive benefits and the valuation and financial management of pension plans.
- Interacting with clients on a daily basis and making in-person presentations
- Supervising and reviewing the work completed by actuarial associates
- Working with other lines of business (such as Administration Solutions and Health & Welfare) to coordinate the provision of services to your clients

QUALIFICATIONS:

- 3 or more years of retirement consulting
- A.SA or AJAJ qualification would be considered
- Retirement plan valuations (funding and accounting)
- Plan administration and design
- Post-retirement benefit valuations
- Strong interpersonal skills with a proven record of quickly building credibility and gaining the confidence of individuals at all levels, both externally and internally
- Excellent communication skills required in verbal and written

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15056, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

acturial Analyst (Life)

Admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:05:45 GMT

Position: Actuary

Company: Consulting Company

Location: Japan

Job ID: 15054

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Conduct benefit reviews, perform market competitiveness analysis and assist in preparing employee benefit statements, reports and presentations.
- Actuarial assessment on employee benefit programs such as post retirement medical allowances and severance payment obligation
- Assisting with the provision of a wide range of advice to clients on their benefit programmes, including accounting disclosures, M&A, benefit design and advice on emerging legislative developments

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Bachelor’s degree in mathematics, finance, statistics or other relative fields
- Previous consulting experience of employee benefit required
- ASA/FSA required
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Team player
- Basic Japanese is required.
- Excellent communication skills in verbal and written

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15054, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Actuary (Life)

Admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:00:58 GMT

Position: Actuary

Company: Insurance Organization

Location: korea

Job ID: 15053

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Ideal candidate will be responsible for pricing review of both statutory requirement and US GAAP requirement.
- Ideal person get involved analysis of product distribution Channel,
-Ideal person get involved sales initiatives.

QUALIFICATIONS:

- English fluency is a must

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15053, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Financial Analyst (Non-Life)

Admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:53:55 GMT

Position: Financial Analyst

Company: Insurance Broker

Location: Philadelphia

Job ID: 15051

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Interface with clients and brokers to gather and prepare property exposure data for catastrophe modeling accounts in the insurance/reinsurance industry.
- Assess data quality and make necessary assumptions for modeling.
- Analyze changes in exposure and the associated impact of catastrophe model results.
- Use RMS, AIR and EQECAT to perform property and casualty catastrophe modeling and generate occurrence loss distributions.
- Present results to clients and brokers.
- Analyze how the distribution of results and relevant risk measures change as a result of application of various proposed reinsurance alternatives.
- Identify significant considerations that insurers should address in designing their reinsurance programs.
- Use vendor catastrophe modeling software to provide price indications for reinsurance alternative structures.
- Participate in business development efforts to strengthen client relationships and improve client services.
- Lead and train junior catastrophe analysts on property and casualty including accident and health catastrophe modeling, as well as data management using Arc View and MapInfo
mapping software.

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Bachelor's degree in Risk Management, Finance, Insurance, Actuarial Science or related plus
two (2) years of experience in the job offered or as an Instrat Data Analyst, Catastrophe Analyst or related.
- Must have property and casualty catastrophe modeling experience for projects or accounts in the insurance/re-insurance industry utilizing AIR, RMS or EQECAT.
- Must also have experience performing data management with ArcView or MapInfo mapping software.

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15051, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Actuarial Trainee (Non-Life)

Admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:31:16 GMT

Position: Actuarial Trainee

Company: Insurance Organization

Location: Massachusetts

Job ID: 15050

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Perform actuarial tasks in support of their core discipline. These may include:
- Prepare competitor price comparisons
- Compile and categorize data used in and assist with developing a rate indication or reserve estimate.
- Provide actuarial support on standard rate filing exhibits.
- Acquire knowledge of basic actuarial concepts and methods pertinent to their field
- Loss Ratio ratemaking.
- Calendar/Accident/Policy year experience reporting.
- Paid/Incurred loss development techniques.
- Obtain proficiency in the various software applications required by their discipline
- Spreadsheet, Database and Word processing applications.

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Bachelors Degree or higher in a relevant technical field.
- Up to two years of experience in core discipline.
- One or more Casualty Actuarial Exams.
- Understand fundamental concepts, practices and procedures relevant to their core discipline.
- Familiar with the various Property and Casualty financial statements used in their discipline.
- Familiar with those external agencies which, influence and/or impact their core discipline.
- Limited to Rating Bureaus such as ISO and NCCI.
- The position requires a self-starter with technical aptitude.
- The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to acquire the necessary

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15050, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Commercial Actuarial Filing Analyst (Non-Life)

Admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:50:38 GMT

Position: Commercial Actuarial Filing Analyst

Company: Insurance organization

Location: California

Job ID: 15049

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Prepares filings for revisions in rates and rating rules for identified Commercial Lines of Business.
- Prepares rate and rating rule filings for identified Commercial Lines of Business. Composes the filing letters, completes necessary filing forms, and coordinates the preparation of support material needed for these filings with the Commercial Actuarial staff and the Pricing Support staff.
- Prepares responses to Department of Insurance questions and concerns related to these filings.
- Maintains master directory of all filings and schedules follow-up as needed.
- Notifies the Implementation Section when new programs/coverage’s or revisions to existing rates and rating rules have been approved and are ready for introduction.
- Consults with the Commercial Actuarial Support Services Manager to ensure the accuracy of our ISO affiliations and filing authorizations by Commercial Line of Business and by state.
- Initiates requests for revisions to the affiliations and filing authorizations as needed. Performs other functions as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Four-year college degree
- Two years with FIG as a SG 30
- Knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet software.

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15049, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Commercial Actuarial /Product Analyst (Non-Life)

Admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:27:59 GMT

Position: Commercial Actuarial /Product Analyst

Company: Insurance Organization

Location: California

Job ID: 15048

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Analyzes existing procedures; Develops recommendations for improvements and are finements; handles routine problems stemming from inquiries from region; maintains existing forms, records and procedures
- Reviews Commercial systems (including, but not limited to, CLS, Main file, Reinsurance) processing and recommends design changes to improve processing or incorporate coverage/underwriting rule changes.
- Develops test matrices, provides review and sign off for Commercial systems testing. Provides assistance to Home Office and Regional Commercial departments regarding rating methodology and systems processing.
- Handles to completion Regional inquiries or correspondence, including PCSTs and telephone calls; routes as necessary to other departments and does follow up to insure timely completion. - - Coordinates new and revised procedures with necessary staff departments; drafts memos, manual pages and procedure bulletins as necessary.
- Conducts studies as requested by supervisor and recommends modifications or refinements required as a result of changes in policies or programs.
- Reviews Field Bulletins, training and Marketing materials for accuracy as regards operations or procedures.
- Conducts Field travel as necessary to Regional Offices or vendors. Performs other functions as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Undergrad degree required, advanced degree welcomed (math/stats masters).
- Requires extraordinary analytical or quantitative aptitude. The ideal individual must enjoy heavy analytics and must be comfortable with one-on-one, small and large group interactions and presentations.
- Ability to translate a technical analysis to consumers and distributors in such a way that they are inspired to act required.
- High-challenge environment and be able to influence action and results in a large, complex organization. You must have the intellectual curiosity necessary to be a thought leader.
- Proficiency with MS Office, especially Excel required with knowledge of database programs, such as, SAS or Access preferred

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15048, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Actuary (Life)

Admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:55:35 GMT

Position: Actuary

Company: Insurance Organization

Location: New York

Job ID: 15047

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Coordinating with several areas of the company including: Liability Projections, Asset Projections, Valuation, Expense Management, Controllers, and Tax,
- Scheduling the timing of interim deliverables in order to meet deadlines
- Calculating and analyzing results
- Summarizing and distributing results to Senior Managemen
- Maintaining a consolidation framework that can be used for all projections that pass through the Corporate Models departmen
- Maintaining a transparent and fully documented consolidation process,
- Ensuring that everyone involved with a project is working within a consistent framework and that they understand what is due and when.
- Analyzing all of the aspects of our projects, including both the assets and the liabilities, and as well as the total company.
- Providing peer review for the projections provided for the various projects.

QUALIFICATIONS:

- FSA and 5 plus years of actuarial experience
- Either liability expertise, or asset-liability modeling experience
- Flexibility to adapt to dynamic projects
- Ability to think creatively, to express thoughts clearly, and to work effectively with others.
- Must possess strong accountability; must be a good self starter; must possess high quality of work ethic; must have strong oral and written communications skills.

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15047, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Actuarial Manager II (Non-Life)

Admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:26:54 GMT

Position: Actuarial Manager II

Company: Insurance Organization

Location: Kansas

Job ID: 15046

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- We are looking to expand a growing Predictive Modeling Implementation Team for Programs and Direct Markets.
- Responsibilities would include working with large datasets including internal and external data, preliminary data analysis and cleansing, and multivariate model analysis including advanced statistical techniques and rate achievement strategies related to model output.
- Position requires working in collaboration with other team members, data specialists, SBU's, and others.

QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent
- 8 or more years of related experience.
- Strong statistical knowledge, strong quantitative/analytical skills, and proficiency in SAS preferred.
- Advanced degree in statistics, math, or related.

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15046, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Senior Actuarial Associate/Associate Actuary (Life)

Admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:49:33 GMT

Position: Senior Actuarial Associate/Associate Actuary

Company: Insurance Organization

Location: Ontario

Job ID: 15045

RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Review all CGAAP and USGAAP Reserves, DACs and SOE inputs
(i.e., mortality gain, PVFP, Pfad Release).
- Investigate and resolve any issues.
- Ensure corporate valuation requirements are met on any new Individual Wealth Management/Group Saving's & Retirement products
- Work with the Valuation Manager on projects to enhance and/or make more efficient financial reporting for internal and corporate uses
- Peer Review all quarterly templates sent to Corporate
- Provide significant support for Basis change, EV, DCAT and Plan
- Continually strive to improve processes through the addition of necessary controls and analytics.
- Support corporate sensitivity requests and provide explanations of results.
- Manage one actuarial staff

QUALIFICATIONS:

- FSA, FCIA, or a Senior Actuarial Associate with several years experience.
- AXIS, data link skills would be helpful
- Knowledge of CGAAP and USGAAP Reporting would be an asset

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15045, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Senior Valuation Analyst (Life)

Admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:05:46 GMT

Position: Senior Valuation Analyst

Company: Insurance Organization

Location: Hong Kong

Job ID: 15044

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- The candidate is responsible for performing actuarial valuations and analyses and providing financial projections, analyses, forecasts, etc. for business planning for all countries

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Associate actuary with a minimum 4 years total experience
- Previous life insurance experience
- Supervisory experience preferred

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15044, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Assistant Actuary (Life)

Admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:25:30 GMT

Position: Assistant Actuary

Company: Insurance Organization

Location: Connecticut

Job ID: 15041

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- To play leadership roles in developing/maintaining disability reserving methodology reserve system; to perform desired disabled life reserve studies; and to develop group insurance databases and related reporting tools.
- Develop and maintain Long-Term Disability claim reserve valuation systems. Design and develop high quality computer calculation modeling programs or modifications to existing modeling programs.
- Perform disability claim and reserve related studies for the refinement of reserving methodologies. Analyze data and reserve levels for accuracy.
- Build and maintain group insurance database and associated reporting tools to support pricing and actuarial analysis initiatives for life/disability products. Make every effort to ensure the integrity of financial data.
- Work with Claim Operations to develop claim performance trend indicators. Identify opportunities for more effective claim management practices.
- Develop and maintain technical and actuarial documentation, instruction and procedures, including examples of processing and documentation of coding changes. Demonstrated requirements gathering/documentation capability.
- Act as a liaison between actuaries and IT personnel in implementing IT projects for Group Insurance. Participate in technical and specification reviews. Translate mathematically complex actuarial formulas and specifications into data processing instructions.
- Serve as project leader for medium sized projects, including establishing project plans and monitoring the progress of the project.

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Bachelors degree or above in Mathematics,
- Computer Science, Business or related fields.
- 4+ years of actuarial experience is required. Experience in group disability is a big plus. - Strong computer and analytical skills. Advanced level of programming experience and knowledge is highly desired.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proven detail-orientation and ability to preserve procedural and numerical accuracy in all aspects of work, including deadline-driven activities.
We value leadership, creativity and initiative. If you share those values and a commitment to excellence and innovation, consider a career with our company.

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15041, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Actuarial Senior Specialist - VADBe (Life)

Admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:23:33 GMT

Position: Actuarial Senior Specialist - VADBe

Company: Insurance Organization

Location: Connecticut

Job ID: 14987

RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develops and provides rating factors for use by Underwriting in the calculation of required rates for assigned business.
- Develops and updates rating formulae to ensure the calculation of adequate premium rates. Using independent judgment and discretion, calculates estimates of reserves required for unpaid claim liability.
- Prepares actuarial analyses of rating factors, premium rate values, claim reserve, estimates for financial reporting, forecasting, and monitoring.
- Works with actuarial management to communicate results of actuarial research to Marketing areas. Provides consultation and clarification on actuarial models and risk issues for key accounts
- Knowledge of actuarial statistics and assumptions used for modeling cost, risk and revenue trends.
- Very skilled in the use of PC spreadsheet applications
- VADBe Financial Reporting & Earnings Analysis
- Cash Flow Testing
- VADBe Capital Plan Development

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Position usually requires 4 - 6 years of actuarial student experience

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #14987, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Group Actuary (Life)

Admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:03:34 GMT

Position: Group Actuary
Company: Insurance Organization
Location: Shanghai
ID: 15043

Primary accountabilities include:

? Communicate with group channel to initiate ideas for group products
? Pricing for group products
? Participate in setting the compensation system for group channel
? Review rates proposed by underwriters of group channel
? Claim and expense analysis for group channel
?
Requirements:
? University graduate in actuarial studies or other related discipline
? Nearly qualified or qualified actuary
? About 3+ years relevant experience
? Experience in Actuarial software MoSeS is preferred
? Strong analytical, problem solving and project management skills
? Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
? Able to work independently and under pressure
? Strong market sense

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15043, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Actuarial officer (Life)

Admin — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:21:59 GMT

Position: Actuarial Officer

Company: Insurance Organization

Location: Singapore

Job ID: 15042

Leading insurance company is looking for a young talent in the product and pricing team.

Responsibilities:
• Product development & pricing for investment linked products
• Maintaining the investment-linked Prophet model for financial reporting
• Provide support to colleagues from other departments

Requirements:

University graduates with strong Actuarial science background

2 to 3 years of relevant experience

Associate or near associate of recognized actuarial organization

Experience in Prophet modeling is essential

A team player with strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to work independently and under pressure

Excellent command of spoken and written English

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15042, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Assistant Actuary (Life)

Admin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:10:56 GMT

Position: Assistant Actuary

Company: Insurance Organization

Location: Connecticut

Job ID: 15040

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Responsible for managing risk and enhancing profitability for Group Life business through pricing, product development, financial analysis & forecasting, and evaluation of underwriting guidelines
- Manage 1-2 actuarial students and potentially actuarial interns or co-ops
- Provide underwriting support, including analysis of complex risks and tailored pricing for large cases
- Lead financial and actuarial support for special projects, including the annual service pricing review for Life products
- Analyze historical claim experience and business metrics and project future results via planning and forecasting process
- Coordinate and manage reinsurance monthly/quarterly reporting process and help shape strategy for utilization of reinsurance to mitigate risk
- Work collaboratively with internal and external customers including underwriting, finance, claims, product development, sales, legal, and reinsures

QUALIFICATIONS:

- BA, BS in Mathematics, Finance, Economics, actuarial Science or related field
- Associate or Fellow of the Society of Actuaries preferred
- Prior Individual or Group Life experience would be helpful, but is not required
- Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of constituents at various levels of the organization
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including clear and concise expression of ideas
- Demonstrated ability to set direction, lead others to solutions, and complete tasks
- Strong problem solving skills and critical thinking
- Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with other areas of the organization
- Effective time management and organizational skills
- Strong personal computer skills are required (including strong proficiency in Excel; proficiency in Access is a plus)
- Ability to effectively manage multiple, concurrent deliverables

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15040, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Senior Consultant (Life)

Admin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:29:07 GMT

Position: Senior Consultant

Company: Consulting Company

Location: U.A.E.

Job ID: 15025

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Lead various ALM related initiatives including new product investment strategies and risk assessments
- Develop and maintain actuarial models for financial projections, profitability analysis, and Asset & Liability analysis.
- Design and oversee implementation of new actuarial processes that require the use of ALM techniques
- Manage client relationships

QUALIFICATIONS:

- FSA or FIA required.
- At least 4 to 5 years experience required
- Have strong communication skills, both in written form and orally
- Outstanding analytic skills and ability to conceptualize solutions to complex issues.
- Highly organized, ability to take initiative and be independent
- Ability to coach and develop junior staff

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15025, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Actuarial Services - Staff Accountant (Life)

Admin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:24:42 GMT

Position: Actuarial Services - Staff Accountant

Company: Consulting Company

Location: China

Job ID: 15039

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Provide consulting services and supporting audits and related services to our Life insurance,
- Property and Casualty insurance as well as Pension clients in the region;
- Involve substantial contact with clients and teamwork with other E&Y professionals in several countries.
- Assignments will include reviews of regulatory, International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) and various GAAP actuarial items for a wide range of insurance products, M&A due diligence, risk management and consulting advice in a variety of areas.

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Qualification as a Fellow or an Associate of the Society of Actuaries, Institute of Actuaries (U.K.), Institute of Actuaries of Australia, or equivalent, or actively taking actuarial exams in these actuarial institutes / societies;
- At least 2 years for Staff Accountant of experience in the life insurance industry or consulting for the life insurance industry, with a strong focus on financial reporting; for college graduates, at least passed one actuarial exam;
- Knowledge of actuarial financial modeling and global financial reporting approaches, such as IFRS, GAAP and / or Embedded Values; working knowledge of commonly used actuarial modeling software, such as Prophet, is a plus;
- Excellent written and spoken English and Chinese (Mandarin).

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15039, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Actuarial Assistant (Life)

Admin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:20:51 GMT

Position: Actuarial Assistant

Company: Insurance Organization

Location: Oregon

Job ID: 15038

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Provide analysis to support company risk management practices and the development, pricing, maintenance and reserving of insurance products.
- Prepare for and pass actuarial exams.
- Prepare actuarial entries for inclusion in the company financial statements.
- Assist in other actuarial projects, modeling or financial analysis as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Degree in math related field, or the equivalent combination of education and/or relevant experience.
- Professional certification required: 1 to 3 actuarial Exams from the Society of Actuaries.
- Apply knowledge of data to financial reports.
- Program using SAS, PC and mainframe.
- Design and development of spreadsheet applications.
- Express ideas and results clearly in both oral and written form.
- Working knowledge of mathematical statistics and actuarial mathematics

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15038, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Consultant, Product Development (Life)

Admin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:01:07 GMT

Position: Consultant, Product Development

Company: Insurance Organization

Location: Quebec

Job ID: 15037

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Develop new products and services.
- Assist in the research and study the market, gathering and analyzing data to ensure that changing market conditions, emerging trends and competitor activities are identified.
- Analyze statistical information with respect to competition.
- Monitor, track and report on competitive forces in the marketplace.
- Analyze and help build business case plans.
- Participate in the development of new/enhanced products and services to achieve successful implementation of approved strategic initiatives, including sound product design, compliance with legal, fiscal and pension regulations, technical specifications, administrative procedures, marketing material, and testing of systems.
- Assist other team members in all aspects of GS&R product development and implementation
- Ensure customer satisfaction by constantly keeping in touch with client needs and data (internal and external) and using various other sources of feedback to improve processes.
- Participate in the promotion of products/services of the line of business.
- Participate in the development of Request For Proposal responses and customized client/product features.
- Identify, implement and maintain controls to mitigate financial and operational risks. Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies.

QUALIFICATIONS:

- University Education in Finance, Investment, Actuarial Studies and or Marketing.
- 3 to 5 years of experience in the group savings and retirement industry.
- In-depth knowledge of group retirement products and services
- Ability to develop solutions to complex problems
- Strong analytical skills
- Project Management /Time Management
- Communication Skills (written, oral, interpersonal)
- Ensure accuracy of results
- Financial knowledge , Computer Knowledge and Bilingual

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15037, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Actuarial Services - Senior Manager (Life)

Admin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:40:30 GMT

Position: Actuarial Services - Senior Manager

Company: Consulting Company

Location: China

Job ID: 15035

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Provide consulting services and supporting audits and related services to our Life insurance,
- Property and Casualty insurance as well as Pension clients in the region;
- Involve substantial contact with clients and teamwork with other E&Y professionals in several countries.
- Assignments will include reviews of regulatory, International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) and various GAAP actuarial items for a wide range of insurance products, M&A due diligence, risk management and consulting advice in a variety of areas

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Qualification as a Fellow or an Associate of the Society of Actuaries, Institute of Actuaries (U.K.), Institute of Actuaries of Australia, or equivalent, or actively taking actuarial exams in these actuarial institutes / societies;
- At least 8 years of experience in the life insurance industry or consulting for the life insurance industry, with a strong focus on financial reporting; for college graduates, at least passed one actuarial exam;
- Knowledge of actuarial financial modeling and global financial reporting approaches, such as IFRS, GAAP and / or Embedded Values; working knowledge of a commonly used actuarial modeling software, such as Prophet, is a plus;
- Excellent written and spoken English and Chinese (Mandarin)

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15035, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Manager, Product Development (Life)

Admin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:54:07 GMT

Position: Manager, Product Development

Company: Insurance Organization

Location: Quebec

Job ID: 15036

RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead and manage the development of Group Savings & Retirement products and services; considering the changing market conditions and emerging trends to meet our various clients and consultants’ needs.
- Direct competitive research activities related to specific product features and trends.
- Lead the development of business cases to expand the Group Savings & Retirement product offerings and enhance existing product propositions.
- Participate in establishing the product target pricing for Group Savings & Retirement products.
- Develop product packages and solutions to maximize sponsors, members and distribution channel share of wallet.
- Develop, monitor and analyze product campaigns and strategies designed to increase Group
- Savings & Retirement’s market share and profitability.
- Assess impact of new products, new markets and/or new distribution systems and coordinate the implementation of required and innovative programs and changes.
- Build business plans, strategies and recommendations for Senior Management on potential partnerships and/or strategic alliance opportunities with third party groups (banks, retailers).
- Manage alliances, partnerships/relationships with third party groups.
- Manage the profitability of the line of products to attain corporate objectives (i.e. actual/expected, target pricing, ROE, embedded value, etc.).
- Lead and manage proactive and reactive support to the field force, consultants and intermediaries to drive sales of Group Savings & Retirement products through:

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Professional Designation in Business Administration / or Actuarial Designation such as FSA, FCIA./ or business related designation.
- 8-10 years of experience in the financial services industry, especially in the Group Savings and - - Retirement business of which at least 4 years experience in People Management
- Knowledge of Group Savings and Retirement products and markets
- Knowledge of product management, services and related legislation
- Technological skills
- Analytical skills
- People Management Experience
- Time Management / Project Management Experience
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Bilingual, English and French (written and spoken)

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15036, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Actuarial Services - Senior Accountant (Life)

Admin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:49:21 GMT

Position: Actuarial Services - Senior Accountant

Company: Consulting Company

Location: China

Job ID: 15034

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Provide consulting services and supporting audits and related services to our Life insurance,
- Property and Casualty insurance as well as Pension clients in the region;
- Involve substantial contact with clients and teamwork with other E&Y professionals in several countries.
- Assignments will include reviews of regulatory, International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) and various GAAP actuarial items for a wide range of insurance products, M&A due diligence, risk management and consulting advice in a variety of areas

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Qualification as a Fellow or an Associate of the Society of Actuaries, Institute of Actuaries (U.K.), Institute of Actuaries of Australia, or equivalent, or actively taking actuarial exams in these actuarial institutes / societies;
- At least 3 years for Senior Accountant of experience in the life insurance industry or consulting for the life insurance industry, with a strong focus on financial reporting; for college graduates, at least passed one actuarial exam;
- Knowledge of actuarial financial modeling and global financial reporting approaches, such as IFRS, GAAP and / or Embedded Values;
- Working knowledge of a commonly used actuarial modeling software, such as Prophet, is a plus
- Excellent written and spoken English and Chinese (Mandarin).

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15034, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Actuarial Services - Manager (Life)

Admin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:31:38 GMT

Position: Actuarial Services - Manager

Company: Consulting Company

Location: China

Job ID: 15033

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Provide consulting services and supporting audits and related services to our Life insurance, Property and Casualty insurance as well as Pension clients in the region;
- Involve substantial contact with clients and teamwork with other E&Y professionals in several countries.
- Assignments will include reviews of regulatory, International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) and various GAAP actuarial items for a wide range of insurance products, M&A due diligence, risk management and consulting advice in a variety of areas.

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Qualification as a Fellow or an Associate of the Society of Actuaries, Institute of Actuaries (U.K.), Institute of Actuaries of Australia, or equivalent, or actively taking actuarial exams in these actuarial institutes / societies;
- At least 5 years experience in the life insurance industry or consulting for the life insurance industry, with a strong focus on financial reporting; for college graduates, at least passed one actuarial exam
- Knowledge of actuarial financial modeling and global financial reporting approaches, such as IFRS, GAAP and / or Embedded Values;
- Working knowledge of commonly used actuarial modeling software, such as Prophet, is a plus;
- Excellent written and spoken English and Chinese (Mandarin).

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15033, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Consultant (Life)

Admin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:02:45 GMT

Position: Consultant

Company: Consulting Company

Location: England

Job ID: 15032

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Establish the service requirements of internal and external clients, delivering high quality work to exacting standards as part of a client team.
- Apply problem solving and analytical skills, proactively seeking and collaborating with others to find solutions.
- Contribute to a mixed portfolio of client teams, including the preparation of valuation and accounting data as required.
- Develop a comprehensive knowledge of products and services of the Benefits practice and the firm, communicating and advising on the use of these to others as appropriate.
- Effectively use in-house systems and software packages to deliver solutions and improve the capability of self and team members.
- Interact with clients and fellow associates in a professional manner, building strong working relationships
- Manage own workload across multiple projects, potentially with competing deadlines

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Graduate, part qualified actuary
- Strong emphasis on client and communication skills (both written and oral)
- Excellent intellectual ability supported by strong analytical and numerical reasoning skills

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15032, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Research Actuary (Life)

Admin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:32:04 GMT

Position: Research Actuary

Company: Consulting Company

Location: District of Columbia

Job ID: 15031

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Analyzing laws, legislation, regulations, accounting standards and formal and informal agency guidance for implications on employee benefits and providing recommendations to consultants for implementation
- Keeping consultants up-to-date on current issues in regulatory, legal and accounting areas affecting employee benefit plans
- Providing answers to complex technical questions raised by consultants
- Attending meetings of external interest or professional groups and communicating the results of those meetings to consultants
- Drafting or peer reviewing all Research-generated formal publications and providing technical review for other generated documents.

QUALIFICATIONS:
- An Enrolled Actuary with a minimum of 7 to 10 years of experience researching and applying employee benefit regulations, actuarial standards, and accounting standards
- Knowledge of pension plans and the valuations of those plans
- Understanding of and ability to work well in the consulting environment
- Proven or potential leadership skills needed to function effectively in the decentralized structure as described
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Computer, technical, and project management skills as used within the company (e.g. Lotus Notes , Microsoft Office® applications).
Some or all of the following attributes are preferred:
- Membership in a professional actuarial organization
- Knowledge of capital accumulation retirement plans
- Knowledge of employee health insurance plan design and operation

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15031, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Senior Actuarial Asst (Non-Life)

Admin — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:51:47 GMT

Position: Senior Actuarial Asst

Company: Insurance Organization

Location: Connecticut

Job ID: 15030

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Perform data mining, advanced statistical analysis, actuarial research, and predictive modeling to achieve company objectives for profitability and growth.
- Use computer technology, computer modeling, spreadsheet applications, software tools, and programming languages to achieve objectives.
- Incorporate statistical analysis and model results into actuarial strategies and goals to solve business and insurance problems.
- Summarize results and their implications via reports and graphs for presentation to executives.
- Prepare responses to inquiries from business areas and regulatory departments.
- Research new ideas on statistical techniques and their application to the business

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Must possess at least a master’s in Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial Sciences or related field, - - At least two years of experience.
- Must have completed at least 4 actuarial exams; have demonstrated ability in statistical modeling and data mining techniques
- Knowledge of insurance products and operations, actuarial concepts, and regulatory environments
- Knowledge of and working ability in Access, Excel, and Word
- Knowledge of and demonstrated ability in SAS programming language.
- Any suitable combination of education, training and/or experience would be acceptable

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15030, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Actuary - Catastrophe Strategy & Analysis (Non-Life)

Admin — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:26:11 GMT

Position: Actuary - Catastrophe Strategy & Analyst

Company: Insurance Organization

Location: Connecticut

Job ID: 15029

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Lead actuarial efforts to develop and interpret catastrophe risk and reward metrics. Focus will be on developing metric definitions and companywide standards for application across all Commercial and Personal lines business units. Key catastrophe metrics include average annual losses, concentration risk loads, annual aggregate return period losses, vendor model loss adjustments, reinsurance cost benefit analysis, and wind pool loads. Responsible for facilitating management approval of new or refined metrics working closely with chief actuaries, governance groups and business unit leadership across the company.
-Support senior management and commercial lines business unit partners (actuarial, underwriting, and finance) with planning, strategy development, and risk reward analysis. Monitor and evaluate strategies to improve the risk vs. reward relationship between catastrophe exposures and profit for key insurance products.
-Partner with Catastrophe Strategy research and modeling groups to leverage multiple probabilistic catastrophe models (RMS, AIR, EQE, company’s proprietary) in evaluating our exposure to catastrophe losses associated with a range of perils including hurricane, earthquake, tornado/hail, terrorism, and winter storm. Focus will be on developing in-house proprietary knowledge of various vendor models and recommendations for their future use, including the potential to blend multiple model estimates.
-Lead technical forums, training sessions, and presentations to a broad spectrum of internal Catastrophe Strategy customers including senior management, business unit catastrophe leads, actuarial line leads, underwriting, and finance.
-Participate in pre and post event catastrophe reserve estimation processes including claim frequency and severity projections. Provide claim volume estimates and detailed location exposure information to the Claim department.
-Develop and improve financial controls for Catastrophe modeling inputs and metric outputs. Participate in the Business Insurance Actuarial data quality initiatives.
-Manage a small actuarial staff. Train, mentor, develop and motivate staff to achieve technical excellence and ensure effective performance

QUALIFICATIONS:

- FCAS designation preferred but ACASs are welcome to apply. This position offers high visibility and opportunities for frequent interaction with senior management.
-Demonstrated solid actuarial analysis and prior management experience.
-Ability to communicate actuarial, statistical, and financial concepts to non-technical audiences.
-Self-directed, strong sense of urgency in meeting deadlines.
-Familiarity with catastrophe modeling concepts, perils, and metrics. Exposure to catastrophe vendor models (RMS, AIR, EQE) or predictive modeling a plus.
-Prior experience with Commercial Property line of business a plus (pricing, reserving, coverages, reinsurance).
-College degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, finance, or equivalent.
-Intermediate knowledge level of Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access. Exposure to relational databases, VBA, SQL, SAS, FOCUS, Cognos, etc. a plus.

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15029, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Associate Actuary (Non-Life)

Admin — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:03:52 GMT

Position: Associate Actuary

Company: Bank or Investment Advisor

Location: Hartford

Job ID: 15028

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Assist with the development and implementation of sound rates, rating plans or models, pricing strategies, and financial forecasts to achieve the company objectives for profitability and growth. - Assist in the development and pricing of new products.
- Assist with setting reserves for loss and loss adjustment expenses.
- Provide evaluation of existing rate levels and rate structures, individual accounts pricing, design of rating plans and dividend plans
- Forecasting and interpretation of underwriting results; and the maintenance of a data base uniquely suited to the analysis of pricing issues.
- Manage and participate in key projects.
- Provide analysis of trends, factors or issues impacting Underwriting results. Work with regulatory unit to make filings.
- Prepare statistical studies to meet underwriting strategies and reserve analysis needs. Produce estimates of loss and loss expense liabilities.
- Assist in the forecasting and interpretation of underwriting results to aid management in planning process. Analyze and interpret trends.
- Work with IT on modeling, developing, testing and integrating new systems or technologies.
- Work with predictive modeling concepts.

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Must possess at least a master’s in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Finance, Actuarial Sciences or related field,
- At least three years of experience in Actuarial Pricing.
- Must have completed at least 7 exams of the Casualty Actuary Society.
- Experience must include pricing and development of new products; actuarial and other insurance related models, including property CAT, ROE and RBC models; with financial reporting, both GAAP and Stat
-Income statements and balance sheets; insurance products and industry; and regulatory environment; databases and data extraction;
- Predictive modeling and programming with SAS;
- Understanding of Property and Casualty Insurance Industry and Property and Casualty Insurance products.
- Any suitable combination of education, training and/or work experience equivalent would be acceptable

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15028, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Senior Director-Rating (Life)

Admin — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:31:40 GMT

Position: Senior-Director-Rating

Company: Bank or Investment Advisor

Location: New York

Job ID: 15027

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Managing ERM team activities
- Supporting rating analysts on ERM analysis, preparing for management meetings, answering questions, identifying issues, attending management and committee meetings and preparing evaluations of insurers' ERM capabilities
- This position will conduct interviews with C-suite personnel to determine the level with which risk management techniques are used to manage risk.
- The position will evaluate the degree of risk modeling rigor at the companies we rate. The individual will also present and evaluations at key industry forums.
- Presenting and evaluations at key industry forums.
- Lead efforts updating for ERM evaluations and our evaluation of Economic Capital Models

QUALIFICATIONS:

- MBA/Master's degree/Actuarial Designation/ CFA desirable
- Organizational knowledge about the risk management function in large financial institutions
- Familiarity with risk management methodologies including the quantitative concepts behind them
- Working knowledge of the various sub-disciplines within risk management: i.e., market risk, operational risk, risk transfer/credit derivatives, etc
- Strong Interpersonal Skills and ability to dialogue effectively with senior risk managers
- Great oral & written communication
- Reliable judgment

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15027, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Director - Ratings (Life)

Admin — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:10:58 GMT

Position: Director - Ratings

Company: Consulting Company

Location: New York

Job ID: 15026

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Supporting rating analysts on ERM analysis, preparing for management meetings, answering questions and identifying issues
-Attending management and committee meetings and preparing evaluations of insurers' ERM capabilities
- This position will conduct interviews with C-suite personnel to determine the level with which risk management techniques are used to manage risk.
- The position will evaluate the degree of risk modeling rigor at the companies we rate. The individual will also present criteria and evaluations at key industry forums.
- Presenting and evaluations at key industry forums.
- Updating for ERM evaluations and our evaluation of Economic Capital Models

QUALIFICATIONS:
- MBA/Master's degree/Actuarial Designation/ CFA desirable
- Organizational knowledge about the risk management function in large financial institutions
- Familiarity with risk management methodologies including the
quantitative concepts behind them
- Working knowledge of the various sub-disciplines within risk management
i.e., market risk, operational risk, risk transfer/credit derivatives, etc
- Strong Interpersonal Skills and ability to dialogue effectively with senior risk managers
- Great oral & written communication
- Reliable judgment

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15026, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Consultant (Life)

Admin — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:27:29 GMT

Position: Consultant

Company: Consulting Company

Location: U.A.E.

Job ID: 15024

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Lead and/or coordinate various ALM related initiatives including new product investment strategies and risk assessments
- Develop and maintain actuarial models for financial projections, profitability analysis, and Asset & Liability analysis.

QUALIFICATIONS:

- ASA or AIA required.
- 2 to 3 years experience required
- Have strong communication skills, both in written form and orally
- Outstanding analytic skills and ability to conceptualize solutions to complex issues.
- Highly organized, ability to take initiative and be independent

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15024, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Investment Strategist (Life)

Admin — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:42:48 GMT

Position: Investment Strategist

Company: Bank or Investment Advisor

Location: Illinois

Job ID: 15023

RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop & present in-depth financial & investment strategies to Institutional Investment clients/prospects
- Present key findings to senior executives, investment retirement committees and other key client decision makers
- Contribute to the development of new strategies and solutions that provide value to our clients & prospects
- Work with financial modeling software to develop client analysis
- Coordinate activities with other major divisions of the company, such as research, product development, sales & investment management.

QUALIFICATIONS:
- A Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or actuarial sciences is required; advanced degree a plus.
- 8+ years experience in the Institutional Investment and/or retirement industry
- In-depth knowledge of regulatory, legal & accounting requirements for US corporate defined benefit pension plans
- Actuarial credentials (EA, ASA/FSA) essential
- CFA designation (or progress towards) a plus
- Knowledge of one or more of the following areas: capital markets; risk management theory and practices; asset allocation theory and modeling; investment management theory and practices.
- Strong communication, client relations and relationship management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work successfully in a team environment.
- Travel required (10-25%)
- Excellent prioritization and time management skills.

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15023, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.

Chief Actuary (Non-Life)

Admin — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:15:13 GMT

Position: Chief Actuary

Company: Insurance Organization

Location: Maine

Job ID: 15022

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Maintaining actuarial policies and standards ensuring they are consistent with regulatory and corporate standards, documented, communicated and enforced
- Developing and implementing strategies to improve production efficiency and effectiveness to support the company goals of optimized profitability, managed growth and enhanced competitive advantage
- Ensuring actuarial valuations comply with all relevant regulatory, accounting and professional standards and requirements
- Developing and implementing predictive models
- Recruiting, coaching and developing talent within the Actuarial unit
- Providing frequent and specific constructive feedback to staff
- Providing technical advice, direction and mentoring to all departments
- Providing consultation on complex projects

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree in actuarial science and 15 years of actuarial experience.
- Ideal candidate must be detail oriented, have excellent communication skills, and be very comfortable using technology.
- Preference will be candidates who have an MBA, FCAS or advanced insurance coursework such as CPCU or AIAF.

Online Application available at www.jobs4actuary.com

For further information, email info@nasearchg.com and mention Position #15022, or contact any of our recruiters at (905)-477-2962.