Our client is looking for a Market Risk Auditor to lead audit and controls on investment strategies and policies and market risk management.

The Market Risk Auditor will be responsible for :

• Preparing upfront the audit and inspection by gathering the necessary information and planning a work program
• Conducting the inspections and audits on the premises of the insurance company, holding meetings with company officials, analysing the processes and checking the documentations and systems
• Verifying the findings by presenting them to the company's officials
• Producing a report setting out the main findings
• Presenting the final conclusions and the recommendations to the company’s management and if appropriate to your manager
• Supervising the proper implementation of corporate action plans
• Take part in the continuous improvement of audits and inspection processes and methodologies.

Profile

• Hold a master’s degree in engineering, actuarial sciences or finance.
• At least 2 years of experience on market risk topics in one of these sectors: insurance, finance or asset management.
• A previous experience in audit and/or control is a strong asset
• Freedom from prejudice and strong sense of ethics
• Analytical mindset and critical eye with good writing and reporting abilities
• Good interpersonal skills and pedagogue approach
• Fluent in either Dutch or French, knowledge of the other language is a strong asset, and have at least a good understanding of English

Our client, an insurance company is looking for a Product Manager Pension to strengthen the Pension Product Management team. He·she will be in charge of the product development, maintenance and updating of existing products, as well as the development of services that support the pension products and make them attractive. The Product Manager Pension’s mission will be to apply digital evolution to the customer services and to develop those services that make the products not only attractive but also make the customers’ lives easier.

The Product Manager Pension will be responsible for  :

• Helping shape the insurance products and services of the future;
• Using market knowledge and creativity to identify market opportunities, developing products that meet the expectations of the customers and proposing innovative solutions to contribute to the achievement of business objectives;
• Analyzing the digital needs of the customers and translating them into concrete solutions;
• Contributing to the elaboration of the mid-term vision, which is translated into additional services and a digital roadmap;
• Monitoring evolutions of regulation, technology, customer needs and competition and proactively proposing adaptations in order to match the range of products and services;
• Identifying the impact of the projects on other processes and sub-processes within the company;
• Liaising with the Pricing team, monitoring profitability and set pricing limits. Determining the basic pricing, a frame of reference per type of customer and the exception rules to ensure the profitability of the product line, taking into account the competition;
• Playing the role of ambassador for his·her products, advocating for the second pillar, giving training sessions; if necessary, and providing commercial or technical support to the network;
• Managing projects independently and encouraging colleagues to contribute to his·her projects and reporting to the different stakeholders, both internally and externally ;
• Acting as the point of contact for the product range he·she is responsible for and understanding the (technical) characteristics of the products, the products of the competition, the (tax) regulations, the processes, the technologies, ... ;
• Following up on competitors of the pension, spotting new trends.

Profile

• Hold a master's degree in actuarial science, business engineering or economics.
• Previous experience as a product manager in life insurance preferably with pension products.
• Passionate about pensions but also about digital services and customer experience;
• Analytical and commercial mind and creative in finding opportunities and solutions.
• Autonomous and achieving results within the given timeframe, taking into account the various stakeholders;
• Team player and able to take ownership of a project and complete it with support from the colleagues;
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Fluent in Dutch or French, with a good understanding of the other language, ideally trilingual in French, Dutch and English.

Our client, an international insurance company is looking for an International Actuary to strengthen the International actuarial Department. Working from Paris for international entities of the group, he·she will be in charge of profitability analyses, leading actuarial and analytical studies, taking part in the implementation of IFRS17 internationally, ensuring that the products are compliant with the local regulations and the actuarial standards of the group.

The future International Actuary will be responsible for  :

• Overviewing and following the actuarial studies on pricing, reserving and reinsurance activities for the international entities.
• Coordinating, supervising and taking part in the technical committees such as risk management committee for instance.
• Supporting and bringing expertise on technical topics to his·her peers, specifically less experimented colleagues and international teams, on topics such as IFRS 17.
• Acting as a driving force in terms of actuarial analyses, product developments or modelling and pricing methods.
• Controlling and validating the studies required to monitor and analyse the accounts, the technical results of the products, to control the adequacy of the rates and the evolution of the claims experience.
• Supervising the technical aspects of tenders.
• Supervising the monitoring of risks and technical profitability of the entities’ life insurance products.
• Supervising the technical work carried out as part of the budget process.
• Organizing, leading and supervising technical committees with international entities.
• Supporting the implementation of Solvency II governance internationally.
• Coordinating the deployment of the new IFRS program internationally.

Profile

• Hold a master’s degree in actuarial science or equivalent.
• At least 6 years of experience as an actuary in Life & Health
• Good knowledge of Solvency II and ideally IFRS17
• Previous experience working with SAS and MS Office.
• Able to cooperate and act as a facilitator between services and between international and French entities.
• Analytical mindset, team spirit and able to adapt.
• Emotional intelligence in order to work and adapt in a cross-cultural context. 
• Intellectually curious to gather information about local regulations.
• Fluent in English and French.

Our client, an international insurance company is looking for a Life & Health Reserving Actuary to strengthen the Department in charge of the reserving of the L&H lines for all entities, including the international ones.

The L&H Reserving Actuary will play a key role in the reserving activity for the L&H business but will also be involved in topics related to Solvency II and IFRS 17 reserving for the company as a whole. You will be interacting with several functions such as underwriting, claims and risk, and hold responsibilities for harmonizing reserving practices. He·she will also act as a key contributor to a wide range of transformation projects to act as a strategic business partner.

The L&H Reserving Actuary will be responsible for  :

• Managing the quarterly IFRS reserves process end-to-end for assigned portfolios.
• Engaging with local business units to present the corporate actuarial view on reserving.
• Supporting the implementation of IFRS 17 and the development of a dedicated suite of tools.
• Contributing to the harmonization and maintenance of the IFRS actuarial methods, assumptions and calibration.
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of processes and tools.
• Supporting the external audit of reserving and technical provision results and assisting in the development of actuarial reports in written form and as management presentations.
• Providing actuarial input into the group’s capital model system and group reporting engines.
• Advising on the annual reinsurance treaties and delivering opinions on them.
• Participating in the annual planning exercise and providing actuarial input for key assumptions.
• Assisting the Finance Department in areas such as financial projections, budgeting, statutory reporting and reinsurance accounting.…

Profile

• Master’s degree in Actuarial science, being qualified by an actuarial institution is a strong asset
• At least 4 years of professional experience in actuarial reserving (consultancy and/or audit experience is an asset).
• Strong expertise in actuarial tools (ResQ, SQL, VBA, Excel) with developer abilities.
• Good communication skills, spoken and written English.
• Proactive and team player, sense of priorities.
• Being fluent in English is mandatory, being fluent in French is a strong asset.

Our client, an international consultancy company is looking for an EB Actuary Manager to strengthen the EB Actuarial Practice.

The EB Actuary Manager will be responsible for  :

• Actuarial valuations and international coordination of EB under IFRS and US GAAP.
• Assist the audit departments by answering technical questions about IFRS or USGAAP standards for EB and reviewing the level of technical provisions of IORPS based on the local law.
• Liaising with the other departments to advise them on EB and other related topics.
• Coach less experienced consultants and be responsible for their planning.
• Develop the department and the level and range of services. 

Profile

• Qualified actuary
• At least 5 years of experience in an EB role
• A previous experience in another consultancy company, Big4 and/or EB specialist would be a strong asset.
• Previous experience in coaching individuals
• Expertise in topics such as IAS 19, Belgian control law for IORP…
• Team player, client oriented with still a technical expertise.
• Critical mindset
• Excellent communication and presentation skills. Able to explain highly technical subjects to a non-technical audience.
• Fluent in English and French and/or Dutch.

Our client, an insurance company is looking for a Non-Life Pricing Actuary to reinforce its reinsurance and non-life pricing department.

The Non-Life Pricing Actuary will be responsible for  :

• Participating in new products development and existing pricing and products revision in collaboration with the product management department, in order to achieve the objectives of profitability and growth
• Developing pricing and product profitability studies tools
• Providing support for non-life studies
• Monitoring technical regulatory developments.

Profile

• Master’s degree in in Actuarial Sciences
• First experience in Non-Life business is an asset
• Significant expertise in pricing and profitability analysis
• Ability to manage projects and work in a team
• Autonomous, proactive and critical spirit
• Analysis and synthesis skills
• Good interpersonal skills and good communication skills
• Preferably bilingual (French, Dutch) with a passive knowledge of English.

Our client is looking for a Head of Underwriting EB to strengthen its EB activities.

• Managing a team, motivating and coaching them to achieve their goals. Supporting them to develop their skills by giving them the necessary feedback and by giving them adequate training tools.
• Developing the Underwriting strategy and improving and implementing them in collaboration with the team.
• Providing technical support to the team in specific and/or technically complex cases; calculating the risk from a financial point of view in order to help your colleagues find a commercial solution and thus make the right decision. Providing technical advice to your colleagues, clients, consultants, etc.
• Liaising with the Sales Department to create or adapt new products and services, while operating market intelligence to ensure customer retention and profitability across the portfolio. Carrying out technical analyses in order to propose new rates or standards.
• Defining the underwriting rules to comply with the profitability and operating standards of the company.
• Defining acceptance standards and target groups in order to define acceptance rules that can be used by the parties involved.

Profile

• Hold a master’s degree in insurance, or mathematics for instance or have the equivalent through experiences.
• Deep and strong knowledge of the EB products, market and sector and of the branch 23, as well as a good understanding of how to steer profitability and how pooling network works.
• Experience in team and project management.
• Technical sales profile and the soul of a people manager.
• Able to have a long-term vision and strategy and be able to implement them operationally
• Strong team spirit and collaborative mindset.
• Customer focused and customer experience at the heart of what you do.
• Fluent in Dutch, French and English.

Our client, an international insurance company is looking for an Underwriting Specialist to strengthen the Underwriting Department. He·she will act as advisor and decision maker on group life, disability, accident and medical quotes.

The Underwriting Specialist will actively contribute to the supervision and coordination of pricing underwriters of the different entities of the network of the group and take part in the pricing and underwriting activities and in the strategy of the EB portfolio.

The Underwriting Specialist will be responsible for  :

• Analysing and validating quotations within the referral framework
• Developing and maintaining the Renewal Guidelines and enhancing the coordination of local portfolios renewal activities
• Contributing to the underwriting strategic projects, such as the definition and implementation of underwriting governance and management of specific risks to drive the portfolio towards company targets.
• Contributing to the effective implementation of the underwriting guidelines of the group.
• Support the local carriers and the local offices as far as all the underwriting issues are concerned.
• Foster the underwriting excellence by coordinating a community of underwriters from the local entities: create synergies and share the underwriting vision and best practices.

Profile

• Hold a master’s degree in insurance management, actuarial science or economics/finance.
• At least 8 years of experience in pricing and underwriting of Group Life insurance (life, disability, accident, medical lines of risk).
• Experience in life insurance quotation and risk analysis
• Strong business acumen and understanding of strategic aspects of decision making
• Strong orientation towards innovation and improvement of processes and practices
• Curious, dynamic, proactive, not afraid to take ownership
• Resilient with strong organizational skills and a high attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written) with good emotional intelligence.
• Advanced knowledge of English, any other language would be considered a plus.

Our client, an insurance company, is looking for a Non-Life Actuary to strengthen its Actuarial Department.

The future Non-Life Actuary will have the following responsibilities:

• Modelling: developing and optimizing Solvency II actuarial quantitative studies (partial internal model, standard formula, SCR calculations…)
• Taking part in regulatory reporting such as ORSA, RSR…
• Taking part in actuarial technical studies on pricing for new insurance and reinsurance products, for instance.
• Leading statistical studies. 
• Building risk monitoring and steering tools.
• Taking part in other transversal projects (EBA stress tests…) and bringing a technical support to other departments of the company (underwriting, accountings…)

Profile

• Hold a master’s degree in Actuarial Sciences
• At least 3 years of experience in non-life insurance, ideally including experience with risk modelling.
• Good knowledge of Solvency II
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office and SAS
• Team spirit and autonomy
• Rigor and intellectual curiosity
• Fluent in both French and English

Our client, a consultancy company is looking for a P&C Actuarial Consultant to strengthen their team of Actuarial Consultants specialised in Non-life.

The P&C Actuarial Consultant will be responsible for  :

• Participating in projects related to the implementation of Solvency II (internal models, ORSA implementation, audit of the economic capital calculations, analysis of technical provisions, etc.).
• Taking part in projects related to the implementation of IFRS 17.
• Participating in the technical provisions’ calculation or review.
• Evaluating of the value of portfolios of insurance companies during mergers and acquisitions.
• Pricing missions and predictive analytics.
• Participation in internal working groups to enhance the customers’ offer.
• Participation in R&D projects (individual provisioning, risk assessment methodology, stochastic provisioning, etc.).
• Managing the missions and the offers’ development, as well as participating in the customer relationship.

Profile

• Graduate with a master’s degree in actuarial sciences, ideally qualified from the Institute of Actuaries.
• At least 5 years of experience on Non-life actuarial topics.
• Good knowledge of Solvency II and IFRS 17 related subjects.
• Experience in project management.
• Entrepreneurial spirit and excellent communication skills.
• Team spirit.