Head L&H Valuation SEA (132196)

About the Role

This is a leadership role managing a team of actuaries, responsible for delivering all actuarial valuation, reporting and analysis activities for Swiss Re's L&H Reinsurance business in South East Asia.

The role will also assume regulatory responsibilities as Appointed Actuary of Swiss Re Asia's Family Retakaful branch (SRR).

Primary responsibilities:

• Overall ownership of South East Asia’s L&H actuarial valuation and reporting deliveries to internal stakeholders across Asia and Group
• Discharge all regulatory responsibilities as AA of SRR branch
• To advise SRR’s CEO and Branch Committee on reserving matters for family business
• Manage external stakeholders including auditors and regulators
• Lead South East Asia and Bangalore actuarial reporting teams to provide high quality production of Group IFRS 17 and Statutory (Local and Group) actuarial valuation
• Review experience and propose reserving assumptions each quarter
• Clear communication of quarterly analysis results, tailored to target audience
•  Work closely with Finance to explain and deliver statutory filings
• Be a trusted advisor to the business through insightful analysis, proactive understanding of market developments, and engagement with other L&H functions to provide advice on new business activities and enable effective management of the L&H in-force portfolios
• Be a role model to guide and develop team and junior talents, by setting the right culture and best practice.
• Provide support into capital management, ALM, risk management and regulatory engagement activities
• Represent Asia in regional and global projects as appropriate

About the Team

The L&H Valuation & Analysis team for Swiss Re Asia is responsible for delivering timely actuarial valuation, reporting and analysis activities for all L&H reinsurance business written in Asia. The team is part of the Global L&H Valuation & Analysis team, and eventually comes under the wider remit of L&H Risk Management.

About You

• You will apply your strong technical knowledge, business experience and leadership qualities to be an effective regional leader. You will ideally have the following attributes:
• Around 10 years of L&H (re)insurance experience in either valuation or pricing functions, with at least 5 years post qualification experience
• FIA, FIAA, FFA, FSA or another internationally recognized actuarial qualification
• Deep knowledge of insurance accounting, reserving and solvency regimes in markets this role is responsible for
• Candidates with direct experience in South East Asia, Retakaful, US GAAP, IFRS or economic reporting are preferred
• Effective working experience with senior management of varied backgrounds
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, influencing and people management skills; Ability and courage to constructively challenge strategic business propositions, but also have business mind-set to be solutions oriented
• Fluent spoken and written English.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.