Job Description

Director & Actuary

Key Accountabilities:

The successful candidate will lead a number of the following, which may include but is not limited to:

• Managing, training and leading a team through the quarter and year-end financial reporting process across all lines of business under both reserving bases (IFRS 17 and Solvency II).
  • Ensuring tests and analyses are completed to fully verify accuracy, such as reserve movements and source of earnings analysis.
  • Preparing IFRS 17 and SII reports and the quarterly/yearly LICAT (LIMAT) return.
  • Summarizing and explaining quarterly financial results to the CFO and other members of the Senior Leadership Team as needed.
• Consolidating cash flows for or leading the production of the annual Financial Condition Test, Business Plan, Value of New Business and various profitability metrics.
• Identifying and developing strategies to optimize capital usage for both MR Group and the Branch through retrocession or other opportunities.
• Providing deal support on large inforce transactions, FinRe and complex structured solutions.
• Preparing reports and liaising with management, regulators, auditors, and the Munich Home Office.

• Monitoring emerging experience and testing of assumption changes as needed.
• Identifying needs of the valuation landscape (both IT and processes) to bring about infrastructure-related improvements.

• Building strong relationships with other departments, maintaining regular communication, identifying opportunities for improvement and successfully addressing issues as they arise.

Leadership

• Contributing to a high-performance team that is highly engaged and recognized as experts both internally and throughout the global Munich Re organization.
• Ensuring the team has a clear understanding of departmental objectives, and that every employee has challenging personal objectives.
• Hiring, developing and retaining a top talent team that is fully engaged and recognized as experts internally within Munich Re and externally with clients and partners.
• Fostering a culture of feedback with timely feedback given to employees and other Munich Re team members.
• Engaging in regular development discussions with employees to coach on career growth and development.

Profile

• University Degree in Actuarial Science, Finance, Statistics, or Mathematics.
• FSA/FCIA
• 7+ years of experience in the Canadian Life and Health insurance/reinsurance industry.
• Strong problem solving and organizational skills.
• Strong communication, interpersonal and influencing skills across all levels of the organization.
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with other departments.
• Demonstrated flexibility and effectiveness working under tight timelines.

• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills. Comfortable working with complex calculations.
• Superior attention to detail and accuracy.
• Experience with the Canadian reinsurance market, traditional re/insurance product features, LICAT capital requirements and profitability metrics is prioritized

• Familiarity with IFRS 17 and IFRS 9 as it relates to insurance related financial instruments is an asset.

• Experience with AXIS and Datalink.