Job Description

Senior Portfolio Actuary

Department: Analytics - Actuarial - Impact Analytics

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London, UK

Description

The Portfolio Insights team operates as a core strategic partner to our Insurance and Reinsurance divisions. As a Senior Portfolio Actuary, you will operate as an integral part of our underwriting teams to architect long-term portfolio design and manage pricing risks across a highly diverse, multi-geography product suite in London and the US. You will be integral to the commercial strategy for long-tail lines, collaborating seamlessly with cross-functional experts in ceded re, exposure management, actuarial, capital, and innovation to build highly resilient, future-proof portfolios.

Key Responsibilities

• Long term portfolio design: partner with underwriters on the strategic design and management of net portfolios across long-tail, casualty, and financial lines to ensure long-term, sustainable growth.
• Model design and integration: lead the specification and parameterisation of pricing models in close partnership with the broader Actuarial and Underwriting functions.
• Integrated commercial advisory: act as a dedicated partner to evaluate new lines of business, balancing growth with overarching portfolio strategy.
• Strategic business partnering: leverage your deep product expertise to shape underwriting priorities, co-owning business outcomes and driving commercial success.
• Analytics leadership: champion the evolution of our market-leading tooling, increasing business transparency and confidence in data-driven decisions.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

• Qualified Actuary with 7+ years of actuarial pricing experience across long-tail or casualty insurance lines in the London market.
• Strong influencing skills, with an aptitude for anticipating stakeholder needs and think about the right ways to provide support. You’ll understand underwriters’ priorities and how you can add value.
• Communicate with impact; you are a thoughtful and effective communicator with a diverse audience both face-to-face and in writing.
• Strong insights on modern tooling and how it can be leveraged for the benefit of underwriting and portfolio analysis.
• Collaborative nature, which reflects itself in your ability to share workload and foster open communication with your peers across Convex and the humility to recognise other people’s strengths and how they complement your skill set.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• 30 days Annual Leave
• Birthday Leave
• 10% Employer Pension Contribution
• Private Health Insurance Medical Cover
• Group Income Protection
• Life Assurance Cover
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Annual Health Check
• 3 days of Volunteer Leave each year
• £1,300 to spend on learning & wellbeing
• Give as You Earn
• Cycle to Work
• Season Ticket Loan