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Île-de-France, France

Paris, Île-de-France, France

Responsible for the systems and tools supporting the Global Life and Health reserving and pricing functions.Leading the IAS methodology and actuarial systems implementation to meet the new IFRS17 and LDTI requirements.Managing the modernisation and overhaul of actuarial systems including migration of all actuarial projection models to a new modelling.

Paris Area, France

• Responsible for Life Economic Reporting: MCEV, Solvency II and Capital Modelling. Statutory Reserving Production. Risk Management and Pricing function supportGlobal Life Portfolio: Large range of products/countries
• Responsible for SII and MCEV reporting for the Life Portfolio:- Maintainance of the reporting environment and processes for the Pillar I and III;- Production and reporting;- Documentation- Setting up/review of Best.
• Responsible for SII and MCEV reporting for the Life Portfolio:- Maintainance of the reporting environment and processes for the Pillar I and III;- Production and reporting;- Documentation- Setting up/review of Best.
• Responsible for the Life portfolio modelling within the Group Internal Model: - Risk modelling and aggregation; - Production and reporting;- Documentation;- Maintainence of the capital standards for MCEV;- Rating.
• Statutory Reserving - Production and reporting in various jurisdictions (USGAAP/IFRS/BMA/SING)- Setting up of PAD assumptions under USGAAP for longevity business- Documentation
• Risk Management and Pricing Support- Inputs into Risk Dashboard Metrics- Pricing Capital- Consultation for pricing benchmark development Show less

Paris Area, France

• Embedded Value – Global responsibility to coordinate the Life EV consolidation at half-yearly intervals, performing the analysis of variance, proposal and implementation of process improvements, preparation of result.
• Embedded Value – Line of business responsibility to review, develop, document and maintain models for UK standard and impaired annuities, mortality and disability contracts of non-English markets, and retrocession….
• Embedded Value – Line of business responsibility to review, develop, document and maintain models for UK standard and impaired annuities, mortality and disability contracts of non-English markets, and retrocession.
• Solvency II – Development of in-house and implementation of standard models for responsible lines of business. Consolidation of calculations across full Life portfolio.
• Capital modelling – Implementation of the internal group capital model for the Life portfolio.
• Management – responsibility to train and manage interns and contractors as well as coordination of team members and processes for embedded value and Solvency II calculations.

Zurich, Switzerland

• Pricing of reinsurance treaties – Performing all functions required for the pricing of quota share mortality swap treaties in line with risk adjusted capital standards and internal underwriting and peer review.
• Pricing of reinsurance treaties – Performing all functions required for the pricing of quota share mortality swap treaties in line with risk adjusted capital standards and internal underwriting and peer review.
• Research and risk analyses – Cause of death analysis and quantification of longevity risk to aid risk management. Analysis of population demographics for setting pricing benchmarks.
• Peer Reviews – Regular review of experience analyses, modelling and pricing work of others.
• Teamwork and training – Our team performed marketing, pricing and underwriting functions. We work closely together with the research and valuation teams to share knowledge and tools to maintain and develop the pricing.
• Documentation – Keeping detailed documentation of all areas of pricing including assumptions and results and ensuring proper storage of electronic and hardcopy files.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

• Pension Fund Consulting – Valuation of pension funds, financial reporting, individual and bulk transfer calculations, liquidations, auditing of pension fund administration, divorce liability claim calculations and.
• Legislation and Regulation – Ensuring compliance with government legislation, Financial Services Board regulation and professional guidance.
• Management – Task allocation, coordination between teams, workflow management and… Show more
• Management – Task allocation, coordination between teams, workflow management and tracking progress of various projects across all functions of the organisation. Show less

Nearly Qualified Actuary (11 Exams)

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com. Hons), Actuarial Science

Senior Certificate Examination (Uk A-Level Equivalent)