Actuarial Manager, Asia VSSC

We are currently searching for a talented and driven individual to join our Asia Valuation Shared Services team within our MBPS Actuarial Function as an Actuarial Manager. Established in 2012, the team has become an actuarial center of excellence, with over 200 staff and growing, along with increasing range and ownership of deliverables, specializing in Valuation, Liability and Asset Modelling, Experience Analytics, Pricing, and more.

Position Responsibilities: 

• Develop, validate and implement model changes, (such as basis changes, new products, and other model enhancements) into our production models following our Model Change Management guidelines 
• Monitor and manage the successful execution of our quarterly controls such as reserve movement analysis, audit logs, inclusion controls and upstream report validation for the Source of Earnings, New Business Embedded Value and Canadian/Local capital 
• Lead and develop a team of actuarial staff, ensuring their work is of high quality.
• Provide documentation and training to other team members on the subject matters
• Support the country business units with various annual and adhoc projects such as Economic Capital, Inforce Embedded Value and Basis Changes
• Identify and implement solutions to improve the VSSC tools, processes and general framework

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, or related field
• At least 10 years of actuarial work experience in Insurance or Financial Services
• Associate designation in any recognized actuarial organization (SOA, ASP), with meaningful progress towards Fellowship.
• Excellent proficiency in MS Office (Excel, VBA, Access), GGY AXIS, SQL, Qlikview, Python or similar programs
• Demonstrated experience in applying actuarial concepts to independently model and analyze actuarial financial metrics
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to gather, synthesize, organize, and report information, results, and recommendations to various levels across the organization.
• Strong ability to establish priorities and manage multiple tasks with accuracy and attention to detail, for self and others.
• Amenable to work in UP Ayala Technohub (Quezon City)
• Amenable to work on a hybrid set-up (3x a week onsite)

When you join our team:

• We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want. 
• We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words. 
• As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.

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