SCOR, as a leading global reinsurer, offers its clients a diversified and innovative range of solutions and services to control and manage risk. Applying the “The Art & Science of Risk”, SCOR uses its industry-recognized expertise and cutting-edge financial solutions to serve its clients and contribute to the welfare and resilience of society.
We are looking for a Senior Financial Solutions Actuary to work closely with the APAC Financial Solutions team to form and execute our strategy in the APAC region. This role is pivotal in leading and instructing the modelling team.
ResponsibilitiesKey duties and responsibilities
Main Scope
- Provide day-to-day guidance to the modelling teams to execute business opportunities
- Lead all large complex transactions and internal projects
- Be the Subject Matter Expert of various financially motivated solutions and relevant regulations in active countries in the region
Work closely with Global Head of Delivery and Head of APAC to enhance our existing infrastructures and process to optimize our operating models and achieve optimal efficiency while preserving the quality
Key Stakeholders and Working Relationships:
- Develop strong relationship and lead the liaison with key internal and external stakeholders to redefine and uplift our risk appetites as needed and work with all related stakeholders to ensure we have alignments between ambitions and risk appetites
- Foster a network with other teams across SCOR globally (e.g. risk management, finance, legal, technical) in order to understand and credibly contribute to the evolution of the Group's best practice in selling, assessing, structuring and managing financially motivated reinsurance business.
- Maintain interaction with other departments across SCOR globally (e.g. product development, health, accounting) in order to contribute to multi-function projects
Required Experience & Competencies
Experience:
- Qualified Actuary, other qualifications such as CERA would be a plus
- At least 8 years in the financial services industry, particularly in life insurance, life reinsurance, or life consulting.
- Strong background in accounting standards (e.g., IFRS 4, IFRS 17), solvency regimes (e.g., Solvency II, C-ROSS, RBC), and financial management.
- Strong background in Life insurance or reinsurance pricing and Risk management is preferred.
- Proven experience in managing complex projects and familiarity with structured reinsurance concepts.
- Proven experience in working with Senior stakeholders.
Personal Competencies:
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to effectively manage projects and project team members.
- Ability to act as a second-in-command within the department and take on leadership responsibilities in the absence of the Head of APAC Financial Solutions.
- Highly organized, analytical, and capable of handling multiple tasks in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- Excellent communication skills, with an aptitude for strategic thinking and problem-solving.
- Innovative, creative, and adept at learning new concepts quickly.
- Team-oriented, capable of working collaboratively to achieve departmental goals.
About Us
As a leading global reinsurer, SCOR offers its clients a diversified and innovative range of reinsurance and insurance solutions and services to control and manage risk. Applying “The Art & Science of Risk,” SCOR uses its industry-recognized expertise and cutting-edge financial solutions to serve its clients and contribute to the welfare and resilience of society in around 160 countries worldwide.
Working at SCOR means engaging with some of the best minds in the industry – actuaries, data scientists, underwriters, risk modelers, engineers, and many others – as we work together to find solutions to pressing challenges facing societies.
As an international company, our common culture is defined by “The SCOR Way.” Serving both to build momentum that drives the Group forward and as a compass to guide our actions and choices, The SCOR Way is anchored by five core values, reflecting the input of employees at all levels of the Group. We care about clients, people, and societies. We perform with integrity. We act with courage. We encourage open minds. And we thrive through collaboration.
SCOR supports inclusion and the diversity of talents, and all positions are open to people with disabilities.
Skills Required
- Qualified Actuary
- CERA or other additional actuarial qualification
- At least 8 years in financial services, particularly life insurance, life reinsurance, or life consulting
- Strong background in accounting standards (IFRS 4, IFRS 17) and financial management
- Strong background in solvency regimes (Solvency II, C-ROSS, RBC)
- Strong background in life insurance or reinsurance pricing and risk management
- Proven experience managing complex projects
- Familiarity with structured reinsurance concepts
- Proven experience working with senior stakeholders
- Strong leadership skills and ability to manage project teams
- Ability to act as second-in-command and assume leadership responsibilities
- Highly organized, analytical, and able to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent communication, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills
- Innovative, creative, and able to learn new concepts quickly
- Team-oriented and collaborative
What We Do
SCOR, one of the world’s largest reinsurers, serves more than 5,000 clients worldwide, providing a diversified and innovative range of solutions to control and manage risk. SCOR delivers advanced financial solutions, analytics and services across all dimensions of risk in Life & Health, Property & Casualty, and Investments. Reinsurance lies at the intersection of technical expertise and scientific progress. Models, data, and pricing and reserving tools are essential, yet they are never sufficient on their own. Sound risk decisions require expert judgment, experience and perspective. This is what we call the Art and Science of Risk. Reinsurance is a knowledge industry, where expertise grows through accumulation, transmission and practice. Across the Group, 3,600 experts based in more than 35 offices worldwide contribute to this collective intelligence. Actuaries, underwriters, risk management specialists, and Tech & Data experts transform data into insight, explore extreme scenarios, define the boundaries of insurability and help anticipate emerging risks. Together, they strengthen the resilience of SCOR, our clients and the societies we serve. This expertise is built through shared experience,continuous questioning and collective reflection. Like artists, we belong to schools of thought, learning first to observe, then to replicate, and ultimately to innovate. This ongoing transmission of knowledge enables SCOR to develop a distinctive approach, combining rigor, creativity and long-term vision in the service of risk mastery. This shared commitment underpins SCOR’s role as a global reinsurer. By turning risk into resilience and sustainable value, our collective of experts acts with responsibility and purpose. Together, we help protect the future, and shape it, for our clients, for society and for generations to come.
