09 Oct
KPMG
Edinburgh
Job description
The Role
Responsibilities :
- Leading client engagement teams and in some instances working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Provide a high quality advisory service to our clients
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with both new and existing clients as well as within KPMG.
- Winning new business through marketing and sales activities
- Creation and contribution to high quality thought leadership through written publications, training events, client seminars and conferences
- Contributing to the development of new products and services
- Sharing knowledge and experience and contributing to the development of the team
- Marketing and raising the profile of KPMG
- A willingness to undertake travel will be required on occasion
Current Projects :
- Multiple IFRS 17 impact assessments which have also led to IFRS17 implementation projects.
- Provision of actuarial expertise on finance transformation projects.
- Providing assistance to Companies undertaking mergers and acquisitions
- Helping Companies with capital modelling strategy including managing model change
- Technical assistance with modelling methodology and calibration and validation of components of capital models
- Developing the processes that use actuarial model outputs to understand and control the business. This includes setting risk appetite and limits, decision making and strategy and developing management actions for use in stressed conditions.
- Provision of actuarial expertise to support our Audit colleagues
The Person
Qualifications and Skills :
The successful candidate is expected to have experience of working in a life Actuarial function or a life consultancy. They must be a qualified actuary.
Experience and Knowledge :
- The capability to manage concurrent engagements and play a part in shaping and implementing KPMG's tailored solutions
- Review and design of risk management framework components and governance arrangements covering prudential and liquidity risks
- The ability to develop productive relationships that bring in business
- Strong technical and communication skills (both written and oral) and the ability to deal with clients and senior personnel from day one
- Flexibility and an enjoyment of working on challenging projects, and interacting with teams from other business groups
- Strong project and people management skills, and an ability to structure task allocations around critical goals
- Strong coaching skills to develop the capabilities of junior team members
- Experience gained within either a consultancy or company environment are both equally advantageous
- Curiosity and flexibility to new approaches
- Market exposure
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▶️ Senior Manager - Life Actuarial Capital Modelling & Risk
🖊️ KPMG
📍 Edinburgh