Phoenix Group
Actuary Ireland
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Job Type: Permanent / Fixed Term Contract / Secondment (delete as appropriate)
Job Contact: 0131 245 1000
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Did you know the Phoenix Group is consistently listed as one of the UK’s top employers? Our people uphold our values of responsibility, courage, difference, growth and passion and are at the very heart of the success of our business. Together, we’ll shape a better future
We’re currently looking for a <insert job title> to join our <insert team / business area> to provide a professional service applying actuarial, technical & business knowledge to support the delivery of informed & effective decision making in order to deliver the company strategy.
Hiring manager to add in details of the role, the team and why this is a good opportunity for the candidate (the ‘hook’ – eg progression, interesting work, shape a business area etc)
Key Responsibilities
Hiring Manager - select the top 6 to 10 (max) key responsibilities
- Contribute to the specification, development and testing of complex propositions or numerical models, analysing a range of business data, making recommendations to Senior Actuaries and/or senior management to support decision making.
- Lead, develop, coach and mentor actuarial trainees and analysts as required to maximise their contribution and ensure they are fairly rewarded.
- Contribute to the preparation of papers and reports for senior management and executives as required, with suitable supervision.
- Lead small scale projects or elements of large scale more complex (12 month plus duration) projects to support the business.
- Act as actuarial subject matter expert on strategic business or Group level projects to ensure specialist input is provided to business decision making.
- Communicate effectively with a technical actuarial audience and simplify communications of technical issues to a non-technical audience.
- Continually look to enhance processes and procedures to deliver effective solutions for the business.
- Provide technical leadership in key areas of expertise and represent business area appropriately within cross divisional projects.
- Apply a high level of knowledge and understanding of technical software, regulation, proposition, systems and processes and changes in the external market place as relevant for role.
- Maintaining up to date regulatory, business & professional knowledge in an environment of fast moving regulatory change.
- Maintaining breadth and depth of technical understanding to meet Continuing Professional Development requirements.
- Applying commercial understanding of the business to ensure financial, business & actuarial advice is aligned with the business needs.
- Communicating complex concepts and recommendations to multiple stakeholders across the business both in the UK and potentially globally.
- Regularly working to defined and tight timescales whilst maintaining professional standards.
- Balancing business demand, issues and risks by applying sound judgement in complex scenarios, often with considerable uncertainty.
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What We’re Looking For
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Essential
- Hiring Manager to add in essential criteria
- Education - Undergraduate Degree (or equivalent)
- Languages - English
Desirable
- Hiring Manager to add in desirable criteria
What We Offer
Bring your ‘whole self’, skills and dedication to the Phoenix Group and we’ll recognise your effort, support your development and help to drive your ambition. We’ll ensure you’re rewarded for your contribution with a competitive package that includes an attractive pension, annual bonus potential, private medical insurance, generous holiday entitlement, enhanced maternity and adoption leave and a range of other financial services and lifestyle flexible benefits.
Join us and you join a unique organisation. It’s not just the 14 million policyholders we serve, or the £300 billion of assets we look after. Or that we’re a FTSE 100 company that has been listed as one of the UK's Top Employers for nine years running. It’s our talented, inclusive and diverse workforce that makes us a success. We offer flexible working opportunities ensuring we attract and retain the very best of talent. Find out about more about our people’s stories, our values and our commitment to diversity.
Key Competencies
Hiring Manager select your top 6 competencies – these will be used in your interview and selection process
- Analytical Skills
Use of a variety of diagnostic techniques to understand a situation/issue/problem by breaking it down and tracing the root cause/underlying implications in a methodical step-by-step way.
- Being Real
Is about knowing who you are and what you stand for and acting in a way that is consistent with your beliefs and values.
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- Commerciality
The ability to be commercially focused at all times.
- Communication Skills
Clearly and effectively communicates information, ideas, plans, requests and opinions to internal and external stakeholders through a range of channels including written and oral. Ensures alignment with communication guidelines and policies.
- Delivering Results
Meeting and exceeding performance goals and expectations to deliver results.
- Embrace Change
Adjusting your behaviour to meet the demands of a changing working environment.
- Generic Technical
Managers to add in specific technical skills required for the role i.e. product knowledge or specific technical knowledge to the role
- Impact & Influence
Influencing others to achieve a positive impact. This includes communicating clearly, building support for ideas and having an impact on other people.
- Innovation and Creativity
Ability to generate and implement creative solutions and novel ways to achieve goals.
- Market and Industry Knowledge
Knowledge of the markets, competitors, products, services, trends, impacting forces and factors, etc. that make up the industries which Standard Life operates in.
Online Interviews and Onboarding
All our interviews, onboarding and new joiners are now managed remotely. We have in place a strong virtual support network to ensure new colleagues are supported and developed as they navigate their first few months with us
About Us
Phoenix Group is a member of the FTSE 100 index and is the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business. We specialise in the acquisition and management of Heritage life insurance and pension funds. We’ve businesses in the UK, Germany and Ireland and hold a broad range of both Heritage and Open products split across three key business segments: UK Heritage, UK Open and Europe. Our open business manufactures and underwrites new products and policies to support people saving for their future in areas such as workplace pensions and SIPPs, primarily under the Standard Life brand. And we market corporate pension trustee services and manufacture products to be sold under other brands. Did you know Phoenix Life manufactures SunLife’s market leading Guaranteed Over 50’s plan? Find out more about Phoenix Group here.
We value diversity in our workforce and welcome enquiries from everyone.
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