Senior Actuarial Analyst (Pricing - Retirement, Individual Annuity & lifetime mortgages)
Canada Life UK looks after the retirement, investment and protection needs of individuals, families and companies. We help to build better futures for our customers, our intermediaries and our employees by operating as a modern, agile and welcoming organisation. Part of our parent company Great-West Lifeco, Canada Life UK has operated in the United Kingdom since 1903. We have hundreds of respected and supported employees committed to doing the right thing for our customers and colleagues. Canada Life UK is transforming to create a more customer-focused business by providing our customers with expertise on financial and tax planning, offering home finance and annuities propositions, and providing collective fund solutions to third party customers. Job Purpose To own the end-to-end pricing systems and processes for Individual Annuities and Equity Release Mortgages (ERMs). Ensure appropriate controls and monitoring of pricing are in place and drive continuous improvement in the efficiency and effectiveness of the pricing systems. Work with the Annuity and ERM Pricing Managers to allow the Retirement Pricing team to optimise pricing in our chosen markets. Provide additional support to input and review the work of the wider pricing team. Implement product developments into pricing systems and processes to support the wider product development agenda. Key Accountabilities
Maintain the pricing systems and processes used by the Retirement Pricing team to ensure the teams can re-price products in line with their delegated authorities. Drive continuous improvements in the pricing systems and processes in terms of speed, efficiency, accuracy, and granularity of the pricing systems. Provide support to input into and review the work of the wider pricing team, across both individual annuities and equity release. Ensure pricing systems and processes are updated by the relevant teams in line with product development changes. Help to develop the skills and capabilities of the wider pricing team. Desired Knowledge / Experience / Skills
Excellent knowledge of software packages used within Insurance pricing e.g. standard Microsoft packages and coding languages such as R and Python. Sound understanding of actuarial principles in terms of pricing and valuation. Ability to apply actuarial/pricing techniques to business problems. Knowledge of UK Individual Annuity and Equity Release Mortgage markets. Analysing and reasoning skills, to reach sound and defensible conclusions / recommendations based on data but being pragmatic as situation and needs dictate. Understanding and ability to implement/maintain a robust control framework. Experience in coaching and mentoring staff. Benefits of working at Canada Life We believe in recognising and rewarding our people, so we offer a competitive salary and benefits package that's regularly reviewed. As a Canada Life UK colleague, you'll receive a competitive salary and comprehensive reward package including a generous pension and bonus scheme, along with, income protection, private medical insurance and life assurance. We have a fantastic number of other benefits and support services as well as regular personal and professional development. Diversity and inclusion Building an inclusive workplace with a diverse workforce where everyone can feel they belong and achieve their potential regardless of gender, ethnicity or any other characteristic is a key commitment for us. We are proud of the progress we're making in DEI, and we continue for it to be a significant focus.
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Canada Life UK looks after the retirement, investment and protection needs of individuals, families and companies. We help to build better futures for our customers, our intermediaries and our employees by operating as a modern, agile and welcoming organisation. Part of our parent company Great-West Lifeco, Canada Life UK has operated in the United Kingdom since 1903. We have hundreds of respected and supported employees committed to doing the right thing for our customers and colleagues. Canada Life UK is transforming to create a more customer-focused business by providing our customers with expertise on financial and tax planning, offering home finance and annuities propositions, and providing collective fund solutions to third party customers. Job Purpose To own the end-to-end pricing systems and processes for Individual Annuities and Equity Release Mortgages (ERMs). Ensure appropriate controls and monitoring of pricing are in place and drive continuous improvement in the efficiency and effectiveness of the pricing systems. Work with the Annuity and ERM Pricing Managers to allow the Retirement Pricing team to optimise pricing in our chosen markets. Provide additional support to input and review the work of the wider pricing team. Implement product developments into pricing systems and processes to support the wider product development agenda. Key Accountabilities
Maintain the pricing systems and processes used by the Retirement Pricing team to ensure the teams can re-price products in line with their delegated authorities. Drive continuous improvements in the pricing systems and processes in terms of speed, efficiency, accuracy, and granularity of the pricing systems. Provide support to input into and review the work of the wider pricing team, across both individual annuities and equity release. Ensure pricing systems and processes are updated by the relevant teams in line with product development changes. Help to develop the skills and capabilities of the wider pricing team. Desired Knowledge / Experience / Skills
Excellent knowledge of software packages used within Insurance pricing e.g. standard Microsoft packages and coding languages such as R and Python. Sound understanding of actuarial principles in terms of pricing and valuation. Ability to apply actuarial/pricing techniques to business problems. Knowledge of UK Individual Annuity and Equity Release Mortgage markets. Analysing and reasoning skills, to reach sound and defensible conclusions / recommendations based on data but being pragmatic as situation and needs dictate. Understanding and ability to implement/maintain a robust control framework. Experience in coaching and mentoring staff. Benefits of working at Canada Life We believe in recognising and rewarding our people, so we offer a competitive salary and benefits package that's regularly reviewed. As a Canada Life UK colleague, you'll receive a competitive salary and comprehensive reward package including a generous pension and bonus scheme, along with, income protection, private medical insurance and life assurance. We have a fantastic number of other benefits and support services as well as regular personal and professional development. Diversity and inclusion Building an inclusive workplace with a diverse workforce where everyone can feel they belong and achieve their potential regardless of gender, ethnicity or any other characteristic is a key commitment for us. We are proud of the progress we're making in DEI, and we continue for it to be a significant focus.
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