Research & Development Manager from a Reinsurer (Malaysia)
A Brief Overview
A key member of the pricing R&D team that carries out regular experience studies, provides management information to the whole of Southeast Asia markets and provides research of significant relevance to and support for the effective management of the business.
What you will do
- Support the completion of experience studies for Southeast Asia Markets
- Support the data governance processes, including the assessment and remediation of data quality related issues, and ensuring appropriate data capture for experience studies and comprehensive data analysis
- Support junior team members in conducting data analysis, from setting data requirement, development of statistical analysis plans to coding, data cleansing, and creating new insights through statistical analysis of the data
- Support the development and production of regular reports and presentation slides for experience monitoring of existing health/life treaties, for internal and external clients
- Conduct research to develop/update mortality and morbidity pricing bases for Southeast Asia Markets
- Provide recommendations for pricing assumptions for business consideration
- Support timely and insightful in-force portfolio management to drive sustainable business growth
- Support the preparation of regular reports and presentation slides for pricing basis review and in-force experience monitoring, including briefing sessions for key stakeholders
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) in math, finance, statistics, actuarial science or related fields
- Good progress in actuarial professional exams from a globally recognized actuarial association
- 5-7 Years of actuarial working experience, pricing experience a definite plus
- Advanced Excel skills is required and experience in using statistical programs or database application (e.g. Access, Oracle, SQL or equivalent technology) is strongly preferred
- Highly organized, delivery-orientated with the ability to work with multiple concurrent projects
- Ability to analyze financial and business information to draw out relevant insights and the factors underlying the performance of the business
- Solid understanding of life insurance market and products
- Highly motivated, results oriented and solutions focused
- Ability to work effectively under pressure
- Strong technical skills and attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills – both written and oral
- Ability to challenge and enhance existing analytical methodologies
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team and deal with multiple stakeholders within the business