Actuarial Senior Manager

Location: GZ, Guangdong, China
Salary: £0 per year
Seniority: Senior Manager (10y+ experience)

Overview

We are seeking an Actuarial Senior Manager to lead actuarial delivery, governance, and stakeholder engagement across pricing, reserving, capital, and financial reporting. You will provide technical leadership, mentor actuarial talent, and partner with Finance, Risk, Underwriting, and senior stakeholders to support strategic decision-making and regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end actuarial workstreams, ensuring accuracy, robustness, and timely delivery.
• Oversee pricing and portfolio performance analysis, including monitoring, experience investigations, and assumption setting.
• Manage reserving processes, including methodology selection, trend analysis, diagnostics, and documentation.
• Support capital and risk modelling activities; interpret results and translate them into actionable insights.
• Provide governance over models and actuarial processes, including controls, validation, and change management.
• Collaborate with Finance on financial close, forecasting, and management reporting; explain movements and sensitivities.
• Prepare materials for senior management, audits, and regulatory reviews; maintain high-quality actuarial documentation.
• Lead and develop a team: coaching, performance management, hiring input, and capability building.
• Drive continuous improvement, automation, and standardisation of actuarial tools and processes.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• 10+ years’ actuarial experience within insurance or reinsurance.
• Qualified actuary (e.g., FIA/FFA or equivalent internationally recognised qualification) or near-qualified with substantial relevant experience.
• Strong expertise in at least two of: pricing, reserving, capital, or actuarial reporting.
• Proven leadership experience, including managing teams and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Solid understanding of actuarial governance, model risk management, and internal controls.
• Advanced analytical skills and experience with actuarial/statistical tools (e.g., Excel, SQL, R, Python, or similar).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to explain complex concepts clearly.

Desirable

• Experience working in an Asia-Pacific market and/or cross-border teams.
• Exposure to regulatory frameworks and audit processes relevant to actuarial work.
• Track record of process automation and data-driven transformation.

Working Style

• High attention to detail with strong professional judgement and integrity.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, prioritising effectively and meeting deadlines.
• Collaborative, pragmatic, and solutions-focused leadership approach.