Actuarial Team Leader - Pricing (SME eTrade)
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Working hours: This role is available on a part-time, job-share or full-time basis.
Location: We’re flexible! You can be based from our London or Fareham office. Occasional travel to London and Fareham will be required.
Closing date for applications: 31st January 2025
The Opportunity
Are you looking to take the next exciting step in your Actuarial career? Are you someone with a strong track record of managing a successful digitally traded pricing team? If so, this could be your next role and we would love to hear from you.
This is an opportunity to lead our UK SME eTrade Pricing Team which provides actuarial services contributing to the achievement of our SME strategy & objectives, and to the provision of a high quality and cost-effective service to customers. As the team leader, you will be leading our growing and high-performing SME eTrade Pricing team to help support our growing portfolio of small/medium-sized businesses.
Many of our employees work flexibly in a variety of different ways, including part-time, flexible hours, job share, an element of working from home or compressed hours. This is because we want the best people for our roles, and we recognise that sometimes those people aren’t available full-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you may need.
What will you be doing?
* Pricing strategy: formulating and executing overall strategy for the eTrade pricing team in collaboration with key stakeholders, ensuring the team is set up for success in both the short and longer term.
* Pricing analysis: instigating and overseeing high-quality pricing analyses, leading the implementation of model improvements and further data enrichment to enhance the quality of our pricing.
* Portfolio monitoring: developing our portfolio monitoring framework, ensuring outputs that can enable timely and accurate tracking of performance, and extensive insight to improve profitability.
* Process Improvement: leading the development of efficient and robust systems & processes through innovation.
* People management: managing a team of actuaries with a range of experience levels, supporting their technical and professional development and equipping them for successful careers.
* Collaborating: building strong relationships with, and influencing, a variety of key stakeholders, providing a first class service & trusted pricing input into key business decisions.
* Professionalism: Demonstrating excellent knowledge of relevant actuarial disciplines and standards, to ensure you are able to provide first class service to our stakeholders and act as a strong role model to the Pricing team.
* Culture: leading by example to nurture a friendly, positive and supportive team environment.
What are we looking for?
* Experience in a general insurance pricing management role.
* Experience within a successful digitally traded retail pricing team.
* Experience collaborating with a wide range of senior stakeholders.
* Excellent market, risk and business awareness.
* Advanced knowledge of SME insurance products and digital insurance trading.
* Highly numerate and analytical, with strong technical ability & financial awareness.
* Excellent communication, influencing and leadership skills.
Who we are:
At Zurich we aspire to be one of the most responsible and impactful businesses in the world and the best global insurer. Together we’re creating a brighter future for our customers, our people and our planet.
With over 55,000 employees in more than 170 countries, you’ll feel the support of being part of a strong and stable company who are a long-standing player in the insurance industry.
If you're interested in working in a dynamic and challenging environment for a company that recognises and rewards your creativity, initiatives and contributions - then Zurich could be just the place for you. Be part of something great.
Our Culture:
At Zurich, our sense of community is strong and we’re particularly passionate about diversity and inclusion, which we’ve won numerous awards for. We want our people to bring the whole of themselves to work and ensure everybody is made to feel welcome, regardless of their background, beliefs or culture.
We’re passionate about supporting employees to help others by getting involved in volunteering, charitable and community activity.
So make a difference. Be challenged. Be inspired. Be supported, Love what you do. Work for us. #LI-Hybrid
The financials:
* 12% defined non-contributory pension scheme.
* Annual company bonus.
* Income Protection.
* Life cover - four times your salary.
Time away:
* 25 days holiday a year plus bank holidays.
* You can also request to swap UK bank holidays for days off that have cultural or religious significance to you.
* The option to buy up to an additional 20 days or sell some of your holiday.
* Three days paid volunteering.
* Up to 16 weeks' full pay for maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
Your health is important to us:
* Access to Private medical insurance.
* Virtual GP appointments.
* Discounted gym membership.
* Free flu jab.
* Access to a wealth of support from our wellbeing partners.
We're making a difference:
* Creating a brighter, more sustainable future underpins all that we do here in Zurich.
* Our charitable arm, Zurich Community Trust, has awarded grants and volunteered time to deserving causes in the UK valued at over £90 million.
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