[Hiring] Lead Actuarial Analyst @Principal Global Services

Role Description

The Lead Actuarial Analyst will play a key technical role within RIS Actuarial, supporting actuarial valuation, financial reporting, modeling, analysis, and other retirement/annuity processes. The role is expected to independently own actuarial work, deliver high-quality results, solve problems, work effectively with business partners, and identify opportunities to improve processes through automation and AI.

• Transition with work from Home Office.
• Significant contributor to mentor and guide the team on technical aspects.
• Ensure timely and quality delivery, minimizing escalations, acting as a bridge between home office team and Pune team.
• In-depth technical/functional knowledge in one or more actuarial domains like valuation, pricing, reserving, reporting, and risk management.
• Guide and mentor analysts in the team.
• Analyze and translate business information and technical requirements into manageable projects.
• Work with Senior actuarial analysts and consultants to produce delivery timeframe and path for projects.
• Viewed as a technical expert and critical resource across multiple disciplines.
• Resolve disputes and make tradeoffs.
• Complete and lead the team to complete actuarial tasks using organization standards toolsets.
• Plan for evolutionary paths and explore automation opportunities.
• Identify risk mitigation strategies associated with actuarial work.
• Bring industry-wide best practices and understand external technology trends.
• Guide the team on the use of tools like MS Access, VBA, R, and SAS.
• Assist in planning for the project/program.
• Identify and interact with the home office team and necessary business stakeholders.
• Be a strong proponent of Actuarial practice and conduct roadshows or other sessions to demonstrate it.
• Comply with Principal / BU specific practices.
• Provide support to Manager/Sr. Manager/Group Manager/head of operations for estimation and risk identification.
• Mitigate technical, functional, and people-related risks.
• Build actuarial expertise and be an SME in one or more areas like valuation/pricing/reserving/risk management.
• Lead community actuarial analysts and senior analysts.
• Contribute towards BU maturity in actuarial credentials and technical areas.

Qualifications

• Graduate Bachelor's degree (any stream).
• Sound technical skills, high aptitude, positive attitude, strong inter-personal skills.
• Good experience in estimation methodologies.
• Excellent communication and time management skills.
• Good English communication.
• Exposure to global working environment.
• Abilities like problem solving, analytical, time management, planning & decision making, self-motivated, facilitate collaboration.

Requirements

• Make sound business decisions.
• Embrace change.
• Build strong partnerships.
• Get results.
• Act strategically.
• Lead and cultivate talent.

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