Exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and growing global reinsurer recently established in Sydney. Working closely with senior management this role has responsibility for financial reporting for Australia and NZ. The Role We have a newly created role for a Valuation Actuary to join the Sydney office. In conjunction with the Appointed Actuary and Head of Research, the Valuation Actuary will be responsible for all of the actuarial aspects of the financial reporting for the business written in Australia and New Zealand by Pacific Life Re Australia (“PLRA”). The incumbent will be responsible for developing, maintaining and continuously improving processes around PLRA’s financial reporting and will provide key inputs to the local and global management teams in terms of the financial performance of the business and the drivers of the financial results. The successful incumbent will require reasonable understanding of the Australian / New Zealand life insurance industry, preferably in respect of risk products and knowledge of Australian financial reporting requirements including AIFRS and LAGIC. You will be a Qualified Actuary (FIAA or equivalent), with excellent technical actuarial and analytical skills, and the ability to independently develop and implement new methodologies. A high level of comfort using software packages, such as Excel, Access and Word will be required and experience with Actuarial projection software such as MoSes will be highly regarded. About Pacific Life Re As one of the leading reinsurers of protection and longevity risk in the UK, as well as a growing presence in Asia and North America, we have the support and backing of a mutual parent company that’s been around for over 145 years. Our strength is based on building long-term sustainable partnerships with our clients and leveraging off our superior data research and analysis. In Australia, Pacific Life Re has applied for (and awaits approval) for a license to write life insurance business. Currently the Australian office has close to a dozen staff across a variety of departments. Our Culture We believe in giving our people the freedom they need to perform and to develop innovative solutions to our Client’s business needs. This is a crucial part of our culture which helps to keep us fresh and inventive. For further information, or to apply, please contact our exclusively retained consultant Jas Singh (FIAA) on [email protected] or 0412 738 567.