FWD

Senior Manager, Life Actuarial

Singapore - Suntec Tower 4 Full time

About FWD Group

FWD Group (1828.HK) is a pan-Asian life and health insurance business that serves approximately 34 million customers across 10 markets, including BRI Life in Indonesia. FWD’s customer-led and tech-enabled approach aims to deliver innovative propositions, easy-to-understand products and a simpler insurance experience. Established in 2013, the company operates in some of the fastest-growing insurance markets in the world with a vision of changing the way people feel about insurance. FWD Group is listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the stock code 1828.

For more information, please visit www.fwd.com

In Singapore, FWD aims to change the way people feel about insurance by leveraging technology to deliver products and services that are relevant, easy to understand and always convenient for our customers. To this end, we have a direct-to-consumer (DTC) platform that allows customers to buy their preferred life and general insurance products directly from our website; as well as a network of preferred Financial Advisory (FA) firms for customers who want to speak with an advisor before committing to an insurance plan. Whatever their preference, we believe insurance should be simple, reliable and convenient.

If you are looking for a career where you can create a real impact and celebrate living, we invite you to join us on our exciting journey.

PURPOSE

Deputize and support the Appointed Actuary (AA) in areas relating to valuation and reporting.

KEY ACCOUNTAIBILITIES

  • Lead the EV and IFRS reporting teams and oversee the end-to-end reporting processes, ensuring results, changes and impact are well communicated to stakeholders.
  • Strengthen governance and controls in EV and IFRS reporting. Ensure reporting frameworks implemented are technically sound and in compliance with Group policies.
  • Inspire team members to adopt a change mindset; embed enhancement of reporting processes and improving delivery times and quality as part of the team’s culture.
  • Deliver business value by providing insights arising from actuarial results, as well as highlighting risks in advance to management.
  • Establish good working relationships with and engage Group Office regularly on actuarial topics.
  • Deputize the AA in his / her absence; support the AA in technical reviews, business and strategic discussions whenever necessary
  • Inspire and develop team members, so as to build a strong team culture as well as a high-performance team.

QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE

  • Bachelor Degree in Actuarial Science
  • Qualified actuary with at least 10 years of relevant experience

KNOWLEDGE & TECHNICAL SKILLS

  • Very strong technical skills, especially in EV and / or IFRS 17
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Track record in leading high-performance teams
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills