Senior Global Pricing Actuary - Life 100%

The Opportunity

This exciting new Global Pricing role in the Group’s Life Business Management Propositions and Pricing team will require a dynamic and experienced actuary who brings excellent technical and market pricing knowledge, combined with strong commercial acumen to drive pricing excellence.

What you will do

• Drive continuous improvement of Zurich’s Life Protection and Investment product pricing, through enhancement and implementation of pricing best practices
• Support business units in pricing aspects of product management and development
• Support pricing aspects of Group product approval processes
• Conduct targeted product / pricing deep dives to further improve new business quality
• Build and maintain tools to support calculation of Pricing KPIs and sensitivity testing, support BUs in their implementation
• Support BUs in implementing cutting edge techniques / data analytics approaches in Life pricing and proposition related topics

What you bring

• At least 10 to 15 years Actuarial experience, including expert knowledge of pricing Life insurance protection, unit-linked and other savings propositions, with a primary focus on retail.
• Significant experience pricing retail Life products, ideally across the full range of protection and investment related solutions
• Strong experience setting pricing assumptions, including use of data analytics techniques where relevant
• Excellent modelling skills across a range of tools – at a minimum with Excel, but ideally experience with standard tools in the industry e.g. Prophet, but also R / Python
• Strong commercial acumen, including a detailed understanding of propositions from a customer, distributor and shareholder perspective, and an understanding of different life insurance business models and their impacts on pricing and products
• Ability to both lead, and work as part of cross-functional and cross-country teams
• Strong communication skills, verbally and in writing, with a proven ability to work across cultures and geographies
• Proactive self-starter, looking to support Zurich in profitable growth
• Role is English-speaking, however additional language skills are a plus

• Qualifications:
  • Fully qualified actuary with recognised professional body

Additional Information

We look forward to receiving your online application.

Zurich wants to attract the best talent and we acknowledge that talents might not always be available full-time. At Zurich we will consider requests for flexible working. Many of our employees work flexibly in a variety of ways. Please talk to us during the interview about the flexibility you may need.

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Information for recruitment agencies

Zurich does not accept any applications from recruitment agencies for this position. We refuse any responsibility for unsolicited applications as well as any associated fees.

Why Zurich

At Zurich, we like to think outside the box and challenge the status quo. We take an optimistic approach by focusing on the positives and constantly asking What can go right?

We are an equal opportunity employer who knows that each employee is unique - that’s what makes our team so great!
Join us as we constantly explore new ways to protect our customers and the planet.

• Location(s): CH - Zürich
• Remote working: Hybrid
• Schedule: Full Time
• Recruiter name: Grace Cunningham