Corporate Actuary, Actuarial Analytics & Insights, Protection, Europe

Corporate Actuary, Actuarial Analytics & Insights, Protection, Europe 

Pacific Life Re is a global life reinsurer operating across Europe, Asia, Australia and North America, and part of Pacific Life, a mutual insurance group. We do things differently: challenging industry thinking, innovating with purpose and delivering high-quality protection, savings and retirement reinsurance solutions. 

The Team 

The Actuarial Analytics & Insights, Protection team sits within Corporate Actuarial (CA), part of Divisional Business Services (DBS), and supports the Protection Line of Business. 

The team analyses financial results and balance sheet movements across US GAAP, Internal Economic Capital (EC), Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) and relevant regional statutory bases. Its focus is to generate clear insight, deepen understanding of Protection performance and support PL Re’s strategic priorities. 

The team works closely with Valuation, Actuarial Systems & Projects, Finance, Operations, R&D and the wider Protection business. 

The Role 

This is an exciting opportunity for a strong actuary to join the Protection AA&I team at PL Re. 

Reporting to the AVP, AA&I, Protection, Europe, the role offers varied, high-impact work, exposure to senior management and the chance to influence the future direction of Europe Protection and wider PL Re. It requires strong actuarial judgement, commercial awareness and the ability to explain risks, results and balance sheet movements clearly. 

The successful candidate will lead analysis of quarterly business results, translate findings into clear insight and help identify opportunities that add value to the Europe Protection business. 

The role works across DBS, CA and the Protection Line of Business, requiring strong stakeholder management, fast learning and practical problem solving. The candidate will help ensure reporting challenges, financial impacts and new initiatives are well understood and effectively managed. 

Alongside reporting and analytics, the role will support continuous improvement initiatives, including system migrations, enhancements and broader process improvements. 

Other work will include model and reporting fixes, experience analysis impact assessments, and investigations into methodology, assumption or system-driven reporting impacts. 

Role Responsibilities 

• Contribute to the Protection AA&I team’s strategic priorities and strengthen understanding of Protection financial results. 

• Analyse and explain quarterly financial results, including: 

• Attributing and explaining key result movements. 

• Using scenarios and sensitivities to explain financial dynamics. 

• Providing clear insight and proposed management actions for Protection results and balance sheets. 

• Identify and assess value-add opportunities for the Europe Protection business, grounded in a strong understanding of its economic performance. 

• Support the scoping, delivery and implementation of process, system and methodology enhancements. 

• Manage stakeholders effectively by: 

• Building effective networks and communicating with clarity. 

• Developing strong relationships across Protection and wider DBS. 

Skills & Experience 

Essential 

• Qualified actuary (or equivalent actuarial experience) 

• Experience working in life insurance or reinsurance, ideally with exposure to the UK Protection market 

• Proven ability to investigate and explain financial movements. 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills 

• Experience working with actuarial models 

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver to tight deadlines 

• Strong communication skills 

Desirable 

• Strong understanding of actuarial reporting and financial result analysis 

• Experience supporting actuarial or finance system implementations 

• Exposure to Oracle Fusion ERP and/or Oracle EPM solutions 

• Knowledge of US GAAP, IFRS 4, Solvency II, Bermuda/Economic Capital or related reporting frameworks 

• Experience supporting UAT and business readiness activities 

Competencies and Behaviours: 

• Prioritises effectively under tight deadlines 

• Stakeholder management and business engagement 

• Learns quickly, shows initiative and adapts with flexibility and resourcefulness. 

• Self-starter with a solution-focused mindset 

• Embraces change and can work in a fluid environment 

• Pragmatic, able to balance accuracy with effort 

• Collaborates effectively across functions and maintains strong working relationships 

Company Values & Behaviours 

The culture of our business is important to us.  At Pacific Life Re you will be expected to model our company values and behaviours on a day-to-day basis.