Senior Actuarial Analyst

Title:

Senior Actuarial Analyst

Company:

Everest Global Services, Inc.

Job Category:

Analytics

Job Description:

About Everest:

Everest is a global leader in risk management, rooted in a rich, 50+ year heritage of enabling businesses to survive and thrive, and economies to function and flourish. We are underwriters of risk, growth, progress and opportunity. We are a global team focused on disciplined capital allocation and long-term value creation for all stakeholders, who care deeply about our impact on communities and the wider world.

Background

The Actuarial Solutions team is part of Group Actuarial and is responsible for developing, maintaining, and supporting Everest’s global pricing tools, which are key to the success of Everest’s reinsurance business.

This is an opportunity for an actuary with experience in developing reinsurance pricing tools, or a reinsurance pricing actuary with an interest in developing pricing tools, to play an active roll in a worldwide project upgrading Everest’s global reinsurance pricing tool.

The Actuarial Solutions team is also responsible for other technology-related applications, such as reporting, process automation, etc. across pricing, reserving, and other actuarial work, group-wide.

Preferred location : Zurich, London, possibly New York or Warren, NJ.

Key Responsibilities

• Working as part of the Actuarial Solutions team contribute to the development of the new Everest’s Reinsurance pricing tool
• Propose UI designs, actuarial methodologies, platform architecture, etc., consistent with Everest’s reinsurance pricing approaches
• Gather and respond to user feedback from pricing tool users, actuaries and underwriters, on reinsurance pricing.
• Program pricing tool features
• Help ensure the quality and reliability of the new platform through involvement in testing and quality control
• Collaborate with IT and other internal teams on the pricing tool build

In addition, as part of the Solutions team support business-as-usual pricing tool operation

• Support users through troubleshooting, debugging, and issue-resolution for Solutions applications
• Help represent the wishes of international (worldwide excluding US) users in wider discussions
• Help prepare user documentation, guidance materials, and training content.
• Support reinsurance pricing during renewal periods using Everest’s pricing tools.

Knowledge, Skills & Competencies

• Experience in developing reinsurance pricing tools, for example being involved in programming, architecture or UI design etc.
• Strong interest in software development, with experience in at least some of the following: Python, VBA/Excel, SQL, web application development.
• 5 years relevant experience
• Experience working with commercially available platforms for (re)insurance pricing tools an advantage
• Experience and interest in leveraging AI for the efficient development of high-quality applications
• Strong data manipulation skills, ideally using SQL, Python (Pandas/Polars), or R (dplyr).
• Experience in reinsurance pricing.
• Familiarity with modern software development practices (e.g., Git, unit testing, AI).

Qualifications / Experience / Aptitudes

• University degree in science, actuarial science, IT / data-science, mathematics, or a related technical field.
• Qualified actuary or actuarial experience, or actively working toward actuarial qualifications
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Team player with experience working on large or complex software projects.

What if I don’t meet every requirement? At Everest we are dedicated to building an inclusive and authentic workplace. So, if you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every element in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Please let us know if you need any accommodations throughout the application or interview process.

 

Our Culture

At Everest, our purpose is to provide the world with protection. We help clients and businesses thrive, fuel global economies, and create sustainable value for our colleagues, shareholders and the communities that we serve. We also pride ourselves on having a unique and inclusive culture which is driven by a unified set of values and behaviors. Click here to learn more about our culture. 

• Our Values are the guiding principles that inform our decisions, actions and behaviors. They are an expression of our culture and an integral part of how we work: Talent. Thoughtful assumption of risk. Execution. Efficiency. Humility. Leadership. Collaboration. Inclusion and Belonging.
• Our Colleague Behaviors define how we operate and interact with each other no matter our location, level or function: Respect everyone. Pursue better. Lead by example. Own our outcomes. Win together.  

 

All colleagues are held accountable to upholding and supporting our values and behaviors across the company. This includes day to day interactions with fellow colleagues, and the global communities we serve. 

Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

Primary Location:

Zurich, Switzerland

Additional Locations:

London