KPMG Ireland Hiring for Non-Life Actuary (Part Qualified/Newly Qualified) Job at Dublin Full Time

• Are you an ambitious, forward thinking high-achiever seeking continued growth and progression?
• Are you looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to work on interesting projects with the most successful Irish and international organisations?
• Are you interested in joining a firm that delivers award winning training and opportunities for career progression?

Whatever your reason is for wanting to look for a new job, joining our Actuarial team may be the best next step for your career.

Role

KPMG have ambitious plans given continued growth across traditional life and non-life insurance and reinsurance fields and also across healthcare and applied intelligence. We can offer opportunities for progression, challenging projects, a market-leading learning and development programme and a collaborative environment.

As we continue to grow our actuarial team we are actively recruiting a number of roles at various levels to assist in the development of our team based in Dublin including:

• Newly Qualified Non Life Actuary
• Part Qualified Non Life Actuary

We ideally need you to have the following on your CV:

The range of practical work experience would include working in the non-life and life insurance or reinsurance environment with a preference for those with a financial reporting, capital, financial modelling or data analytics background.

• For part qualified roles at least 2 years relevant work experience;
• For part qualified roles evidence of steady progress through exams;
• For newly qualified roles at least 5 years of relevant work experience;
• Strong technical skills;
• Financial modelling capabilities;
• Coding, automation and data analytics capabilities;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Ability to work on own initiative and manage time effectively;
• A team player who can integrate into small multi-disciplinary teams,
• Eager to expand knowledge and skills given the broaden nature of the work; and
• Good commercial awareness.

Your work will be varied. Below will be some of your core responsibilities:

The candidate would work closely with actuaries in our practice covering a range of services such as:

• Liaising with a portfolio of clients and advising on all relevant actuarial issues;
• Provision of outsourced actuarial services;
• Provision of formal actuarial opinions across a wide range of technical issues;
• Independent actuarial assessments including reserve reviews, portfolio transfers, expert opinions, transfer pricing support and company valuations for merger & acquisition;
• Profitability reviews and pricing support;
• Work with KPMG’s multi-disciplinary professionals on assisting our clients across audit, tax, corporate finance, regulatory, risk and management/ IT consulting;
• Involved in the development of KPMG’s initiatives across Solvency II, IFRS 17 and other emerging regulatory, accounting and actuarial requirements;
• Involved in the development of the Advisory practice capabilities in Applied Intelligence;
• Taking an active role in development of the practice including building and maintaining effective relationships with clients; and
• For newly qualified roles there is responsibility for training and monitoring actuarial trainees together with reviewing their work.

We offer more than just a career opportunity:

• An in-house award winning team of training specialists who will help you achieve your career goals
• Relocation assistance for those looking to move home to Ireland

Team:

The Actuarial Advisory practice offers a full range of services to our insurance and reinsurance across independent actuarial reviews, outsourced statutory actuarial roles, Solvency II advice, internal/ standard model development and validation, technical support to our audit practice, financial reporting advice, resource support and working alongside other KPMG professionals including tax, regulatory, risk management, applied intelligence and management/ IT consulting advisory services.

The actuarial practice has been established for a number of years and we are looking to further grow the team as part of a further stage of expansion to meet the growing demands of the insurance sector due to the continued regulatory, accounting, market and strategic challenges and the continued attractiveness of Ireland as a location for our clients.

Hard work is rewarded at KPMG:

We offer excellent remuneration packages at all levels. We take pride in recognising and rewarding hard work and achievement through regular promotions, which take place twice yearly.

Diversity:

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Creating an inclusive culture where all our people achieve their potential is fundamental to our business. In addition, our employees have the option to avail of our flexible working policies/intelligent working arrangements. To learn more about diversity at KPMG, click here.

Our Values:

Our Values define who we are, what we believe and what we stand for. They establish a common identity that unites us. At KPMG, we are truly better Together.

Our Values guide our behaviours day-to-day, informing how we act, the decisions we make, and how we work with each other, our clients, companies that we audit, and all our stakeholders. They guide our thousands of extraordinary people to do what is right, learn and improve every day, think and act boldly, respect and draw strength from our differences, and do what matters.

Integrity: We do what is right.

Excellence: We never stop learning and improving.

Courage: We think and act boldly.

Together: We respect each other and draw strength from our differences.

For Better: We do what matters.

Apply:

If you are interested in the above role, please submit a CV via the apply button. If you have any specific queries on the role, please contact Shauna Maguire via [email protected]

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Please note we do not require Agency assistance for this role.

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