We are looking for an experienced reserving actuary to join WTW as a consultant in our general insurance practice to help us further develop our market leading reserving practice and to contribute in adjacent areas.

You will have immediate exposure to client assignments which will draw on your imagination and creativity as well as your ability to analyse data, apply your insurance market experience, draw conclusions and present model results. You will be expected to manage projects from conception through to delivery, including managing the day to day client communications and managing junior colleagues working on the projects.

You will have the opportunity to work with our team of pricing, portfolio management, underwriting, finance and claims experts as part of our broader offering to clients. These experiences will help build on your technical and overall industry knowledge.

The Role

• Undertaking substantial workstreams in reserving projects, across a variety of commercial and personal lines of business, and providing day-to-day input to projects, working with project leaders to understand overall priorities.
• Participating in regular interaction with clients, including leading day-to-day client communication and taking a substantial role in client meetings.
• Working simultaneously on a range of client projects / internal responsibilities and managing deadlines and priorities appropriately.
• Develop a trusted advisor relationship with client contacts through effective communication and efficient, quality execution of client work.
• Demonstrate commitment to Willis Towers Watson professional standards in managing analyses and in communications with clients.

• Recognising the importance of intellectual capital, working with others to prioritise this appropriately and proactively identifying innovation opportunities.
• To develop new relevant propositions or to enhance current reserving propositions leveraging Willis Towers Watson’s toolset and broader intellectual property and resources.
• Contribute to the development of the company’s intellectual capital including plans for taking this to market.

• Meet goals for billable hours and sales revenue.
• Develop and present proposals to potential clients, demonstrating the value of the company’s offerings.
• Use contacts within current network to obtain introductions to new contacts; work to develop supporters for company’s products and services.

• Leveraging knowledge through training, development and mentoring of other colleagues.
• Reserving, Pricing and Capital colleagues from our EMEA, Asia Pacific, and US offices.
• Demonstrate natural ease and effectiveness when dealing with clients/colleagues at all levels.
• Demonstrating the Willis Towers Watson values of Client Focus, Teamwork, Integrity, Respect and Excellence.

The Requirements

Essential

• Qualified actuary
• Non-life insurance background, with extensive reserving experience
• Experience of using ResQ, our market leading reserving software
• Strong interpersonal and team skills, the ability to work collaboratively with fellow colleagues, experience of delegating to junior colleagues and enjoyment taken in training and/or mentoring junior staff
• Ability to write client deliverables/reports in a clear, concise and appropriate style
• Competent Microsoft Excel and VBA user
• Availability to travel on an as needed basis, domestically and internationally

Desirable

• Strong knowledge of the Irish Market with relevant experience in a reserving role at an insurance firm
• Strong working knowledge of commercial and personal lines insurance and reserving techniques
• Experience of reserve process and transformations of those processes
• Experience of Microsoft Access, R and/or SQL
• Experience of Unify, DataValidator and/or other WTW software products

Equal Opportunity Employer