Valuation actuary · Athora

Within our department Balance Sheet Management with the mission of meeting business needs of Athora Belgium in terms of actuarial reporting & Balance Sheet Management. This strong actuarial team contributes to company's overall decision making and performance management process by providing timely, accurate and relevant information, analysis and capital management actions. We are currently seeking a Valuation Actuary to be a key contributor in the reporting process and maintenance of our actuarial platform.

The team consists of 8 colleagues who are waiting just for you!

Your responsibilities

As Valuation Actuary, your responsibilities will include:

• Actively contribute to the production of Solvency II reports and analysis of valuation results
• Participate in the development, validation and maintenance of the RAFM model. Propose model solutions for our internal clients (Business and Risk Management).
• Working closely with other members within BSM and be a key user of the newly built RAFM model, actively contributing to the code development of new features.
• Participating actively to the decision-making process around the model built, contributing to the preparation of the business requirements, release documents based on the test reports and produce support for the Model Committee to align all stakeholders on the modelling choices.
• Implementing changes to the approved model, while respecting local and Group governance: new functionalities based on regulatory development.
• Optimize the framework by improving processes, controls, and documentation.
• Supporting the workstream leads on several topics related to liabilities, assets, automation and data.
• Contributing to BSM related projects and topics (valuation, capital management, reinsurance, ALM, etc.).

Your profile

• You have a university degree, preferably in economics, financial mathematics, or actuarial science.
• You have at least 3 years’ experience in a relevant position with experience in in actuarial valuation or financial risk modelling within an (re)insurance company.
• You have excellent knowledge of French or Dutch and a good command of the other national language and can easily work in English.
• You have a good knowledge on Solvency 2, IFRS17, life (re)insurance and have experience of using actuarial software (e.g.), Prophet, Moses, …).
• You have strong modelling capabilities and programming skills (SAS, Python, R, VBA).
• You are a skilled user of MS Office.
• You have the necessary analytical skills to challenge the results/figures constructively.
• You can work and learn quickly in a fast paced and dynamic environment.
• You have strong interpersonal skills, with ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.

Good reasons to joins us.

• A permanent employment contract.
• A company on a human scale within a dynamic group where you can rapidly have an impact.
• Accessible management close to staff and a pleasant working environment.
• Many opportunities for development, thanks in particular to our Athora Academy.
• Balance between professional life and private life with generous holidays (at least 39 days a year), flexible working hours and up to 3 days’ teleworking a week.
• An attractive salary package plus various fringe benefits.
• Modern, bright offices conducive to collaboration.
• A central location in the Porte de Namur district, accessible by train and public transport and with parking facilities available if needed.
• Last but not least… a sunny terrace, afterworks between colleagues, teambuildings, an annual staff day and many other events to discover… 😉

If you are looking for a friendly organisation with a human face and attach value to cooperation and helping one another, you have come to the right address.