Junior Actuarial/Reserving Analyst
Ponuka pracovnej príležitosti pre absolventov fakulty
Our opportunity
- Join our young and dynamic team
- Take part in internal on-boarding training into insurance, reserving and statistical softwares (e.g SAS, Towers Watson softwares, VBA)
- Be involved in working groups with senior colleagues across the whole Zurich group
- Get international working experience
- Travel abroad for projects
- We offer Wide range of international career paths reachable at advanced stage
- Take advantage of our internationally recognised UK Actuarial Qualification program through the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, including study leave
Your role
As a Junior Actuarial/Reserving Analyst your main responsibilities will involve
- Under general direction, support reserving, portfolio profitability analysis, reinsurance analysis, or market-facing business units in support of business objectives.
- Assists in calculation of actuarial best estimate reserves (loss and premium), business planning, and profitability analyses for segments of insurance business.
- Support actuarial services related to Risk Based Capital model development, parameterisation and allocation activities to ensure we have approrpriate capital in place given the risks.
- Supervision of junior colleagues
- Communicate analytical insights within the company
- Leading role in Research and Development - testing of new softwares, methodologies, developing best practise
- Collaborate with various departments (underwriting, marketing, claims, IT etc.)
- Use innovative statistical methods to deliver business solutions
Your Skills and Experience
As a Junior Actuarial/Reserving Analyst your skills and qualifications will ideally include:
- University education (Master's degree)
- Candidates with Postgraduate (Doctorate) also suit the position.
- Specialisation, field: Financial mathematics, Actuarial science, Statistics, Quantitative methods or some other numerical degree
- English – advanced, other languages are a plus
- 3 and more years of experience in insurance
- Leading skills with project management experience is an advantage
- Communicative, understanding the wider picture
- Creative, open minded and proactive approach
- Willing to embrace the actuarial career
- Open to opportunities for travelling abroad
Additional Information
Primary work location is Bratislava. Initial training (three months) will involve frequent travelling to other Zurich Insurance locations. You can apply by clicking on the button “Apply online”
Who we are
Looking for a career that will excite, challenge and inspire you? Thinking about insurance? Perhaps you should. Working for us is a totally different experience to what you probably expect. How do you feel about the things you truly love? Don’t you want to protect them in the best way possible? Imagine if you could help people do this all over the world. You’d give them confidence and reassurance by protecting what they love most. This is no easy task. In today’s interconnected world, tackling risk is fast, unpredictable and invigorating. You’ll have to think on your feet as you manage risks big and small, from flooding to cyber crime. You’ll be tackling issues like these in over 170 countries. It’s a big challenge, but you’ll have a truly diverse network helping you. As part of an international team, every day would provide opportunities to learn, grow and share ideas.
As you make an impact across borders, you’ll feel the support of being part of a strong and stable company. A long-standing player in the insurance industry, we make every effort to address the career development needs and plans of our employees to ensure their success in the future.
So make a difference. Be challenged. Be inspired. Be supported, Love what you do. Work for us.
Zurich Insurance has the policy to be an equal opportunity employer. We aim to attract and retain the best qualified individuals available, without regard to criteria such as race/ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability.
Primary Location
: Slovakia
Job type
: Full-time
Travel
: Yes, 20 % of the Time
In case of interest, please, apply:
https://zurich.taleo.net/careersection/zurich_ext_cs/jobdetail.ftl?job=160004B8&lang=en#.V0g8U2VY8tI.mailto