Senior Actuarial Analyst

Company: CGL

Department: Corporate Actuarial Services

Employment Type: Regular Full-Time

Work Model: Hybrid

Language: This role operates in English.

• Candidates with more experience will also be considered*.
  
  
  

The Opportunity

We are a leading Canadian financial services co-operative committed to being a catalyst for a sustainable and resilient society and our team is essential to deliver on this strategy. That’s why we prioritize our people, to ensure we provide a strong culture and development opportunities which enables our team to thrive and to live our purpose. The best part is that you will work with people that care passionately about you, our clients, and our communities.

Our national Finance team aspires to create, enhance, and protect value for our organization and its stakeholders. Our knowledgeable team educates and influences the organization to make well-informed, risk-based decisions. We think innovatively and strategically to solve business problems and strive to move our business forward with practical, integrated processes and tools that ensure organizational success.

As a Senior Actuarial Analyst on the Corporate Actuarial team, you will play a key role in supporting reserving projects initiatives and reserving interests within the broader company’s initiatives.

How You Will Create Impact

• Contributing to regulatory and strategic analyses using actuarial models, various data sources and programming languages.
• Supporting monthly, quarterly, and annual reserve reporting and analyses, including the production of the Appointed Actuary Report.
• Communicating actuarial concepts to business partners and maintaining documentation of key actuarial functions.
• Improving existing actuarial practices and procedures in alignment with emerging trends and best practices in the insurance industry and actuarial landscape.
• Leading small to medium sized projects within the team, including developing, following and reporting timelines.
  
  
  

How You Will Succeed

• You have an innovative mindset to improve operational efficiencies and ability to influence change, with a primary focus on client needs.  
• You use critical thinking skills to recognize assumptions, evaluate arguments, draw conclusions and proactively propose solutions.
• You have strong communication skills to clearly convey messages and explore diverse points of view. 
• You build trusting relationships and provide guidance to support the development of colleagues.
  
  
  

To Join Our Team

• You have a post-secondary degree in Mathematics, Actuarial Science or related discipline.
• You have 2-3 years of experience in the actuarial field.
• You have experience supporting Actuarial projects and/or completing reserve analysis and reporting.
• You have working knowledge of modeling softwares and programming languages (R, Python, SCALA, SQL).
• Having or working towards the ACAS or FCAS designation(s) is an asset.
• Proficiency in English is essential to the main duties in this role, including servicing and communicating primarily with majority non-francophone clients, groups, teams. Drafting complex English documents and preparing daily reports for anglophone leaders. The essential non-French duties are not assignable to adjacent or other team members.
  
  
  

What You Need To Know

• Detail oriented work that requires a high degree of mental concentration for extended periods of time. 
  
  
  

What’s in it for you?

• Training and development opportunities to grow your career.
• Flexible work options and paid time off to support your personal and family needs.
• A holistic approach to your well-being, with physical and mental health programs and a supportive workplace culture.
• Paid volunteer days to give back to your community.
• In addition to our competitive salary and incentive programs, eligible employees also benefit from a comprehensive total rewards package including group retirement savings plans, pension and benefits (e.g., health and wellness, dental, disability and life coverage), mental health support and an employee assistance program.