Description
At Aviva Canada, we're looking for a Pricing Actuary to lead a team and drive critical initiatives. You'll harness powerful technologies and develop innovative pricing techniques that propel our business forward, focusing on delivering the best outcomes for our customers.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the development, enhancement, and monitoring of pricing and ratemaking models, methodologies, and processes.
- Analyze portfolio performance, emerging experience, market trends, and competitive dynamics to identify opportunities and recommend pricing actions.
- Develop actuarially sound rate indications and ratemaking proposals to support profitability, growth, and customer retention objectives.
- Collaborate with Product, Underwriting, Distribution, Claims, and Business Development partners on strategic pricing and broker initiatives.
- Consolidate insights from actuarial, analytics, and other centers of excellence to formulate pricing recommendations and business decisions.
- Research and apply traditional actuarial techniques as well as advanced analytical methods to solve business challenges and enhance pricing effectiveness.
- Prepare and support regulatory rate filings and document actuarial pricing processes, methodologies, and models.
- Manage pricing and ratemaking projects, overseeing technical design, scope, timelines, implementation, and stakeholder communications.
- Coach junior staff and act as a technical expert and mentor for senior and junior analysts.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in actuarial science, Math or Statistics or other related subjects.
- Working towards ACAS/FCAS designation.
- Minimum 4 years of P&C work experience, including 2 years of experience as a Senior Analyst is preferred.
- Focus on enhancing the customer experience.
- Actuarial curiosity to learn and explore new solutions.
- Strong mathematical and statistical background.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Proficiency in programming.
Nice to Have:
- Experience with Python, MS Access, SAS, and VBA.
What We Offer:
- Salary band: $105,000 to $134,000.
- Compelling rewards package including base compensation, eligibility for annual bonus, retirement savings, share plan, health benefits, personal wellness, and volunteer opportunities.
- Hybrid flexible work model.
- Outstanding career development opportunities.
- We'll support your professional development education.
- Competitive vacation package with the option to purchase 5 extra days off per year.
- Employee-driven programs focused on gender, LGBTQ+, origins, diversity, and inclusion.
- Corporate wellness programs to support our employees' physical and mental health.
- Employee discount on home and auto insurance (where applicable).