• Provide actuarial support to senior members of the team.
• Processing calculations for actuarial valuations, transfer values, etc
• Analysing, checking and processing membership data for actuarial purposes.
• Assisting with the development of systems and spreadsheets to cope with changes in pension's
• legislation and practice.
• Deal with routine queries received from clients, scheme members, third parties.
• Attend client meetings, seminars etc.
• Reporting to the qualified actuaries and senior actuarial students on a regular basis.

Experience Required:
The following skills, experience and knowledge are required for this role:

• A sound mathematical background is essential, preferably with experience in the financial sector.
• With a 2:1 degree in a numerate or semi numerate subject.
• Excellent planning and organisational ability in order to prioritise and complete work in accordance
• with deadlines.
• Good analytical skills and ability to work though tasks in a logical manner
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a team with rapidly changing priorities and demands and build strong
• working relationships with your peers, and senior colleagues.
• Strong IT skills with good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, in particular Excel.

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Life Assurance
Graduate Position

A student rotation program is offered where employees will rotate between departments gaining experience in the following areas:

Actuarial Reporting
• To assist with the timely and accurate Financial reporting on various bases e.g. statutory valuation,
• embedded value, IFRS.
• To assist with the development of capital adequacy and risk based capital techniques in
• accordance with the companies' own risk processes and as required by FSA/CBI guidelines
• companies.
• To assist with the preparation and validation of actuarial data and the development of appropriate
• documentation
• Financial projections & budget work.
• Solvency II development work including participation in Quantitative Impact Studies (QIS) and
• gap analyses.

Product & Pricing
• Product development including profit testing, development of policy illustrations and reviews of
• product literature.
• Assist the Financial Reporting Actuary in ensuring that the company's ongoing capital/solvency
• position is monitored and the premium rates charged are appropriate.
• To assist in the production of the experience studies necessary for the smooth running of the
• business

Actuarial Support
• Assisting in the testing and development of quotation and administration systems
• Assisting the actuarial team in dealing with special requests from the business

Requirements:
• Excellent technical ability
• Strong educational track record - making good progress through the actuary exams.
• Strong project / task planning skills.
• The ability to work on own initiative.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• The ability to build good working relationships both internally and externally and with people at all
• levels.
• Strong interpersonal skills.

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General Insurance
Graduate Position

A student rotation program is offered where employees will rotate between departments gaining experience in the following areas:

Pricing
• Liaise with underwriters and other actuaries to ensure the quality of the pricing process, both in
• terms of access to appropriate historic loss data at a sufficiently detailed level and in interpreting
• trends.

Claims reserving
• monitor and communicate ongoing trends in claims development, both internal and external.
• collate all data relating to the calculation of claims reserves
• set parameters governing reserve calculation
• calculate claims reserves
• establish sensitivity of likely claims costs to changes in experience from assumed
• contribute to preparation of Data Adequacy Statement and Statement of Actuarial Opinion

Capital management
• contribute to the management of capital by establishing liability profiles in order to assess suitable
• matching asset holdings.
• take a leading role in the process of reporting on the reserving and capital positions of the
• company to the Central Bank of Ireland.
• Establish capability to calculate solvency and minimum capital requirements under the
• Solvency II regime.

For all of the above responsibilities, access will be available to the external actuarial consultant for support and advice.

Requirements:
• Highly motivated with the ability to work on own initiative, to meet deadlines and to be a good
• team player
• Energy, drive & commitment to deliver excellent service to all areas of this successful and
• growingbusiness
• Be innovative & develop the ability to apply actuarial techniques to practical business situations
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with a range of business partners in order to
• achieve desired solutions
• Graduates in Actuarial Science or those with relevant degrees in Mathematics, Statistics,
• Economics or Science with a, or an expected, minimum 2.1 result.

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Finance & Investment
Graduate Position

The job holder will work as part of a team supporting more experienced analysts.

Roles & Responsibilities will include:
• Drafting investment strategy and manager structure reports using modelling tools and
• incorporating latest house views as appropriate
• Assisting with manager selection exercises
• Assisting with implementing changes to investment manager arrangements
• Producing/checking monitoring reports and performing calculations
• Attending/participating in client meetings, presenting part/whole sections of reports
• highlighting and explaining key issues
• Contributing to the manager and/or specialist research process
• Proactively offering contributions and ideas to consultants.
• Dealing with routine queries received from clients, investment managers, third parties, etc.

Requirements:
• 2.1 in numerate degree discipline
• Understanding of trends in the pension and investment marketplace, how pension funds
• operate and market conditions
• Sound mathematical background
• Takes ownership for work, always ensuring standards and deadlines are met and keeping
• others informed and up-to-date
• Works well under pressure, with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks
• Openly shares information and own expertise with colleagues
• Possess excellent team working skills
• Demonstrates excellent oral and written communication skills
• Self motivated with an eagerness to learn
• Challenges existing practices and conventional thinking

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Risk
Graduate Position

The job holder will work as part of a team supporting more experienced analysts.

Roles & Responsibilities will include:
• Ensuring all Enterprise Risk Management procedures are being performed and that risks are
• measured, monitored and managed.
• Ensure all procedures are properly documented
• Maintenance and development of Risk Policies
• Provision of support to the business/functional units in their management of risk
• Risk reporting (to the Supervisory Committee and the Risk Committees).
• Supporting and enhancing our enterprise risk management capabilities, through both analysis
• and the implementation of improved risk frameworks and MI
• Review, analysis and preparation of mainly quantitative but also qualitative risk
• assessments/reports
• Analysis of the wider risk environment - e.g. macro-economic risk, emerging risks etc.,
• Reviewing, supporting production of, analysing and enhancing Risk Assessments for
• new initiatives/ products/ internal changes as required
• Analysing risk publications and regulatory documentation (e.g. Solvency II)

Requirements:
• 2.1 in any numerate or semi-numerate degree discipline
• Sound mathematical background
• Takes ownership for work, always ensuring standards and deadlines are met and keeping
• others informed and up-to-date
• Works well under pressure, with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks
• Openly shares information and own expertise with colleagues
• Possess excellent team working skills
• Demonstrates excellent oral and written communication skills
• Self motivated with an eagerness to learn
• Challenges existing practices and conventional thinking

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Reinsurance
Graduate Position

Graduate position reporting directly to the Assistant General Manage. Assisting the Marketing Actuarial team in pricing and designing of products and in the preparation of quotes. The role will lead to significant client contact, account management and business development.

Main responsibilities:
• Supporting the growth and development of the Life/Health Reinsurance Portfolio
• Preparing quotations and presentations
• Development and research of technical pricing bases
• Assisting in the development of new product ideas
• Assisting in managing client portfolios
• Involvement in the implementation of Prophet

Requirements:
• Excellent communication skills
• Sound IT skills including Excel
• Sound attention to detail and a methodical approach to managing own workload
• Highly focused with the ability to see the job through
• Ability to prioritise own workload and work on own initiative as well as working within a team
• Ability to work under pressure in order to meet tight deadlines
• Flexible approach to workload
• Profit testing and product development knowledge would be of advantage

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Health & Care
Graduate Position

Roles & Responsibilities will include:
Assist in the design and introduction of profitable new products in line with the overall organisation's Product Development Strategy. This will include ensuring the appropriate administration processes and procedures are in place to support the delivery of new products.

• Assist in the development of existing product lines to meet market needs.
• Ensure that the product development process fulfils the organisation's product development
• quality criteria.
• Liaise with the appropriate departments to ensure the timely and efficient launch and
• introduction of new product lines.
• Liaise with the Information Technology Division in the specification and testing of new
• computer systems required within the Product Development Team to support the introduction
• of new products.
• Assist in managing the ongoing profitability of new products.

Requirements:
• Ideally a few months' industry experience in a health or life insurance environment.
• Making progress with the CT series exams.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills and experience in leading a dynamic team.
• Energetic, innovative and committed.
• Capability in an additional European language would be desirable.

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