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Actuarial Analyst

Guy Carpenter LLC Global Strategic Advisory is seeking talented and motivated individuals to join our GC Analytics Actuarial team. Opportunities exist in New York City, Morristown, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, Edina, Seattle, San Francisco and potentially others.

What can you expect?

• You will join a team of Actuarial Advisors that deploy deeply specialized quantitative skills and sophisticated modeling to provide critical measurement and insight to our clients
• You will get to work alongside our top-tier professionals, generating a comprehensive view of all portfolio profitability components to help clients align day-to-day underwriting strategies to support long-term goals
• You will be responsible for organizing, analyzing and interpreting data and performing modeling to help analyze the cost and structure of a reinsurance program as well as other analytics projects

What is in it for you?

• Join an outstanding professional services firm with more than 150 years of history – we are 76,000 colleagues in four global businesses united by a common purpose to make a difference in the moments that matter
• Culture of internal mobility, collaboration and strong partnerships across the business
• Competitive pay, full benefits package – starting day one (medical, dental, vision, STD/LTD, life insurance, generous 401k match AND automatic contribution)
• Competitive actuarial study program, including generous study hours, study material purchase, and base pay increases for passing exams
• Generous Parental Leave and Tuition Reimbursement plan per year and participation in our Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Generous paid time off for vacation, sick, company holidays and time to give back to your community
• Colleague Resource Groups, which provide access to leaders, relevant volunteer and mentoring opportunities, and interactions with counterparts in industry groups and client organizations

We will count on you to:

• Organize client data, check data for reasonability, load data into predictive models, run the models, share insights with senior colleagues, and compile coherent and compelling narratives to help clients understand their degree of risk
• Perform basic calculations with client data to assess a range of risk exposures and predict outcomes for clients in support of reinsurance transaction process
• Conduct research on industry/regulatory developments that affect loss liabilities to determine the impact on clients
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with brokers/clients/reinsurers, assist in promptly responding to client queries and concerns
• Keep teams updated on industry-specific and specialty related trends that may affect reinsurance programs/calculations
• Leverage our proprietary MetaRisk software suite to develop and optimize bespoke reinsurance transactions and evaluate their impact on our clients capital, growth, and volatility objectives

What you need to have: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science or related quantitative field such as Mathematics or Statistics
• Completion of 1 – 2 Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) exams required
• Curious and proactive mindset: desire and ability to lead internal initiatives and research projects to completion
• Superior communication and presentation skills: an ability to translate complex technical analysis and concepts into easily understandable terms for brokers and clients
• A collaborative, team-oriented professional with effective interpersonal skills
• Strong ability to be organized and detail oriented
• Proficient in MS Excel with skills in other MS Office products

What makes you stand out, possibly through an internship:

• Familiarity with programming languages/visualization tool (i.e., R, Python, SQL, Alteryx, Power BI)
• Experience in a technical related role at a reinsurance broker, market, or catastrophe model software vendor
• Prior experience in relevant insurance / reinsurance field
• An understanding of the reinsurance industry and product