Reserving Manager – European Operations

Overview

In this role you will lead reserving strategy and governance for European Operations, partnering across Finance, Planning, Capital, and business units to align assumptions and drive value. You will influence business decisions with actuarial insights and modernisation initiatives, ensuring robust reserving practices. The position sits at the crossroads of Actuarial, Finance and Group functions, delivering accurate reporting and meaningful risk-informed recommendations. This is a high-impact role with leadership responsibility and cross-functional collaboration at senior levels.

Pay / Benefits

• 30 days holiday
• Flexible working
• Pension with 10% employer contributions
• Private medical insurance for you and family
• Family friendly policies – 26 weeks leave at full pay
• Short term remote work abroad up to 20 days per year

Responsibilities

• Maintain alignment of reserving assumptions across Reserving, Planning, Capital Modelling and Pricing, collaborating with other Group Divisions as needed
• Oversee valuation processes and prepare key governance materials and reports (Audit Committee, RITC, Board papers, Group reports)
• Collaborate with Planning & Performance, Pricing and Product Leaders to embed reserving insights into decision-making
• Build and maintain relationships with Finance, Planning, Pricing, Capital, Underwriting, Claims and Group functions; act as trusted advisor on reserving
• Champion continuous improvement of reserving processes, systems and governance; drive efficiency and better insights
• Lead and develop actuarial team members and enhance stakeholder engagement and delivery of objectives

Key requirements

• Fully qualified actuary with significant General Insurance experience
• Strong experience in reserving and related actuarial disciplines
• Experience in team management and senior stakeholder engagement
• Data analysis skills with proficiency in Python, SAS, SQL and VBA
• Commercially aware, collaborative and able to influence strategic decisions
• Experience in corporate or consulting environments with focus on general insurance
• Experience leading operational processes and providing technical analysis insights
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with clear written and verbal communication

• stakeholder management
• collaboration
• communication
• Python
• SAS
• SQL

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