La Compagnie mutuelle d’assurance Wawanesa is seeking a Senior Actuarial Analyst to join our actuarial group. You will operate with a high degree of autonomy, applying actuarial knowledge to solve complex business problems, mentoring junior analysts, and contributing to strategic initiatives.
What You'll Do
- Research, extract, and manipulate complex data from relevant sources, assessing its quality.
- Perform analyses and complete ad-hoc requests with minimal support.
- Evaluate procedures and processes, recommending alternatives or improvements to increase efficiency.
- Identify opportunities for automation of routine tasks.
- Develop new approaches to problem solving and assess their impacts.
- Identify emerging industry trends and analyze their potential impact.
- Represent Wawanesa at external events such as universities, actuarial clubs, and industry organizations.
- Commit to professional development and bring new knowledge to address team gaps.
- Provide regular project updates to stakeholders, anticipating and raising obstacles in advance.
- Build trust with teams around the actuarial function, leading some projects from beginning to end, including implementation, training, and documentation.
- Actively contribute to the mentorship, training, and development of actuarial analysts.
- Review peer analysis and provide thoughtful feedback on reasonableness, completeness, and accuracy.
- Develop strong working relationships across teams.
What We're Looking For
- A Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related discipline.
- Ability to translate problem-solving methods efficiently to various computer languages.
- Ability to apply knowledge of actuarial science, mathematics, probability, statistics, finance, and business to insurance problems.
- Understanding of database systems and how to interpret and extract data from them.
- Advanced written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor complexity for the audience.
- Ability to develop project timelines and handle multiple concurrent assignments proactively.
- Ability to work efficiently and cooperatively in a team environment.
- Ability to ask effective questions to elicit detailed and relevant information.
Nice to Have
- More than two years of actuarial experience.
- Working towards an ACAS designation; 4 CAS exams completed.
- Experience with machine learning modelling or other pricing modelling methods and software.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation range: $90,000 - $110,000.
- Annual bonus plan.
- Leave of absence top-up programs.
- Generous vacation time, personal days.
- Premium free benefits and a pension plan.
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position. Candidates can be located in Winnipeg, MB; Wawanesa, MB; Vancouver, BC; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB; Lethbridge, AB; Toronto (North York), ON; Kitchener, ON; Ottawa, ON; Montreal, QC; Quebec City, QC; Moncton, NB; or Dartmouth, NS.
We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, including racialized persons, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, gender-diverse and neurodiverse individuals, and anyone who can contribute to the further diversification of thought and ideas.
