Actuarial Model Developer

This is a great opportunity for a part-qualified Actuary or Actuarial Analyst to change their career focus and develop a long-lasting career in software development. This role also provides opportunities to become a subject matter expert on our financial models, owning modelling approaches and contributing to team learning and development.

We are looking for a part-qualified Actuary or Actuarial Analyst to help design, build, deliver and support financial models serving the Pensions market. You will:

• Build your skills in software development with a focus on Actuarial models and supporting systems.
• Work on a variety of software including roll forward models, asset liability models and products we license to clients.
• Apply the business knowledge, skills and experience you have gained whilst working in an Actuarial-focused role.
• Help the development team understand the requirements of complex financial calculations.
• Build an understanding of system design and risk issues relevant to existing financial models.
• Become a Subject Matter Expert on our modelling systems.
• Work within a high-performing, multi-disciplinary team alongside actuarial modelling experts, highly experienced software developers, quality engineers & other specialists. We work within a DevOps culture that promotes team autonomy and engineering excellence, using the latest technologies.

Our firm invests in the very latest technologies to facilitate the delivery of our ground-breaking business solutions. We work with the most up to date range of Microsoft product technology solutions including Azure and employ an agile approach to software design and implementation.

About You

To succeed in, and enjoy this role, you are likely to have:

• Experience with actuarial calculations, in particular working on Defined Benefit pension schemes
• Experience working as an Actuarial Analyst or Trainee Actuary (part-qualified).
• A desire to develop your career as a software developer, furthering your skills in modern full-stack software development.

You may also have:

• Some experience of modern software development
• Some awareness of the Microsoft development stack and Azure Cloud computing technologies, including some of the following:
  • ASP.NET & ASP.NET Core
  • Service-oriented architectures
  • Microservices
  • Git & Azure DevOps
  • RESTful APIs
• Some familiarity with, or awareness of, continuous improvement and continuous delivery practices, DevOps culture and automation within the Azure Dev Ops platform (yaml pipelines)

You will be:

• Self-motivated with a drive to learn and share knowledge.
• Focused on continuous learning and improvement.
• An effective communicator and a great team player, able to collaborate with all the skills in your team.
• Able to forge strong and professional relationships at all levels.
• Able to collaborate successfully with client and 3rd party technical teams.
• Able to effectively articulate actuarial concepts with team members/stakeholders from a non-actuarial background.