City : Toronto

Category : Advisory

Industry : Finance

Employer : KPMG

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Overview of the opportunity:

Our Risk Consulting practice provides clients with a range of Advisory and Assurance services focused on strengthening business resilience, managing business risks, and driving business performance. 

As part of the Financial Risk Management (FRM) service line, we are excited to look for an Actuarial Analyst to join our Actuarial team to provide support on a variety of engagements and help drive the growth and profitability of the Life Actuarial practice.

This role involves participating on a wide variety of client-facing engagements.  Our clients include life insurance companies based in the US and the Caribbean as well as Canada, and we help them with their business and actuarial challenges so that they can achieve their strategic and operational goals.

If you are looking for a challenging position in an exciting and dynamic environment, we offer you a unique team within KPMG, a highly engaging culture and a growing team of exceptional professionals. As part of our Life Actuarial practice, the successful candidate will be responsible for the following:

• Moody’s AXIS™ modeling assignments using KPMG’s industry-leading modeling practices as part of our North American Modelling Centre of Excellence.
• Helping companies navigate the dynamic actuarial, accounting and regulatory insurance landscape, including optimization of IFRS 17 reporting using Moody’s RiskIntegrity™ IFRS 17 .
• Helping with the audit of insurance companies as part of the actuarial specialist team
• Helping us to identify new ways in which we can help our client actuaries, using new leading technologies and cutting-edge techniques.
• Helping our team and our clients embed ESG and Sustainability in the work we do and how we do it in everything we do.

A successful candidate will possess a strong mixture of education, experience, skills and behaviors such as the following:

• University degree with a major in mathematics, finance or actuarial science, and actively pursuing the ASAACIA designation and ultimately Fellowship
• Experience using the Moody’s AXIS actuarial software system and/or Moody’s RiskIntegrity for IFRS 17
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Detail-oriented with exceptional organizational and time management skills

Keys to your success:

• Strong technical skills in MS Office
• Effective interpersonal skills and professional maturity; demonstrated ability to effectively interact and build relationships with a diverse group of clients and colleagues.
• Highly motivated, committed self-starter who can prioritize work, multi-task and cope with changing priorities in an entrepreneurial environment
• Fluency in French would be an asset
• Experience in a consulting environment would be an asset

At times, business needs arise and employees are asked and agree to work beyond their normal work day or work week to fulfill the accountabilities required for their job. Likewise, people need time to devote to personal matters, and our approach to flexibility provides for this.

Our competitive actuarial student program will assist you in progressing through your actuarial exams, and enable you to apply the knowledge you gain from your studies to current actuarial issues.

Keys to your success

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KPMG in Canada is a proud equal opportunities employer and we are committed to creating a respectful, inclusive and barrier-free workplace that allows all of our people to reach their full potential. A diverse workforce is key to our success and we believe in bringing your whole self to work. We welcome all qualified candidates to apply and hope you will choose KPMG in Canada as your employer of choice. For more information about Inclusion, Diversity & Equity in Recruitment, please click here.

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