Business Architect, Valuation (Actuarial Assistant) from a life and heath reinsurer (Malaysia)
What you will do
- Implement change initiatives that are prioritized according to the business strategies.
- Assists in Pricing-to-Valuation assumptions conversions according to business needs.
- Deliver enhanced business values through an effective stakeholder engagement and organizational change management.
- Work with Valuation associates globally to support the adoption of enhanced business processes and system capabilities.
- Develop advanced understanding of the company’s Valuation processes, data, and systems within and outside Valuation and ensure the end-to-end integration.
- Actively define and promote best practices and standardized business processes, mastered data, governance, and controls outside and within the Valuation function.
- Actively lead the cross-functional efforts and provide constructive feedback to ensure that the management strategies are properly incorporated into the overall architecture.
- Engaged IT resources to ensure business requirements are met and implement the proper technical solutions aligned with the business strategies.
- Maintain regular and predictable attendance.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent related work experience
- 3-5 years Actuarial systems such as AXIS or Prophet, or IT-related experience, such as Business Analysis, Quality Assurance, etc.
Preferred:
- Insurance industry knowledge
- Actuarial science background
- LOMA certifications
- Scrum/agile framework experience
- Knowledge of change management
- Working knowledge of Alteryx and Tableau
- 5-7 years IT-related experience, such as Business Analysis, Quality Assurance, etc.
- Advanced oral and written communication skills demonstrating ability to share and impart domain knowledge and complex information.
- Advanced level of skills in customer relationship management and change management.
- Advanced ability to collaborate and liaise with individuals across a wide variety of operational, functional, and technical disciplines.
- Advanced ability to translate business needs and problems into implementable specifications and support the implementation of technical and business solutions.
- Advanced negotiating and persuasion skills.
- Advanced level of investigative, analytical, and problem solving skills.
- Advanced Excel, Word, and SQL/Query skills.
- Advanced ability to recognize and articulate the process improvement opportunities and the capability gaps.
- Intermediate ability to set goals and manage multiple assigned tasks, clients, and projects simultaneously.
- Ability to quickly adapt to new methods.
- Ability to work under tight deadlines and stressful conditions.
- Ability to appropriately balance priorities, deadlines, and deliverables with departmental goals and objectives.
- Ability to work well within a team environment and participate in department/team projects.
- Ability to work outside normal business hours with users in different time zones.
- Hands-on knowledge of program management and software development lifecycle and methodologies.
- General business knowledge