Senior Actuary, ALM

Role Overview

After a very successful period of growth over recent years CL Re has developed a significant and diverse portfolio of reinsurance transactions. A bright, talented and motivated individual is sought to fill a Senior Actuary role to undertake measuring and reporting of ALM risks.

This role would suit an experienced reporting, investment or ALM actuary who:

• Is at ease working on deep technical matters and complex models.
• Wants to be part of forward-thinking team where creativity and problem-solving is central to what we do.
• Enjoys learning and developing and thrives in a fast-paced high-change environment.

In this role the successful candidate will:

• Deliver the quarterly production process for measuring and monitoring key ALM risks (such as interest‑rate risk) across the CRS balance sheet, ensuring high-quality and accurate results.
• Perform detailed analysis of results and clearly communicate key insights and trends to stakeholders across CRS and Lifeco.
• Support ad‑hoc analysis, including reviews of ALM risk metrics, methodology updates, changes to investment strategies, and assessments of new business activity.
• Identify, propose, and implement practical automation solutions to streamline reporting processes and improve reporting timelines.
• Support ALM strategic initiatives, such as developing ALM models and infrastructure.

The Person:

The ideal candidate will have:

• An actuarial qualification with at least three years post-qualification relevant technical experience.
• Demonstrated experience across some of the following:
  • Asset and liability cash flow modelling, interest and inflation modelling, cash flow matching and ALM techniques.
  • Financial reporting and capital reporting.
  • A variety of risks and reinsurance transaction structures across life, non‑life and P&C.
  • Developing finance and actuarial processes, project work (including delivering project timetables and communicating progress to relevant stakeholders) and change management.
• Experience working with actuarial modelling (e.g., Excel, Prophet, Python, R), data management (e.g., SQL) and data visualisation (e.g., PowerBI) software.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, and in particular an ability to effectively communicate complex concepts by adapting to the different audiences.
• A high level of comfort operating in an environment with some ambiguity, change and uncertain parameters.
• Well-developed professional judgement and be at ease balancing urgency and importance.
• A collaborative mindset and an appetite to work effectively in partnership with senior management across the Dublin office, the Division, and the Group. A demonstrated capacity to build relationships, gain trust and command respect at all levels.
• A strong work ethic, pragmatic, a willingness to work to a flexible schedule and travel occasionally.
• An ability to plan work, manage time effectively and ensure timely completion of all deliverables. In particular, experience of managing multiple workstreams simultaneously to demanding schedules.
• The capacity to solve problems and make decisions effectively and efficiently.