Job Description:

We are currently on an exciting new role for a Senior Insurance Consultant to join a leading Investment and Pensions firm. The successful candidate will have experience in a similar role and will be working on a project basis across several areas.

The role will focus on supporting clients in risk and capital management and understanding and managing their assets. Alongside this there are opportunities to get involved in a diverse range of other projects, including Solvency II, Longevity Risk Management, Reinsurance & Risk Transfer, ESG, and Pricing & Product Development.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Strategic business acumen and knowledge of risks facing the insurance industry, which will have been acquired in an 'in-house' or consultancy role.
• Good knowledge of the requirements of Solvency II/Solvency UK, Matching Adjustment, and internal models for risks such as credit risk and market risk.
• Appreciation of risk management frameworks typically used by insurance businesses
• Sound grounding in actuarial techniques and strong IT skills
• Dependent on experience, but candidates are likely to be qualified UK actuaries with proven, relevant post-qualification experience, or hold another professional investment or quantitative risk qualification
• Proven commitment to continuous professional development
• Significant experience in investment and ALM work, Solvency II/Solvency UK work for insurers, either 'in-house' at an insurer or asset manager or, in consulting.
• Experience of planning projects and track record of delivering quality work on schedule.
• Excellent consulting skills and proven record of achievement and delivery.
• Flexible in approach and comfortable with working in a changing environment.
• Proven ability to manage multiple and sometimes conflicting demands

• Collegiate worker with high emotional intelligence, able to quickly establish relationships with new colleagues.
• Ability to develop a strong network of contacts in the life insurance industry.
• Ability to both generate proposition ideas and successfully bring solutions to the current client base.
• Ability to mentor and coach others.
• Willing and able to travel where necessary.

Desirable experience

• Knowledge of ESG, funded reinsurance or private assets is helpful but not essential.

Core Responsibilities:

• Providing high quality support to insurance and reinsurance clients both in the UK and globally, either on a consulting basis or via secondment to the client, delivering projects on time and within budget.
• Developing and maintaining a good relationship with nominated clients, building a strong network of contacts in the life insurance industry.
• Identifying and developing further consultancy opportunities with new and existing clients.
• Collaborating across the business, particularly with investment and risk transfer specialists, to deliver on cross-practice projects.
• Helping to promote insurance offerings to a wider audience, which includes conference speaking and writing articles.
• Developing and shaping new investment propositions to take to clients and prospects.

Benefits:

• A highly competitive salary
• Wider Benefits package

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

Job reference: 15569

To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

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