AVP, Actuary - US Fin Sol Pricing

Financial Solutions Pricing Specialist

Financial Solutions is a growing and highly strategic area at SCOR that supports our clients and their goals. This role plays an important part by driving key aspects of the pricing of Fin Sol deals. Someone in this role is knowledgeable about the use of reinsurance to solve client problems, has deep product knowledge of various products, including term and permanent products (e.g., ULSG, IUL, VUL, etc.), and has past experience developing and/or pricing these types of products from first principles. This role contributes to pricing inforce risk transfer opportunities by owning core modeling and analysis, performing due diligence on product blocks and data, preparing technical content for proposals, and supporting internal review and approval processes. The role requires flexibility, curiosity, and a desire to improve processes along with the ability to exercise sound actuarial judgment in situations with limited data, tight deadlines, and bespoke transaction structures.

As time permits, there will be additional opportunities to contribute to projects related to key company initiatives. This position will be expected to share thought leadership and knowledge within and outside of SCOR as well as across teams to support the development of others and contribute to SCOR's collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

Key duties and responsibilities

• Build, calibrate, and maintain pricing and deal models in Moody's AXIS and FIS Prophet; develop liability cells/tables; run sensitivities; validate outputs; and create clear documentation.
• Assess and develop pricing assumptions focused on mortality, persistency, sales mix, net amount at risk, and guarantee behavior. Application of first-principles modeling of various types of products such as ULSG, IUL, and other perm and term will be required for certain deals.
• Evaluate and compare alternative reinsurance structures (e.g., coinsurance, modco), including collateral requirements, capital impact, and profit emergence timing, and clearly articulate trade-offs to stakeholders.
• Identify and quantify potential risks inherent in proposed transactions and assumptions while proposing risk mitigation strategies.
• Evaluate evolving processes and seek out areas of improvement to standardize and automate routine areas.
• Perform product/data due diligence including data quality checks, and assessment of client-supplied projections.
• Own and document pricing assumptions and methodologies while also defending and justifying assumptions and judgment during internal governance and review processes.
• Execute cash-flow, capital, and return analyses across alternative reinsurance structures and summarize tradeoffs for senior reviewers.
• Contribute to transaction structuring by quantifying risks, collateral implications, and capital effects; escalate issues and recommendations to the deal owners.
• Draft technical sections for proposals and presentation materials; prepare approval packs and responses to governance review comments.
• Complete close-out activities and hand-offs for accepted deals to valuation/modeling teams; support in-force monitoring and management reporting as needed.
• Perform and receive peer reviews; ensure adherence to SCOR pricing standards, internal controls (ICS), and documentation requirements.
• Collaborate with Client Solutions, Underwriting, Experience Analysis, and Global Teams on pricing assumptions, methodologies, and data modeling improvements.
• Assist with the development of team members on technical topics through hands on training.
• Drive continuous improvement by sharing thought leadership and leading/participating in project related efforts on technical topics related to pricing standards, processes, methodologies, and assumptions.
• Own at least one area of pricing expertise; serve as team subject matter expert.
• May perform other duties as required.

Qualifications

Required experience & competencies

• At least 7 years of life (re)insurance actuarial experience pricing or developing various products, including term and permanent life products (including ULSG, IUL, etc.), with demonstrated experience in modeling products from first principles.
• Proven ability to independently lead complex pricing analyses and serve as a technical reference point for peers. Experience with alternative reinsurance structures such as coinsurance, modco, guaranteed YRT, and liability swaps is a plus.
• Hands-on experience building/running pricing models (e.g., AXIS or Prophet) required.
• Working knowledge of US statutory accounting (including PBR) and reinsurance fundamentals.
• Knowledge of additional offshore accounting requirements (e.g. Bermuda STAT, IFRS17, etc.) is an asset.
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills and documentation discipline; able to communicate technical results to non-technical stakeholders.
• Takes initiative and exhibits a sense of urgency with a focus on results for external and internal clients.
• Effective collaborator across offices and functions; comfortable working to deadlines in a high-pressure transactional environment.
• Must be able to work effectively independently and as part of a team with readiness to travel on occasion.

Required Education

• Bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Analytics, Finance, Economics, or related areas
• Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) with current CPD compliance; career ASAs with related direct experience considered.

Job Info

• Job Identification 4977
• Job Category Actuarial Pricing
• Locations 233 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, 60606, US