About the Role
We're looking for an experienced Actuary (Pricing) to join our Retail Actuarial & Reinsurance Team. This key role will help drive the evolution of our pricing capabilities, technology, and data analytics. You will lead a team responsible for developing and enhancing pricing models, tools, and databases, while identifying opportunities to automate processes, improve efficiency, and deliver better outcomes for customers and the business. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys combining technical actuarial expertise, modern technologies, and line management to make a real impact.
Responsibilities
- Support the development, testing, and enhancement of pricing models, tools, and databases used across the Retail Actuarial function.
- Oversee the production of pricing management information, improving reporting accuracy and timeliness.
- Support processes that help manage the company’s insurance risks in relation to Retail products.
- Partner with actuarial teams across the business to identify opportunities to leverage new technologies, best practices, and innovative approaches.
- Drive automation and process improvement across the Retail Actuarial team, reducing manual activity and enhancing operational efficiency.
- Provide technical sign-off for business documents and systems, ensuring technical accuracy and clear communication.
- Champion customer-centric improvements, helping to deliver fair outcomes and enhanced customer journeys.
- Lead, coach, and develop Actuarial Analysts and Actuarial Assistants, setting objectives and supporting their professional growth.
Requirements
- Fully qualified FIA or FFA Actuary, or equivalent degree/professional qualification in Mathematics or a related subject.
- A background in pricing and/or project work relating in the life/health insurance industry.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical concepts to both actuarial and non-actuarial stakeholders, including senior leadership.
- Proven experience developing tools, models, and processes using modern technology and coding-based solutions.
- Good technical and analytical skills.
- Advanced knowledge of Excel and VBA.
- Good knowledge of Python, Julia and/or R is an advantage.
- Must have experience of building and maintaining models from the ground up.
- Good problem-solving and resolution skills.
- A collaborative mindset with a genuine desire to help build and grow a successful business.
- Experience using Agentic AI and emerging technologies to improve efficiency and automate processes (desirable but not essential).
- Experience working with large-scale datasets and modern data platforms, such as Microsoft Fabric (desirable but not essential).
Skills
- Pricing
- Innovation
- Data-driven decision-making
- Developing and enhancing pricing models, tools, and databases
- Automating processes
- Improving efficiency
- Technical actuarial expertise
- Modern technologies
- Line management
- Excel
- VBA
- Python
- Julia
- R
- Building and maintaining models
- Problem solving
- Collaboration
- Agentic AI
- Emerging technologies
- Large-scale datasets
- Modern data platforms
- Microsoft Fabric
Location
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid Working
- Permanent
- Full time
Experience Level
- Experienced
Education Level
- Fully qualified FIA or FFA Actuary
- Equivalent degree/professional qualification in Mathematics or a related subject
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Pension scheme
- Life assurance
- 25 days annual leave
- Additional day off for birthday
- Private medical cover
- Income protection
- Generous and highly achievable bonus scheme
- Opportunities to progress career in-role and within the company
- Free access to the Headspace app
- 24/7 employee assistance helpline
- Trained physical and mental health first aiders
- Variety of employee funded benefits via online benefits portal
- Additional purchase options available for you and your loved ones
About the Company
- We help people achieve a better later life. That’s our purpose and it’s the reason we exist. We are a fast-growing company helping customers enjoy the retirement they deserve. We do this through a variety of market leading, award-winning products and services, delivered by a diverse team of over 1,400 purpose-led colleagues who genuinely put the customer at the heart of everything we do. This is a brilliant time to join our business. We are on an exciting growth journey to become the UK’s most loved retirement expert.
Equal Opportunity
- Valuing diversity of thought and fostering a sense of belonging is critical to our business success, driving innovation and balanced decision making. Our work on DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging) aims to deliver a brilliant employee experience underpinned by a sense of belonging, where our people feel proud to work at Just. We remain committed to our publicly disclosed HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter and Race at Work Charter targets and support a wide range of employee network and events, championing issues including intergenerational working, social mobility and neurodiversity.
