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About the Role

As a Valuation Actuary at Swiss Re Japan, you will be at the heart of our Life & Health valuation activities, ensuring the integrity and accuracy of policy liabilities across multiple reporting frameworks. This role involves collaborating across functions, engaging with regulators, and contributing to the management of a sophisticated in-force portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Perform quarterly reserving and reporting processes for L&H business in Japan, ensuring timely and accurate outputs.
• Ensure in-force data quality and proper determination of policy liabilities across IFRS, JGAAP, Singapore Statutory, and Swiss Statutory frameworks.
• Monitor and communicate the performance of Japan and assigned L&H business portfolios to key stakeholders.
• Track and interpret JFSA regulatory requirements, focusing on economic solvency and actuarial standards.
• Support cross-functional engagement with internal teams including Portfolio Management, Technical Accounting, Risk Management, and Finance.
• Facilitate the actuarial feedback loop from valuation to pricing by liaising with Client Markets and Pricing teams across Asia.
• Collaborate with external clients and regulators to support transparent and effective management of L&H in-force portfolios.
• Contribute to a strong team culture, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing within the Actuarial Reserving team.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of L&H valuation or pricing experience in reinsurance, primary insurance, or insurance consultancy.
• Good progress in actuarial examinations (e.g., towards fellowship with a recognized actuarial body).
• Working-level understanding of at least one of the following reporting frameworks: IFRS, JGAAP, or Singapore Statutory.
• Strong technical knowledge and proficiency in actuarial modelling systems.
• Ability to analyze and interpret large volumes of data.
• Native-level Japanese language skills.
• Basic English communication ability.

Skills

• Actuarial modeling systems
• Data analysis
• Stakeholder management
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Prophet
• R
• Python

Location

• Tokyo

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 3+ years

Education Level

• Progress towards actuarial fellowship

About the Company

• Swiss Re is a leading global provider of reinsurance, insurance, and risk transfer solutions, focused on making the world more resilient.
• The company manages a wide variety of risks, including natural catastrophes, climate change, and cybercrime, across Property & Casualty and Life & Health sectors.
• Swiss Re fosters an inclusive culture that encourages diverse perspectives and innovation, where employees can thrive and develop professionally.
• The company embraces a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to develop professionally regardless of their background or characteristics.
• Swiss Re offers an inclusive and flexible environment where employees can bring their authentic selves to work.

Equal Opportunity

• Swiss Re embraces a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics.
• In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.
• If you are an experienced professional returning to the workforce after a career break, we encourage you to apply for open positions that match your skills and experience.