Early Careers: Intern Conversion: Actuarial - Montréal, Canada - WTW

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Montréal, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Early Careers:

Intern Conversion:
Actuarial Analyst, Affinity - 202- Montreal, CA

January 24, 2024

Create a career that goes in the direction you choose. Get to know opportunity.

The Business

Create your future. We are a unique practice in the Canada marketplace that focuses on the development and enhancement of insurance solutions targeted at large customer or membership bases of clients (e.g. banks, credit unions, retailers, associations, hospitality providers, etc.). As an actuarial analyst in our practice, you will be a key resource in helping to prepare and reconcile data, develop and maintain key models and assist the insurance consulting teams, including senior actuarial personnel. You will be exposed to a variety of lines of insurance business and unique solutions supporting an ever-evolving marketplace.

Responsibilities

Providing actuarial and analytics support on various insurance business lines and programs;
Assistance with pricing, loss reserving, financial modeling and forecasts, and benchmarking;
Actuarial support to senior consulting staff on consulting mandates, including data reconciliation and compilation, production of reports, presentations, summary analyses, etc.
Leveraging of technical skills to assist with the streamlining of processes, increasing efficiencies and providing additional perspectives on tackling challenging actuarial problems;
Development of analysis to support strategic recommendations related to bidding processes for partner relationships on behalf of our clients;
Support to actuarial and nonactuarial senior consultants on both technical and program strategy issues, inclusive of client and thirdparty communications.
Assist with other research and presentation material for new client prospects.

Key Behaviors
Problem solving

Indepth investigations, problem identification, development of effective solutions
High standards of quality control
Seeks assistance / support as appropriate

Interpersonal & Communications Skills

Demonstrates good listening skills
Exhibits positive attitude
Strong work ethic, demonstrates initiative
Effectively manages priorities, handling multiple projects under tight timeframes
Responds constructively to different viewpoints, changing priorities & conditions

Teamwork

Strong team player, with ability to work with diverse skillsets
Shares knowledge, opinions and insights in constructive manner
Offers to help others without prompting

Requirements:

University degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics or Statistics
Pursuing professional designation through the exams of either the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) or Society of Actuaries (SOA)
Highly organized, resourceful and excellent attention to detail
Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
Effective and efficient time management skills; ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects and work independently
Strong communications skills, both verbal and written
Experience and knowledge of MS Office (strong focus on Excel, with experience in Word and PowerPoint)
Experience with actuarial programming in languages such as "R"
Prior WTW Internship
Experience with dashboard reporting tools such as PowerBI
Bilingual (English and French)
Experience with personal insurance programs

The Application-Interview Process:

Step 2:
Online assessments and Video Interview

Step 3:
Interview with business

Step 4:
Offer and on-boarding

Equal Opportunity Employer