Actuarial Analyst

This role will involve participation on engagement teams providing pension and insurance advice to a range of clients including Financial statement audits, Accounting standards, Actuarial valuations, Insurance claims reserves and Risk management.

KPMG in Caricom is a member firm of KPMG International, and is comprised of offices in Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean operating as one integrated business.

KPMG is a global organization of independent professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We operate in 143 countries and territories with close to 265,000 people working in member firms around the world.  

Job Profile

KPMG in Jamaica is seeking to hire a passionate and driven Actuarial Analyst to join our Financial Risk Management (FRM) team. Based in Kingston, the Actuarial Analyst’s prime responsibility is to provide support on a variety of engagements and help drive the growth of the (FRM) team. This role will involve participation on engagement teams providing pension and insurance advice to a range of clients including Financial statement audits, Accounting standards, Actuarial valuations, Insurance claims reserves and Risk management.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze defined benefit plan financial statement disclosures as part of year-end audits
• Calculate benefit entitlements for retiring and terminating pension plan members
• Compile and analyze actuarial assumption data for audit clients
• Providing actuarial specialist support to review insurance companies’ claims reserve as part of the financial statement audit.
• Assisting in the actuarial implementation and implementation review of the IFRS 17 insurance accounting standard.
  

Qualifications

• University degree with a major in Mathematics, Finance or Actuarial Science
• Completion of or the intent to complete in the short term at least one preliminary Society of Actuaries exam (P, FM, IFM, LTAM, STAM, SRM, PA, and VEE credits; or legacy MFE, MLC, C) or the intention of working towards the ASA/ACIA designation and ultimately Fellowship is considered a plus
• At least 1 year experience in a similar role would be an advantage 
  

Key Skills

• Knowledge of life contingencies and financial mathematics concepts
• Knowledge of pension funding and accounting concepts is a plus
• Strong technical skills in Excel and pension valuation systems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• Detail-oriented with exceptional organizational and time management skills 
• Highly motivated, committed self-starter who can prioritize work, multi-task and cope with changing priorities in an entrepreneurial environment
• Flexibility to work beyond the normal work day or work week
  

If you are looking for a challenging position in an exciting and dynamic environment, we offer you a unique team within KPMG, a highly engaging culture and a growing team of exceptional professionals.

Compensation and benefits are very competitive and will be commensurate with experience. 

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We thank all interested applicants however only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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