Longevity IFM Actuarial Analyst (Hybrid 80-100% Working Degree)

Are you a curious and analytical thinker still early on in your actuarial career who is keen to apply your skills in a global business environment?

Join us as a Longevity Inforce Management Actuarial Analyst to gain hands-on experience supporting a fast-growing area of reinsurance, helping manage the financial risks associated with people living longer than expected.

In this role, you’ll work on Swiss Re’s global portfolio of longevity reinsurance, where we help pension schemes and life insurers transfer the risk of individuals outliving their life expectancy.

This is a strategically important and evolving area, offering you exposure to real-world actuarial challenges, collaboration across teams, and the chance to make an early impact in your career.

About the Role

As part of the Longevity In Force Management (LIFM) team, you’ll report to the Actuarial Lead of the LIFM team and support the day-to-day running and long-term success of Swiss Re’s existing longevity business.

You’ll work closely with colleagues across Swiss Re and develop a deep understanding of how reinsurance treaties perform over time.

In this role you will:

• Process and validate data received from clients including claims, premiums and settlement amounts
• Calculate the required collateral to be held for each reinsurance treaty
• Monitor treaty performance to assess profitability and ensure assumptions remain appropriate
• Carry out experience studies and impact analysis to support decision-making
• Collaborate with teams across Swiss Re as well as external cedants to help manage the day-to-day longevity operations
• Use the knowledge and expertise you develop in this role to support regional teams around the world
• Contribute to process improvements and development of automated tools so the team can scale effectively as the business continues to grow

About the Team

The Longevity Inforce Management (LIFM) team plays a central role in managing Swiss Re's large and expanding longevity portfolio.

Our goal is to ensure that the business we’ve already written continues to deliver long-term value — through accurate data, insightful analysis, and strong operational processes.

We work globally, collaborating with teams across Pricing, Sales, Valuation, and more.

Our team thrives on problem-solving, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement. We’re a motivated and supportive group who value curiosity, creativity, and learning from each other.

About You

You're a curious and motivated analyst who enjoys solving problems, working with data, and continuously looking for ways to improve how things are done.

You have good attention to detail and have a strong interest in using programming languages to automate the process.

You take ownership of your work, ask thoughtful questions, and enjoy collaborating with others to make an impact.

You're excited to grow your actuarial career in a real-world business setting.

Essentials

• Progress toward an actuarial or data analyst qualification
• Comfortable working with numbers, analysing datasets, and interpreting results
• Excellent excel modelling skills
• Ability to manage competing deadlines and follow structured processes

Nice to Haves

• Experience in insurance, reinsurance or pensions consulting
• Familiar with other data language/tools such as SQL, R or Python

We are looking forward to your application!

About Swiss Re

Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient.

We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime.

Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients.

This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.

Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking.

We embrace 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.