Charlotte NC

Leawood KS

Remote

Intern

Graduate

Part Qualified

Associate

Qualified

Senior Actuary

Life

Health

Property & Casualty

Products

Reserving

Reporting

Reinsurance

Risk

Systems

Python

Modelling

Experience Analysis

Prophet

Coding

Pricing

Machine Learning

Valuation

Longevity

Excel

Tableau

AXIS

Key duties and responsibilities<ul><li>Support team through active participation in team meetings</li><li>Analyze seriatim and other data for use in preparing mortality and lapse studies</li><li>Analyze mortality and lapse study results and assess their usefulness for pricing or other purposes</li><li>Analyze product, underwriting, or other company information for any influences on mortality, historical and prospective</li><li>Study the factors which influence insured mortality and their relative effect</li><li>Handle other tasks, as needed, to accomplish the goals of the Experience Analysis team or other actuarial functions</li></ul>QualificationsRequired experience & competencies<ul><li>Strong mathematical and statistical knowledge and skills with the ability to problem solve</li><li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills</li><li>Ability to work effectively independently and as part of a team</li><li>Understanding of advanced Excel functions</li><li>Strong computer skills including learning new software and Microsoft Office products</li></ul>Required Education<ul><li>Pursuing undergraduate or graduate degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, or Statistics.</li><li>Passed at least one actuarial exam.</li></ul>

This position is part of the US Experience Analysis department, which produces experience studies and analysis using internal and external data. A key goal of the department’s work is to identify and share key findings and insights about claims and persistency experience, and developing updates to best estimate assumptions or support other organizational needs as needed.This position exists to help evaluate data from life reinsurance customers, as well as from the company’s own data, in order to analyze mortality and/or lapse experience for use in research and developing new best estimate assumptions. A key aspect of this position is to work closely with other team members as the team analyses experience data to understand the drivers for SCOR’s claims.These findings are then communicated to key company stakeholders so that the learnings can be reflected in business decisions and future assumptions. The position may also assist in building/modifying/implementing predictive models to assist in understanding our data and claims experience.This position is hybrid and 3 days in the office per week. Location either Leawood, KS or Charlotte, NC.Responsibilities<ul><li>Analyze emerging mortality, persistency, and other experience required to meet key strategic and organizational needs</li><li>Analyze product, underwriting, or other company information for any influences on mortality from a historical or prospective perspective</li><li>Help recommend assumptions for use in pricing and best estimate liability modeling</li><li>Build, modify, and/or implement models for estimating/forecasting mortality and lapses.</li><li>Optimize processes and tools to enhance procedures and approaches</li><li>Perform regular inspection and maintenance of data supporting these studies</li><li>Maintain a procedure for ensuring the accuracy of studies and summaries used in analysis</li><li>Create and maintain SQL code for performing mortality and lapse studies on seriatim policy listings</li><li>Create user-friendly extracts from mortality and lapse studies</li><li>Other tasks as needed to accomplish the goals of the Experience Analysis department</li><li>Duties in support of other actuarial functions of the company, as required</li></ul>Qualifications<ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Analytics, Finance or related area.</li><li>Minimum of two SOA exams passed</li><li>Solid mathematical analysis skills with strong problem-solving ability</li><li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills</li><li>Strong collaboration skills</li><li>Highly motivated/self-starter</li><li>Must be able to work effectively as part of a team and independently with readiness to travel on occasion</li><li>High level of computer literacy with strong skills in MS Office</li><li>Experience with or ability to quickly learn SQL Server Management Studio, R and/or Python, and Tableau</li><li>Regular attendance and ability to work extended hours as necessary to meet deadlines</li><li>Further regular progress towards the Educational Requirements for membership in the Society of Actuaries will be expected</li></ul>About usSCOR, the 4th largest reinsurer in the world, provides insurance companies with a diversified and innovative range of solutions and services to control and manage risk. Leveraging experience and expertise to deliver “The Art &amp; Science of Risk”, SCOR provides cutting-edge financial solutions, analytics tools and services in all areas related to risk – from Life &amp; Health and Property &amp; Casualty insurance to Investments. Our specialized teams operate in over 160 countries, fostering long-term relationships with clients.In order to provide our clients with a broad range of innovative reinsurance solutions, SCOR pursues an underwriting policy that is founded on profitability and supported by effective risk management strategy and a prudent investment policy. This approach allows us to offer clients an optimum level of security, to create value for shareholders, and to contribute to the welfare and resilience of society by helping to protect insureds against the risks they face.At SCOR, we believe that employing people from different backgrounds and ensuring inclusivity is a major driving force for the success of the Group. We are committed to fostering a work environment in which all employees are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources, and can contribute fully to SCOR’s success.

Responsibilities<ul><li>Support team through active participation in team meetings</li><li>Analyze seriatim and other data for use in preparing mortality and lapse studies</li><li>Analyze mortality and lapse study results and assess their usefulness for pricing or other purposes</li><li>Analyze product, underwriting, or other company information for any influences on mortality, historical and prospective</li><li>Study the factors which influence insured mortality and their relative effect</li><li>Handle other tasks, as needed, to accomplish the goals of the Experience Analysis team or other actuarial functions</li></ul>Qualifications<ul></li><li>Strong mathematical and statistical knowledge and skills with the ability to problem solve</li><li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills</li><li>Ability to work effectively independently and as part of a team</li><li>Understanding of advanced Excel functions</li><li>Strong computer skills including learning new software and Microsoft Office products</li></ul>Personal Competencies:<ul><li>Problem Solving – Can see through the clutter of information and data to propose a clear path forward.</li><li>Communication – Formulates ideas and uses the right tools to present information.</li><li>Resilience - Demonstrates an ability to persevere through difficult situations and to bounce back after a failure.</li><li>Execution – Guides projects and assignments through to completion.</li><li>Accountability - Raises critical points and questions when needed and shows responsibility when working independently.</li><li>Commitment – Brings excitement, skill and insight to every assignment and uses personal talents to contribute to the success of the Group.</li><li>Curiosity - Demonstrates an appetite for learning and growing knowledge.</li><li>Adaptable – Embraces new practices and methods.</li></ul>Required Education<ul><li>Pursuing undergraduate or graduate degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, or Statistics.</li><li>Passed at least one actuarial exam.</li></ul>About usSCOR, the 4th largest reinsurer in the world, provides insurance companies with a diversified and innovative range of solutions and services to control and manage risk. Leveraging experience and expertise to deliver “The Art &amp; Science of Risk”, SCOR provides cutting-edge financial solutions, analytics tools and services in all areas related to risk – from Life &amp; Health and Property &amp; Casualty insurance to Investments. Our specialized teams operate in over 160 countries, fostering long-term relationships with clients.In order to provide our clients with a broad range of innovative reinsurance solutions, SCOR pursues an underwriting policy that is founded on profitability and supported by effective risk management strategy and a prudent investment policy. This approach allows us to offer clients an optimum level of security, to create value for shareholders, and to contribute to the welfare and resilience of society by helping to protect insureds against the risks they face.At SCOR, we believe that employing people from different backgrounds and ensuring inclusivity is a major driving force for the success of the Group. We are committed to fostering a work environment in which all employees are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources, and can contribute fully to SCOR’s success.

The Strategic Partnerships team at SCOR US is at the forefront of developing new, innovative products within the Life insurance realm. We work with a diverse set of clients including InsurTechs, FinTechs, large agencies, health &amp; wellness firms, and the best-known insurers in the United States. We are looking for well-rounded, creative-minded, and passionate individuals to join our growing and dynamic team on the journey to make Life insurance better for everyone.Responsibilities<ul><li>Support the Pricing team across several new deals and products being developed</li><li>Create actuarial models, including liability population cells / data tables / other structures needed to properly price business</li><li>Generate model runs and sensitivities; verify results are accurate; complete analysis to quantify changes in assumptions, methods, required reserves, product features and premiums, etc.</li><li>Create benchmarks to compare rates of new products against market competitors</li><li>Complete documentation and reporting as required within internal systems</li><li>Work closely with the Business Development team to assist with deal communication and hand-off for analysis and final proposals</li><li>Assist with client experience and mortality assessments</li><li>Complete data analysis to assist with assumption setting</li><li>Complete necessary analysis required for client requests</li><li>Create and continuously improve performance management capabilities for monitoring inforce business</li><li>Identify areas of improvement and implement continuous improvement initiatives</li></ul>Qualifications<ul><li>Currently in the 3rd or 4th year pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Science/Statistics with sound grades</li><li>Successful completion of 2+ actuarial exams preferred</li><li>Exposure to life insurance courses and/or business courses.</li><li>Prior co-op experience in a Life insurance and/or actuarial setting is an asset</li><li>Experience with Prophet / GGY Axis preferred</li><li>Working knowledge of insurance and actuarial principles Ability to work both independently and in a team setting</li><li>Strong analytical skills; programming skills (I.e. Python) and Prophet/GGY Axis is an asset</li><li>PC literacy including Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint</li><li>Strong communication skills; written and verbal</li></ul>About usSCOR, the 4th largest reinsurer in the world, provides insurance companies with a diversified and innovative range of solutions and services to control and manage risk. Leveraging experience and expertise to deliver “The Art &amp; Science of Risk”, SCOR provides cutting-edge financial solutions, analytics tools and services in all areas related to risk – from Life &amp; Health and Property &amp; Casualty insurance to Investments. Our specialized teams operate in over 160 countries, fostering long-term relationships with clients.In order to provide our clients with a broad range of innovative reinsurance solutions, SCOR pursues an underwriting policy that is founded on profitability and supported by effective risk management strategy and a prudent investment policy. This approach allows us to offer clients an optimum level of security, to create value for shareholders, and to contribute to the welfare and resilience of society by helping to protect insureds against the risks they face.At SCOR, we believe that employing people from different backgrounds and ensuring inclusivity is a major driving force for the success of the Group. We are committed to fostering a work environment in which all employees are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources, and can contribute fully to SCOR’s success.

Duties:<li>Performs mortality and lapse studies on client provided data for pricing and other purposes.</li><li>SCOR Global Life Americas Reinsurance Company seeks Senior Actuarial Analyst in Leawood, KS to perform mortality and lapse studies on client provided data for pricing and other purposes.</li><li>Perform peer reviews of other team members' mortality and lapse studies.</li><li>Maintain a procedure for ensuring the accuracy of studies produced.</li><li>Provide support on internal study process including performing control checks on output results using Excel workbook.</li><li>Participate in internal study documentation including providing views and exhibits via Excel and Tableau.</li><li>Perform testing and analysis as part of moving in the internal study process from SQL to APEX.</li><li>Develop and maintain new Tableau workbooks to support internal study documentation.</li><li>Assist in development and maintenance of Tableau workbooks designed for assisting other departments in reviewing and accessing results of the internal study.</li><li>Support other areas of the experience analysis team as needed including assisting in the development of experience assumptions and supporting the research goals by assisting in the updates to the cause of death analysis, COVID-19 analysis and review of published research.</li><li>Mentor and support junior members of the experience analysis team.</li><li>Continue to pursue membership in the Society of Actuaries through passing of actuarial exams.</li></ul>Requirements:Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Actuarial Science, Economics, Mathematics or a related field and one (1) year of experience in the job offered or related occupation:<ul><li>Writing and updating code in multiple programming languages including SQL and R to perform experience studies on client and internal data.</li><li>Understanding and implementing complex actuarial calculations.</li><li>Analyzing complex datasets and drawing conclusions based on findings using advanced statistical techniques and predictive modeling.</li><li>Creating and updating data visualizations to meet stakeholder needs on platforms including Excel and Tableau.</li><li>Creating written deliverables on data analysis including research papers and internal presentations.</li></ul>LocationTelecommuting and/or working from home may be permissible pursuant to company policies. When not telecommuting, must report to work site. 4 ASA level exams required.About UsSCOR, the 4th largest reinsurer in the world, provides insurance companies with a diversified and innovative range of solutions and services to control and manage risk. Leveraging experience and expertise to deliver “The Art &amp; Science of Risk”, SCOR provides cutting-edge financial solutions, analytics tools and services in all areas related to risk – from Life &amp; Health and Property &amp; Casualty insurance to Investments. Our specialized teams operate in over 160 countries, fostering long-term relationships with clients.In order to provide our clients with a broad range of innovative reinsurance solutions, SCOR pursues an underwriting policy that is founded on profitability and supported by effective risk management strategy and a prudent investment policy. This approach allows us to offer clients an optimum level of security, to create value for shareholders, and to contribute to the welfare and resilience of society by helping to protect insureds against the risks they face.At SCOR, we believe that employing people from different backgrounds and ensuring inclusivity is a major driving force for the success of the Group. We are committed to fostering a work environment in which all employees are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources, and can contribute fully to SCOR’s success.

This position is part of the US Corporate Actuarial team, which is responsible for actuarial activities associated with SCOR’s US Life reinsurance business. The candidate will lead a team of actuarial staff in producing quarterly valuation results on multiple reporting bases including IFRS17, Solvency II, US GAAP and US Statutory/regulatory. While reporting directly to SVP, Corporate Actuarial, this role also has a dotted line reporting to VP, US reporting, who is the appointed actuary of SCOR US Life Re. The responsibility of this position includes:<ul><li>Leading production of quarterly results (leveraging Prophet models)</li><li>Leading governance for the quarterly valuation process</li><li>Supporting the development of and leading the implementation of actuarial reporting for new regulations (IFRS 17 and potentially LDTI)</li><li>Supporting internal/external audits</li></ul>Responsibilities<ul><li>Lead the preparation of quarterly financial information relating to seriatim and bulk life reinsurance business in accordance with Solvency II, IFRS17, US Statutory, US GAAP, and/or Tax principles</li><li>Liaison with and support model development team in coding actuarial solutions to regulation changes</li><li>Prepare and review actuarial information for entry into ledger systems and reconcile actuarial results to the ledger</li><li>Manage appropriate and auditable controls, reconciliations and documentation are maintained with respect to valuation (quarterly process)</li><li>Utilize technology to perform job functions more efficiently and to further automate the reserving processes. Share technology solutions with other associates</li><li>Support the appointed actuary in multiple areas: production of quarterly risk-based capital and collateral requirements, annual audit processes with internal and external auditors, and annual asset adequacy testing</li><li>Complete special assignments and projects for the department as necessary</li></ul>Qualifications<ul><li>FSA designation.</li><li>8+ years’ experience with financial valuation, modeling, cash flow analysis or similar in (re)insurance</li><li>3 years’ experience managing, coaching and mentoring a team</li><li>Technically astute within the actuarial discipline and industry software applications. Experience with Prophet is a plus ( Prophet model building experience is not required; rather the experience running and debugging Prophet models is preferred); user experience of other modeling suite(s), in lieu of Prophet, is also acceptable</li><li>Experience managing projects and effectively representing department at various meetings</li><li>Demonstrated ability to understand broader picture and impact of decisions.</li><li>Proven leadership skills and ability to make strategic decisions</li><li>Identify and communicate data quality issues in client-provided inforce extracts and reserving information</li><li>Ability to build &amp; maintain relationships with colleagues throughout the SCOR Group, within the US and globally</li><li>Demonstrated ability to understand complex models and perform valuation and analysis to deliver required results.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to identify and implement departmental processes and controls and ensure appropriately documented</li><li>Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including verbal, written and relationship-building</li><li>Rapid and consistent increase in responsibilities in an organization, preferred</li></ul>About usSCOR, the 4th largest reinsurer in the world, provides insurance companies with a diversified and innovative range of solutions and services to control and manage risk. Leveraging experience and expertise to deliver “The Art &amp; Science of Risk”, SCOR provides cutting-edge financial solutions, analytics tools and services in all areas related to risk – from Life &amp; Health and Property &amp; Casualty insurance to Investments. Our specialized teams operate in over 160 countries, fostering long-term relationships with clients.At SCOR, we believe that employing people from different backgrounds and ensuring inclusivity is a major driving force for the success of the Group. We are committed to fostering a work environment in which all employees are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources, and can contribute fully to SCOR’s success.

Reporting to the Chief Reserving Actuary role, the AVP will bring technical leadership and strategic insight to the SGL America’s Corporate Actuarial department. This person will work with the Chief Reserving Actuary collaborating with Central Teams, work internally with both the reserving and modeling functions, and across the Finance team with FP&amp;A and Accounting.In-office hybrid work status preferred, working out of our Charlotte, NC or Leawood KS office.Responsibilities<ul><li>Thought leader on the granular model, owning the Granular Model replicating spreadsheet, documentation and coordination with Central teams. Working closely with the reserving and modeling functions to provide audit support and reconciling to Prophet.</li><li>Coordinate with other stakeholders, both within corporate actuarial, as well as across other departments to facilitate communication and develop reporting to help provide the transparency and clarity to Senior Management and through-out the organization.</li><li>Serve as the direct liaison with central and group actuarial functions</li><li>Develop and review analysis as needed of financial results</li><li>Interact with operations and IT to better understand underlying client data as it is used within the actuarial modeling process, helping to ensure consistent usage across various actuarial modeling stakeholders.</li><li>Seek out areas of improvement and alignment across various reporting processes to improve efficiencies and to further automate the reserving processes; share technology solutions with other associates</li><li>Communicate insights to management on profitability by client, duration, etc. Provides other insights regarding financial results regarding IFRS and SII methodology impacts and other factors</li><li>Provides support to other areas such as accounting, FP&amp;A, data management, etc</li><li>Mentor and coach associates to provide knowledge and growth opportunities</li><li>Work on special assignments and projects as needed</li></ul>Qualifications<ul><li>FSA designation (or equivalent)</li><li>Must have 10+ years&rsquo; experience with financial valuation and modeling</li><li>Experience managing projects and effectively representing department at various meetings</li><li>Strong organizational &amp; planning skills with ability to meet multiple competing deliverables and manage projects</li><li>Demonstrated ability to understand broader picture and impact of decisions</li><li>Proven leadership skills and ability to make strategic decisions</li><li>Building &amp; maintaining relationships with colleagues throughout the SCOR Group</li><li>Demonstrated ability to understand complex models and perform valuation, modeling, and analysis to deliver required results.</li><li>Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including verbal, written and relationship building.</li><li>Bachelor&rsquo;s Degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics or related field with demonstrated record of academic excellence.</li></ul><blockquote>Personal Competencies:</blockquote>Creativity/Innovation- Proposes/develops new solutions and new functioning modes.Awareness of Market Evolutions- Is connected to his/her market/field of expertise, to his/her business evolutions and/or new technologies.Problem Solving- Identifies and analyses issues, proposes and rolls out relevant solutions after appropriate approvals.Communication- Knows how and when to develop/sustain a message and/or an idea (speaking and writing), uses the right tools to present information.Resilience- Demonstrates an ability to step back when facing difficult situations and to bounce back after a failure.Decision Making- Makes decisions and/or rolls out the decisions taking into account all available information.Accountability- Alerts, raises the critical points when needed, shoulders and corrects his/her decisions and shows responsibility regarding cost management.Reliability- Checks his/her work, challenges the solution before submitting it on time and identifies/corrects the mistakes if needed.Commitment- Makes effort to bring his/her skills and uses his/her expertise to contribute to the success of the Group.Open Mindedness- Is interested in projects and activities beyond his/her classical scope.Curiosity- Demonstrates an appetite for learning and developing his/her-self in his/her field of expertise, can develop new practices and methods in relation with his/her day-to-day work.Team Spirit- Helps his/her colleagues and facilitates working relationships seeking the consensus.Feedback- Gives and takes into consideration constructive remarks, with his/her management, peers, clients and employeesFlexibility- Adapts to change and shows reactivity to make the best of itAbout usSCOR, the 4th largest reinsurer in the world, provides insurance companies with a diversified and innovative range of solutions and services to control and manage risk. Leveraging experience and expertise to deliver “The Art &amp; Science of Risk”, SCOR provides cutting-edge financial solutions, analytics tools and services in all areas related to risk – from Life &amp; Health and Property &amp; Casualty insurance to Investments. Our specialized teams operate in over 160 countries, fostering long-term relationships with clients.In order to provide our clients with a broad range of innovative reinsurance solutions, SCOR pursues an underwriting policy that is founded on profitability and supported by effective risk management strategy and a prudent investment policy. This approach allows us to offer clients an optimum level of security, to create value for shareholders, and to contribute to the welfare and resilience of society by helping to protect insureds against the risks they face.At SCOR, we believe that employing people from different backgrounds and ensuring inclusivity is a major driving force for the success of the Group. We are committed to fostering a work environment in which all employees are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources, and can contribute fully to SCOR’s success.

This position is part of the US Experience Analysis department, which produces experience studies and analysis using internal and external data. A key goal of the department’s work is to identify and share key findings and insights about claims and persistency experience, which may result in updates to best estimate assumptions or support other organizational needs. This position exists to help evaluate data from life reinsurance customers, as well as from the company’s own data, in order to analyze mortality and/or lapse experience for use in research and developing new best estimate assumptions. A key aspect of this position is to work closely with other team members as the team analyses experience data to understand the drivers for SCOR’s claims. These findings are then communicated to key company stakeholders so that the learnings can be reflected in business decisions and future assumptions. The position may also assist in building/modifying/implementing predictive models to assist in understanding our data and claims experience.Responsibilities<ul><li>Analyze seriatim and other data in mortality and lapse studies</li><li>Perform regular inspection and maintenance of data supporting these studies</li><li>Optimize the process and tools used for analysis of these studies </li><li>Maintain a procedure for ensuring the accuracy of studies and summaries used in analysis</li><li>Create and maintain SQL code for performing mortality and lapse studies on seriatim policy listings</li><li>Create user-friendly extracts from mortality and lapse studies</li><li>Analyze mortality and lapse study results and assess their usefulness for pricing and inforce modeling</li><li>Help recommend assumptions for use in pricing and best estimate liability modeling</li><li>Analyze product, underwriting, or other company information for any influences on mortality, historical and prospective</li><li>Build, modify, and/or implement predictive models for estimating/forecasting mortality</li><li>Other tasks as needed to accomplish the goals of the Experience Analysis department</li><li>Duties in support of other actuarial functions of the company, as required</li></ul>Experience: <ul><li>High level of computer literacy</li><li>Strong skills in MS Office</li><li>At least 1 to 3 years of actuarial experience</li><li>Ability to learn MS Access, SQL</li><li>Ability to learn SAS, R, and/or Python </li><li>Solid mathematical analysis skills with strong problem solving ability</li><li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills</li><li>Highly motivated/self-starter</li><li>Must be able to work effectively as part of a team and independently</li><li>Regular attendance and ability to work extended hours as necessary to meet deadlines</li><li>Further regular progress towards the Educational Requirements for membership in the Society of Actuaries will be expected</li></ul>Personal Competencies:<ul><li>Creativity/Innovation - Proposes/develops new solutions and new functioning modes.</li><li>Problem Solving - Identifies and analyses issues, proposes and rolls out relevant solutions after appropriate approvals.</li><li>Team Building – ability to work together with peers and independently</li><li>Communication - Knows how and when to develop/sustain a message and/or an idea (speaking and writing), uses the right tools to present information.</li><li>Resilience - Demonstrates an ability to step back when facing difficult situations and to bounce back after a failure.</li><li>Decision Making - Makes decisions and/or rolls out the decisions taking into account all available information.</li><li>Accountability - Alerts, raises the critical points when needed, shoulders and corrects his/her decisions and shows responsibility regarding cost management.</li><li>Reliability - Checks his/her work, challenges the solution before submitting it on time and identifies/corrects the mistakes if needed.</li><li>Commitment - Makes effort to bring his/her skills and uses his/her expertise to contribute to the success of the Group.</li><li>Open Mindedness - Is interested in projects and activities beyond his/her classical scope.</li><li>Curiosity - Demonstrates an appetite for learning and developing his/her-self in his/her field of expertise, can develop new practices and methods in relation with his/her day-to-day work</li></ul>Required Education:<ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Economics or Mathematics</li><li>Minimum of two SOA exams passed</li></ul>About us SCOR, the 4th largest reinsurer in the world, provides insurance companies with a diversified and innovative range of solutions and services to control and manage risk. Leveraging experience and expertise to deliver “The Art &amp; Science of Risk”, SCOR provides cutting-edge financial solutions, analytics tools and services in all areas related to risk – from Life &amp; Health and Property &amp; Casualty insurance to Investments. Our specialized teams operate in over 160 countries, fostering long-term relationships with clients. In order to provide our clients with a broad range of innovative reinsurance solutions, SCOR pursues an underwriting policy that is founded on profitability and supported by effective risk management strategy and a prudent investment policy. This approach allows us to offer clients an optimum level of security, to create value for shareholders, and to contribute to the welfare and resilience of society by helping to protect insureds against the risks they face. At SCOR, we believe that employing people from different backgrounds and ensuring inclusivity is a major driving force for the success of the Group. We are committed to fostering a work environment in which all employees are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources, and can contribute fully to SCOR’s success.

This position is part of the US Corporate Actuarial team, which is responsible for actuarial activities associated with SCOR’s US Life reinsurance business, including the following:<ul><li>Support Directors with local and group valuation metrics (IFRS17, Solvency II, US Stat, US GAAP) with focus on international metrics.</li><li>Analysis of actual versus expected business performance. </li><li>Support development and lead implementation of actuarial reporting for new regulations (US GAAP LDTI, IFRS17) </li><li>Support internal/external audits.</li><li>Lead small projects with senior management stakeholders.</li></ul>Responsibilities<ul><li>Own quarterly analysis and understanding for key IFRS17 topics (BEL, Contractual Service Margin, Risk Adjustment, Value of New Business).</li><li>Create dashboards and visualize key performance indicators for the in-force block and new business</li><li>Liaise with group teams on methodology, process, and assumption updates.</li><li>Foster growth with junior members of team through mentorship and training.</li><li>Develops and reviews analyses as needed of financial results. Communicates insights to management on profitability by client, duration, etc. Provides other insights regarding financial results.</li><li>Provides support to other areas such as accounting, FP&amp;A, data management, etc.</li><li>Ability to converse with and support model development team in coding actuarial solutions to regulation changes.</li><li>Suggest appropriate and auditable controls, reconciliations and documentation are maintained with respect to valuation.</li><li>Utilize technology to perform job functions more efficiently and to further automate the reserving processes. Share technology solutions with other associates. </li><li>Complete special assignments and projects for the department as necessary.</li></ul>Qualifications<ul><li>FSA designation (or international equivalent).</li><li>5+ years’ experience with financial valuation, modeling, cash flow analysis or similar.</li><li>Experience managing projects and effectively representing department at various meetings.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to understand broader picture and impact of decisions. </li><li>Proven leadership skills and ability to make strategic decisions.</li><li>Identify and communicate data quality issues in client-provided inforce extracts and reserving information.</li><li>Ability to build &amp; maintain relationships with colleagues throughout the SCOR Group, within the US and globally.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to understand complex models and perform valuation and analysis to deliver required results. </li><li>Demonstrated ability to identify and implement departmental processes and controls and ensure appropriately documented.</li><li>Technically astute within the actuarial discipline and industry software applications. Experience with Prophet is a plus.</li><li>Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including verbal, written and relationship building.</li><li>Rapid and consistent increase in responsibilities in an organization, preferred.</li><li>Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics or related field with demonstrated record of academic excellence</li></ul>About us SCOR, the 4th largest reinsurer in the world, provides insurance companies with a diversified and innovative range of solutions and services to control and manage risk. Leveraging experience and expertise to deliver “The Art &amp; Science of Risk”, SCOR provides cutting-edge financial solutions, analytics tools and services in all areas related to risk – from Life &amp; Health and Property &amp; Casualty insurance to Investments. Our specialized teams operate in over 160 countries, fostering long-term relationships with clients. In order to provide our clients with a broad range of innovative reinsurance solutions, SCOR pursues an underwriting policy that is founded on profitability and supported by effective risk management strategy and a prudent investment policy. This approach allows us to offer clients an optimum level of security, to create value for shareholders, and to contribute to the welfare and resilience of society by helping to protect insureds against the risks they face. At SCOR, we believe that employing people from different backgrounds and ensuring inclusivity is a major driving force for the success of the Group. We are committed to fostering a work environment in which all employees are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources, and can contribute fully to SCOR’s success.

Key duties and responsibilities<ul><li>Support team through active participation in team meetings</li><li>Analyze seriatim and other data for use in preparing mortality and lapse studies</li><li>Analyze mortality and lapse study results and assess their usefulness for pricing or other purposes</li><li>Analyze product, underwriting, or other company information for any influences on mortality, historical and prospective</li><li>Study the factors which influence insured mortality and their relative effect</li><li>Handle other tasks, as needed, to accomplish the goals of the Experience Analysis team or other actuarial functions</li></ul>Required experience &amp; competenciesExperience:<ul><li>Required to have passed one or more actuarial exams</li><li>Strong mathematical and statistical knowledge and skills with the ability to problem solve</li><li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills</li><li>Ability to work effectively independently and as part of a team</li><li>Understanding of advanced Excel functions</li><li>Strong computer skills including learning new software and Microsoft Office products</li></ul>Personal Competencies:<ul><li>Problem Solving – Can see through the clutter of information and data to propose a clear path forward.</li><li>Communication – Formulates ideas and uses the right tools to present information.</li><li>Resilience - Demonstrates an ability to persevere through difficult situations and to bounce back after a failure.</li><li>Execution – Guides projects and assignments through to completion.</li><li>Accountability - Raises critical points and questions when needed and shows responsibility when working independently.</li><li>Commitment – Brings excitement, skill and insight to every assignment and uses personal talents to contribute to the success of the Group.</li><li>Curiosity - Demonstrates an appetite for learning and growing knowledge.</li><li>Adaptable – Embraces new practices and methods.</li></ul>Required Education<ul><li>Current student pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, or Statistics.</li></ul>Key duties and responsibilities<ul><li>Support team through active participation in team meetings</li><li>Analyze seriatim and other data for use in preparing mortality and lapse studies</li><li>Analyze mortality and lapse study results and assess their usefulness for pricing or other purposes</li><li>Analyze product, underwriting, or other company information for any influences on mortality, historical and prospective</li><li>Study the factors which influence insured mortality and their relative effect</li><li>Handle other tasks, as needed, to accomplish the goals of the Experience Analysis team or other actuarial functions</li></ul>Required Education<ul><li>Current student pursuinganundergraduate or graduate degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, or Statistics.</li><li>Passed at least one actuarial exam.</li></ul>About us SCOR, the 4th largest reinsurer in the world, provides insurance companies with a diversified and innovative range of solutions and services to control and manage risk. Leveraging experience and expertise to deliver “The Art &amp; Science of Risk”, SCOR provides cutting-edge financial solutions, analytics tools and services in all areas related to risk – from Life &amp; Health and Property &amp; Casualty insurance to Investments. Our specialized teams operate in over 160 countries, fostering long-term relationships with clients. In order to provide our clients with a broad range of innovative reinsurance solutions, SCOR pursues an underwriting policy that is founded on profitability and supported by effective risk management strategy and a prudent investment policy. This approach allows us to offer clients an optimum level of security, to create value for shareholders, and to contribute to the welfare and resilience of society by helping to protect insureds against the risks they face. At SCOR, we believe that employing people from different backgrounds and ensuring inclusivity is a major driving force for the success of the Group. We are committed to fostering a work environment in which all employees are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources, and can contribute fully to SCOR’s success.

The US Corporate Actuarial team is responsible for actuarial activities associated with SCOR’s US Life reinsurance business, including the following:<ul><li>Analysis of quarterly valuation results under Solvency II, US Statutory/regulatory reserves, and/or IFRS4/ IFRS17.</li><li>Analysis of actual versus expected business performance. </li><li>Analysis of key performance indicators of the US business</li></ul>Responsibilities<ul><li>Support the understanding and analysis of quarterly financial information relating to seriatim and bulk life reinsurance business in accordance with Solvency II, IFRS, Statutory, US GAAP, and/or Tax principles.</li><li>Support SGLA leadership in the analysis of IFRS17 for US Market.</li><li>Liaise with SGLA’s Financial Controller’s team to understand the Adjusted Net Asset Value and explain variances between expected amounts and actual amounts. </li><li>Liaise with SCOR’s Life Risk Modeling team to understand and explain the impacts to Risk Margin, Own Funds, and Solvency Capital Requirement for individual SCOR entities as well as SCOR Group as a whole.</li><li>Provide and explain Key Performance Indicators to key stakeholders in the US and across SCOR Group</li><li>Develops and reviews analyses as needed of financial results. Communicates insights to management on profitability by client, duration, etc. Provides other insights regarding financial results regarding statutory, GAAP, IFRS and tax methodology impacts and other factors.</li><li>Provides support to other areas such as accounting, FP&amp;A, data management, etc. and liaise with Corporate Actuarial team on insights from Finance team</li><li>Ability to converse in model development team in coding actuarial solutions to regulation changes.</li><li>Complete special assignments and projects for the department, as necessary.</li></ul>Experience:<ul><li>FSA (or equivalent)</li><li>5+ years’ experience with financial reporting and cash flow analysis or similar.</li><li>Experience managing projects and effectively representing department at various meetings</li><li>Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including verbal, written and relationship building with ability to present insights to senior leadership</li><li>Demonstrated ability to understand broader picture and impact of decisions.</li><li>Proven leadership skills and ability to make strategic decisions.</li><li>Ability to build &amp; maintain relationships with colleagues throughout the SCOR Group, within the US and globally.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to understand complex models and analysis to deliver required results.</li><li>Technically astute within the actuarial discipline and industry software applications. Experience with Prophet &amp; SQL is a plus.</li><li>Rapid and consistent increase in responsibilities in an organization, preferred.</li><li>Proven leadership skills and ability to make strategic decisions.</li><li>Ability to build &amp; maintain relationships with colleagues throughout the SCOR Group, within the US and globally.</li></ul>Education:Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics or related field with demonstrated record of academic excellence.About us SCOR, the 4th largest reinsurer in the world, provides insurance companies with a diversified and innovative range of solutions and services to control and manage risk. Leveraging experience and expertise to deliver “The Art &amp; Science of Risk”, SCOR provides cutting-edge financial solutions, analytics tools and services in all areas related to risk – from Life &amp; Health and Property &amp; Casualty insurance to Investments. Our specialized teams operate in over 160 countries, fostering long-term relationships with clients. In order to provide our clients with a broad range of innovative reinsurance solutions, SCOR pursues an underwriting policy that is founded on profitability and supported by effective risk management strategy and a prudent investment policy. This approach allows us to offer clients an optimum level of security, to create value for shareholders, and to contribute to the welfare and resilience of society by helping to protect insureds against the risks they face. At SCOR, we believe that employing people from different backgrounds and ensuring inclusivity is a major driving force for the success of the Group. We are committed to fostering a work environment in which all employees are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources, and can contribute fully to SCOR’s success.

Job DescriptionThis position is an integral role in the department and will perform mortality and lapse experience studies using the company’s internal life reinsurance data to support research, assumption setting, and other purposes. The position may also assist in building/modifying/implementing data analytic and machine learning models as well as data visualization tools to provide insights into the company’s data and experience. In addition, this position will collaborate with various departments, as necessary. This includes working with Operations and IT to address requests or questions necessary to produce the experience studies or to understand the results while analyzing the studies. It also includes occasionally partnering with Pricing, Financial Solutions, Inforce Optimization, and Finance to support their objectives. This position can be located in either Charlotte, NC or Leawood, KS with remote options considered depending on the candidate.Responsibilities<ul><li>Analyze claims experience and policyholder behavior to prepare mortality and lapse studies</li><li>Optimize the process and maintain tools used to produce these studies </li><li>Maintain a procedure for ensuring the accuracy of studies produced with documentation of key controls</li><li>Create user-friendly extracts from mortality and lapse studies to support work performed by other teams including creation and maintenance of Tableau dashboards</li><li>Build, modify, and/or implement machine learning models and data analytical tools for use in understanding drivers of claims experience</li><li>Work across departments to provide data, results, or analysis from the experience studies when requested</li><li>Provide support to best-estimate assumption setting and other actuarial functions of the company, as required</li><li>Perform other tasks as needed to accomplish the goals of the Experience Analysis department</li></ul>Qualifications<ul><li>Two or more years of actuarial experience involving life insurance. </li><li>Either Associateship in the Society of Actuaries (ASA) or at least four exams passed towards the designation.</li><li>Participation in the Actuarial Student Program with intent to complete the educational requirements to become a Fellow in the Society of Actuaries.</li><li>Solid mathematical analysis skills with strong problem-solving ability</li><li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills</li><li>Strong collaboration skills</li><li>Highly motivated/self-starter</li><li>Must be able to work effectively as part of a team and independently with readiness to travel on occasion</li><li>High level of computer literacy with strong skills in MS Office </li><li>Experience with or ability to quickly learn SQL Server Management Studio</li><li>Experience with or ability to quickly learn Tableau</li><li>Experience with or ability to quickly learn R and/or Python </li><li>Regular attendance and ability to work extended hours as necessary to meet deadlines</li><li>Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Analytics, Finance or related area</li><li>Associate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA) with current compliance with Continuing Professional Development requirements or significant progress towards ASA designation (four+ exams)</li></ul>About usSCOR, the 4th largest reinsurer in the world, provides insurance companies with a diversified and innovative range of solutions and services to control and manage risk. Leveraging experience and expertise to deliver “The Art &amp; Science of Risk”, SCOR provides cutting-edge financial solutions, analytics tools and services in all areas related to risk – from Life &amp; Health and Property &amp; Casualty insurance to Investments. Our specialized teams operate in over 160 countries, fostering long-term relationships with clients.In order to provide our clients with a broad range of innovative reinsurance solutions, SCOR pursues an underwriting policy that is founded on profitability and supported by effective risk management strategy and a prudent investment policy. This approach allows us to offer clients an optimum level of security, to create value for shareholders, and to contribute to the welfare and resilience of society by helping to protect insureds against the risks they face.At SCOR, we believe that employing people from different backgrounds and ensuring inclusivity is a major driving force for the success of the Group. We are committed to fostering a work environment in which all employees are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources, and can contribute fully to SCOR’s success.

Job DescriptionResponsible for validating, calibrating, and projecting experience used by the VP, Inforce Management to recommend specific actions to senior management to optimize underperforming treaties. The Inforce Optimization Department is a dynamic, collaborate, evolving department that provides opportunities to work on joint actions and independent work assignments. ResponsibilitiesKey Duties and Job Responsibilities<ul><li>Provide timely and accurate actuarial support for actions to be taken by SCOR to optimize its inforce block</li><li>Review treaty terms, assumptions, and pricing files</li><li>Perform premium validations to ensure client companies are paying correct premiums</li><li>Update models that inform inforce analytics</li><li>Identify and report actuarial risks as required for the group and legal entity risk dashboards</li><li>Analyze various courses of action on underperforming business that management may consider in selecting the optimal approach</li><li>Identify and recommend areas for improvement</li><li>Assist team in completing ad hoc requests</li><li>Other duties as required and based on experience level</li><li>Ability to identify and separate out key components of data </li><li>Ability to manipulate and interpret information from a range of sources</li><li>Can generate creative solutions, evaluate different options, and pitch ideas to team members and management</li><li>Seeks opportunities to develop others</li><li>Able to communicate information clearly and articulately in oral and written format</li><li>Critically analyze and make recommendations to management</li></ul>QualificationsRequirements in experience, education and qualifications<ul><li>ASA/FSA designation preferred. ASA level encouraged to participate in the Actuarial Student Program until FSA is obtained.</li><li>5-10 years of life insurance actuarial experience (reinsurance experience a plus)</li><li>Demonstrated analytical skills with proven track record of strong problem-solving</li><li>Prior Actuarial software experience with demonstrated ability to understand complex models</li><li>High level of computer literacy: strong skills in MS Office, particularly Excel, and ability to learn MS Access, SQL, and VBA.</li><li>Agile / Scrum experience preferred</li><li>Highly motivated self-starter </li><li>Ability to work independently and as part of a team</li><li>Ability to understand and consider broad picture while researching details</li><li>Understand pricing, valuation methods, and financial results</li><li>Strong interpersonal and communication skills</li><li>Demonstrate curiosity, show ability to make independent decisions, lead discussions with team members, Deal Leads and Management, exhibit critical thinking skills and advocate opinion</li><li>Ability to identify and implement departmental processes and controls and ensure appropriate documentation</li><li>BA/BS degree or equivalent in mathematics or actuarial science or related field</li></ul>About usSCOR, the 4th largest reinsurer in the world, provides insurance companies with a diversified and innovative range of solutions and services to control and manage risk. Leveraging experience and expertise to deliver “The Art &amp; Science of Risk”, SCOR provides cutting-edge financial solutions, analytics tools and services in all areas related to risk – from Life &amp; Health and Property &amp; Casualty insurance to Investments. Our specialized teams operate in over 160 countries, fostering long-term relationships with clients.In order to provide our clients with a broad range of innovative reinsurance solutions, SCOR pursues an underwriting policy that is founded on profitability and supported by effective risk management strategy and a prudent investment policy. This approach allows us to offer clients an optimum level of security, to create value for shareholders, and to contribute to the welfare and resilience of society by helping to protect insureds against the risks they face.At SCOR, we believe that employing people from different backgrounds and ensuring inclusivity is a major driving force for the success of the Group. We are committed to fostering a work environment in which all employees are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources, and can contribute fully to SCOR’s success.

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