Manager/Associate Director Actuarial Risk Consulting

KPMG China provides multidisciplinary services from audit and tax to advisory, with a strong focus on serving our clients' needs and their industries. Not only do we have an overriding commitment to provide the highest quality services for our clients, but we also strive to become a responsible corporate citizen that has a positive impact on our environment and community.

At KPMG, you'll translate insights into action and reveal opportunities for all-our teams, our clients and our world.

Service Line Overview

KPMG China's Actuarial and Insurance Risk practice provides a broad range of services, including IFRS for Insurers, finance and projection system transformation, risk and capital management, corporate restructuring, transaction support, and audit support.

We offer our actuaries the opportunity to work with risk, accounting, tax and transaction advisory professionals in diverse and exciting roles. We also have a supportive global network of actuaries that works together to serve our multinational clients.

Our clients include the leading insurers and financial services companies operating in Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region. Our wide range of projects includes traditional actuarial roles such as Appointed Actuary, pricing, valuation, strategy advice and mergers and acquisitions, as well as a growing presence in non-traditional actuarial analytics and analysis.

We are interested in talking with qualified life insurance actuaries to join our teams in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. Your skill-set and experience will support our actuarial work and you will have the drive and interest to support our on-going growth in wider areas.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise a specialist team to deliver high quality work within the budget and time limits. Communicate and work with partners and directors on key issues.
• Manage and closely monitor the scope, timelines, budget and resources of the projects. Manage multiple projects effectively and efficiently.
• Develop and maintain client relationships and play a key role in business development. Support partners and directors in business development.
• Share your expertise with your peers and actively coach junior team members. Contribute to the career development of team members.
• Build strong internal relationships within KPMG and across regions and other services.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of actuarial practices, both locally and internationally.

Experience & Background

• Minimum 6 years of working experience in life insurance either in consulting or corporate.
• Fellowship member of an internationally recognised actuarial professional body.
• Have in-depth knowledge in some of the following areas: finance / capital reporting, regulatory changes such as risk based capital and IFRS, financial modelling (e.g. Prophet, AXIS, MoSes), M&A due diligence, enterprise risk management or economic capital.
• Language: 1) fluent or native English verbal & written 2) Mandarin (and / or Cantonese) verbal & written preferred.
• Strong project management and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects under pressure and tight timelines.
• Strong client management skills, with the ability to develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills. Excellent business and technical writing and presentation skills.
• Strong people management skills. Ability to manage a team of specialists independently.
• Strong stakeholder management skills. Ability to manage external and internal stakeholders effectively and efficiently.

About KPMG

At KPMG China, we are committed to being an equal opportunity employer, with zero tolerance for any form of discrimination against any persons. It is important for us to create an inclusive, diverse and agile workplace for our people to develop and thrive at both a personal and professional level.

We strive to make ESG (environmental, social and governance) a watermark running through our organisation; from empowering our people to become agents of positive change, to providing better solutions and services to our clients to help them achieve their ESG goals.

We encourage you to come as you are, and we welcome all qualified candidates to apply, and hope you unlock opportunities with us.