Our client in New Zealand is searching for a qualified actuary to lead and coach their product and pricing team to achieve objectives.

Responsibilities will include:

• Take ownership for the management, prioritisation, and delivery of tasks for the product and pricing teams
• Anticipate new problems and explore new concepts
• Actively build relationships with key stakeholders and develop good working relationships
• Prepare executive papers and present to executive and other key stakeholders
• Lead and manage product and pricing deliveries
• Collaborate to help design sustainable products that meet customers’ needs
• Provide financial and risk advice with respect to ongoing product management
• Discuss and advise on new policy wordings and product literature
• Provide input into the development and ongoing management of the long-term pricing philosophy and strategy
• Provide financial and risk advice about short term tactical pricing and commission moves that sit outside the long-term philosophy
• Determine premium rates on a profitable basis after consideration of shareholder profitability, customer value and market position
• Monitor the impact of price changes on new and existing business.
• Provide advice on campaign proposals including analysis of the costs, benefits and associated risks
• Monitor and measure the success of product launches and campaigns, etc
• Monitor the competitiveness of products from a pricing, product and remuneration perspective
• Perform experience investigations for assumptions required for pricing and actuarial teams
• Review the results of the investigations and recommend actions the business may need to take
• Monitor and report on experience against industry experience