Our client is a South African based financial services group. They are looking for a Nearly or Newly Qualified Actuary to join their Technical Marketing team. This purpose of this role is to drive new business development through technical support to the corporate distribution channels, enhancing client and intermediary relationships, and retaining large key clients, broadening the reach of the business’ distribution footprint and improving engagements between product, pricing and distribution teams. 

Candidates who are interested should have at least 4 years’ relevant experience with sound understanding of employee benefits, group insurance product and pricing, as well as basic investments knowledge. Group Insurance and Umbrella Fund pricing experience will be a key advantage. Business process automation skills will be an advantage. You should have strategic thinking and decision-making abilities, strong project management skills and the ability to lead cross-functional teams towards a common goal. You should have excellent communication skills across all formats. 

Responsibilities will include: 

• Driving strategic projects towards growth and improving the company’s market share in the umbrella fund and group risk industry.  

• Driving strategies aimed at improving market penetration of retirement and insurance products through intermediary groups and direct distribution initiatives.  

• Monitoring the financial impact of product take-up, lapses, new business hit rates and translating them into effective strategies to maintain and grow market share.  

• Driving research and monitoring the industry, legislation and regulation, target market, technologies and competitors.  

• Investigating and implementing solutions to enhance efficiencies and cost to income ratios towards maintaining and growing the book of business.  

• Financial modelling to test various business cases for product initiatives in the company.  

For more information, please contact Henda ([email protected] or +27 (0)83 603 2961).