Consulting Marketing Actuary (6-Month Contract)

About the role

Swiss Re is looking for a Consulting Marketing Actuary for a 6-month contract in Cape Town. The role partners with and supports Life & Health (L&H) Client Managers across Southern Africa, acting as technical support with a strong emphasis on costing responsibilities and support to senior team members while building client relationships. It combines pricing and client-facing work with ownership of key internal projects.

Key responsibilities

• Support the Senior Client Manager in managing Life & Health and Medical business, including go-to-market strategies, business planning and performance tracking.
• Take significant costing responsibility for key individual and group clients, working closely with Senior Marketing Actuaries.
• Advise clients on Swiss Re products and differentiated solutions, and build strategic relationships with key client contacts.
• Gather client data, run data analytics and co-present results of annual new business volume surveys.
• Own the quote process for assigned opportunities, supporting costing, review and approval of quotes within own authority.
• Monitor in-force portfolio performance through key metrics, experience reviews and support to treaty actions.
• Coordinate treaty onboarding, payment tracking, data submissions and audit logistics with cross-functional teams.
• Contribute to internal initiatives such as product innovation, process improvement, knowledge sharing and thought leadership.
• Provide administrative and project management support, helping the senior client manager prioritise treaties for experience studies and open treaty reviews.

Required profile

• Nearly or qualified actuary with 5 to 8 years of experience across different functions in the life and health insurance industry.
• Actuarial pricing and product development skills and experience applying the actuarial control cycle.
• Interest in customer engagement and servicing, and experience dealing with complex deals.
• Client-centric communicator with an entrepreneurial mindset, proactive in building new relationships.