Actuarial Reserving Manager @ Simply Business

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Here’s what you’ll be doing:

Do you thrive on ownership, problem-solving, and making a measurable difference? We're on the lookout for a talented Actuarial Reserving Manager to join our dynamic team on a 14 to 15-month fixed-term contract. This is a high-autonomy, high-impact role where you'll be the pivotal figure in ensuring our financial strength and strategic agility. You'll have the opportunity to take full ownership of the end-to-end reserving process, directly influencing our business and working closely with senior leadership.

This role isn't just about the numbers; it's about providing actionable actuarial insight that drives our strategic decisions. You'll be the go-to expert for all things reserving and profit share, building and refining our processes to be robust, auditable, and forward-thinking. If you're ready to put your skills to the test in a fast-paced environment where your work has a direct impact on the bottom line, then this is the perfect opportunity for you.

As our Actuarial Reserving Manager, you'll:

Own and manage the full end-to-end reserving process, conducting monthly and quarterly reviews, and assessing reserve adequacy.
Lead the annual profit share process, including accurate calculations and effective liaison with our insurance capacity providers.
Work closely with the Finance team to ensure accurate and timely actuarial inputs for financial reporting, while maintaining auditable processes.
Collaborate with our Risk Pricing team to ensure consistency and identify growth opportunities that protect our performance.
Conduct deep-dive claims analysis to identify trends and inform wider business strategy.
Ensure the reserving function is always “audit ready”, with clear documentation and compliance.

We're looking for someone who is:

A qualified actuary (FIA or equivalent) with post-qualification experience in non-life (GI) insurance or reinsurance.
Highly experienced in actuarial reserving and profit share arrangements, with a strong technical and commercial grounding.
Skilled in R, Python, or SAS and comfortable building and validating actuarial models.
Proficient in SQL, with the ability to work directly with complex data to drive meaningful insights.
A strong communicator who can present actuarial findings clearly to non-technical stakeholders, including senior leadership.
Detail-oriented, highly organised, and focused on ensuring compliance and process integrity.

(We know it’s tough, but please try to avoid the confidence gap. You don’t have to match all the bullet points above to be considered for this role.)

We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, supportive place for you to be you and do your very best work.

Ready to make a measurable difference? Apply now and become a key part of our team's success.

About Simply Business

We insure small businesses and enable big dreams – not just for our customers, but for our people and communities too. With over 1,000,000 active insurance policies, we protect builders, bakers, landlords and more than 1,200 other trades.

We’re a technology company as well as one that sells insurance. That means we build, we fail, we learn and we improve. We’re a B Corp too, which recognises our strong track record of having a positive impact on people, society and the environment.

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What are the benefits of working at Simply Business?

We offer a great work-life balance where every team member has a manageable workload and the flexibility to work hybrid.

On top of the 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), we offer leave that suits your needs. Plus the option to buy five more days of holiday with your flexible benefits.

Our flexible parental leave allows you to approach an important time how you want – with six months full pay to the primary caregiver and four weeks full pay if you’re the secondary caregiver.

Our life event leave is an extra days leave every two years for those big moments in your life like moving house or your birthday. And as a thank you to our long-serving employees we offer a two week paid sabbatical after five years of service, then four weeks off after ten years of service.

And our core benefits can put your mind at ease with private medical insurance through BUPA, that covers any pre-existing condition. And a health cash plan that covers your everyday medical expenses.

We also make sure you’re compensated fairly with a competitive salary based on your experience and the market we’re in. Plus the potential to earn an annual bonus based on performance.

There’s access to the tools to support your personal development with programmes on our dedicated learning platform. As well as support for your mental health with access to counselling.

We’ll match what you put into your pension up to five per cent. And pass on a tax-free sum that’s four times your basic salary with our life assurance policy, with the option to increase it to ten times through our flexible benefit scheme

Our salary sacrifice car scheme gives you the option to buy a brand new, fully insured, and maintained car for a convenient fixed monthly amount taken from your gross salary (after 6 months service).

And our flexible benefits scheme gives you an allocated amount to use each year on benefits like critical illness cover, dental insurance, travel insurance, or a gym membership.

Ready to join us and drive our success as a high-performing team? Apply today.

Actuarial Reserving Manager

Actuarial Reserving

Simply Business

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