In the Reserving Analyst role, you will:

• Reserving & Valuation Management: Deliver accurate, timely technical reserve calculations while leading the development, testing, and implementation of advanced reserving methodologies and updated policies.
• Financial Reporting & Accounting Alignment: Produce, review, and maintain ongoing technical and reinsurance accounts, ensuring strict compliance with current reserving frameworks and partner profit-share agreements.
• Regulatory & Standards Compliance: Analyze, bridge, and reconcile the accounting gaps between Local GAAP and IFRS 17 standards across all portfolios.
• Data & System Transformation: Play a key operational role in the integration of reserve calculations into the centralized data platform, establishing a robust internal control framework for technical data.
• Risk Analysis & Experience Surveys: Execute detailed experience surveys across core insurance metrics (including mortality and morbidity) and produce risk-managed internal control cards.

More about you:

• Part or Nearly Qualified Actuary
• 3+ years experience in a similar life or non-life role
• Excellent communication skills
• Actuarial, mathematics or similar degree
• European language a plus
• Fluency in English, French fluency a plus

Interested?

If you’d like to discuss this opportunity in confidence, please contact Kate Henebry 📧 kate.henebry@raretec.ie 📞 085 127 9934

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Responsibilities in the Reserving Models and Projects Analyst role:

• Systems Reserving & VBA Automation: Set up monthly reserving programs on time, drive the development and testing of new reserving methodologies, and continuously optimize or debug existing code and VBA macros.
• System Integration & Migration: Manage, maintain, and develop new functionalities within the Data Centralizer centralized platform, while creating new reserving applications and leading User Acceptance Testing (UAT) through production rollout.
• Data Governance & Reporting Controls: Define clear data and reporting specifications for new partners, products, and reinsurance treaties while executing robust monthly internal audit, risk, and compliance controls.
• Cross-Functional & Partner Liaison: Cultivate strong collaborative relationships with internal corporate departments (IT, Finance, Operations, Data) and external stakeholders, including Third-Party Administrators (TPAs) and corporate clients.
• Process Optimization & Team Continuity: Proactively identify data entry discrepancies, implement new reporting controls, and act as a reliable knowledge back-up for the broader reserving production team to ensure seamless operations.

More about the ideal candidate:

• Min. 2 years post graduate experience in a relevant actuarial role
• Life or non-life insurance experience
• Progression towards IFoA qualification or similar
• Degree in a relevant field
• Strong communication skills
• Knowledge of common Reserving techniques an advantage.
• English fluency a necessity. French or other European language an advantage

Interested?

If you’d like to discuss this opportunity in confidence, please contact Kate Henebry 📧 kate.henebry@raretec.ie 📞 085 127 9934

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Reporting to the Head of Risk Solutions, The Executive Manager will lead the origination, pricing and execution of new transactions covering asset and longevity risk across EMEA. You will also manage a high-performing team of actuarial professionals and play a key role in developing client relationships and delivering innovative risk transfer solutions.

In the Executive Manager role you will:

• Lead pricing and execution of complex reinsurance transactions, from data and experience analysis through to modelling, capital and risk assessment.
• Originate and develop new business opportunities and present recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships.
• Lead treaty negotiations alongside legal teams and support implementation.
• Coach and develop a team of actuarial professionals.

About you:

• Qualified actuary with 10+ years’ relevant experience.
• Strong technical expertise across areas such as longevity, reinsurance pricing, experience analysis, ALM, capital modelling or IFRS 17.
• Commercially minded with strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Confident communicator with excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Experience across international reinsurance and investment markets.
• Comfortable leading people and managing multiple complex workstreams.

If interested in further information, please get in touch on 01 592 7864 or grace.caraher@raretec.ie for full details.

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This is a rare opportunity to combine people leadership, technical ALM expertise and strategic influence, with direct exposure to senior decision-makers and the opportunity to transform how complex asset and balance sheet information supports commercial decisions.

In the Head of ALM Reporting role you will:

• Build and lead a high-performing ALM Reporting team.
• Shape the operating model, data, systems and reporting framework.
• Lead asset, ALM, capital, liquidity and financial reporting.
• Turn complex data into clear insights for senior management and Board-level committees.
• Partner with Investment, Risk, Finance and Capital leaders to influence strategic decisions.
• Drive simplification, automation and the adoption of AI-enabled approaches to improve reporting and decision-making.

Role Specifications:

• Actuarial qualification and typically 10+ years’ post-qualification experience.
• Strong insurance/reinsurance ALM and investment experience.
• Knowledge of IFRS, Solvency II and/or LICAT.
• Excellent leadership, commercial judgement and stakeholder influence.

Whats on offer:

• Dublin Hybrid – 3 days/week in office
• Competitive salary & bonus
• Strong benefits
• A genuine opportunity to build a function, shape strategy and leave a lasting impact.

If you are an experienced actuarial or ALM leader looking for an opportunity to build a function, influence strategic balance sheet decisions and operate at the intersection of ALM, investment, capital and reinsurance, we’d be keen to hear from you.

Contact Grace on 01 592 7864 or grace.caraher@raretec.ie for further details

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This role is based in Dublin and offers exposure to a broad range of life consulting and audit services, at a time of rapid expansion within the firm’s life practice.

The successful candidate will work closely with actuarial teams across the UK and Europe, often on multi-service line engagements with Risk, Assurance, and Business Consulting colleagues. This is a strong opportunity to join a growing team and develop core technical life actuarial skills alongside broader consulting capability.

Key Responsibilities

• Work as part of a growing team on a diverse range of client engagements, producing high-quality outputs to meet client needs in a timely fashion
• Develop core technical life actuarial skills, supplemented by general consulting skills through on-the-job training, coaching, and formal learning
• Promote learning and knowledge sharing across the project team and department
• Take a confident, credible lead in both client interactions and with junior colleagues
• Develop a professional network through multi-disciplinary projects across different service lines
• Provide opportunities to travel to assist other offices as necessary

Requirements

• Partly/Nearly Qualified Actuary, with a minimum of 3 years’ professional experience in life insurance, reinsurance, or consultancy
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Awareness of the challenges facing the life insurance industry
• Previous experience in at least one of the following: IFRS 17, Solvency II, Capital and Risk Management
• Professional attitude, confident dealing with clients, and comfortable managing multiple tasks to deadlines

Interested?

If you’d like to discuss this opportunity in confidence, please contact Kate Henebry

📧 kate.henebry@raretec.ie

📞 085 127 9934

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This role is based in Dublin and offers exposure to a broad range of life and non-life business consulting and audit services, working closely with actuarial teams across the UK and Europe on multi-service line engagements. The successful candidate will play a key role in the delivery and management of actuarial projects, while also supporting the development of junior colleagues. This is a strong opportunity to join a growing team of talented and ambitious actuaries.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the successful delivery and management of actuarial and multidisciplinary projects, including client relationships and internal team performance
• Drive the production of client deliverables with an emphasis on quality and teaming
• Assist with the management and development of junior colleagues
• Develop several areas of technical excellence and contribute to research and development supporting the growth of these fields
• Adopt an account management mindset, identifying client-specific needs and promoting the firm’s strategy, services, and values
• Take the lead confidently in both client interactions and with junior colleagues
• Work across a broad range of assurance and business consulting projects, building a network through multi-disciplinary engagements

Requirements

• Qualified Actuary, with a minimum of 3 years PQE and over 6 years’ total experience in life insurance, reinsurance, or life consultancy, preferably with IFRS 17 or related experience
• Excellent technical and analytical skills
• IT programming (e.g. asset/liability model development) or actuarial software experience (e.g. MoSes, Prophet)
• Awareness of the challenges facing the life insurance industry
• Previous experience in at least two of the following: IFRS 17, Solvency II, Financial Reporting, Capital and Risk Management
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Professional attitude, confident dealing with clients, and comfortable managing multiple tasks to deadlines

Interested?

If you’d like to discuss this opportunity in confidence, please contact Kate Henebry

📧 kate.henebry@raretec.ie | 📞 085 127 9934

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This role is based in Dublin and offers exposure to a broad range of life and non-life consulting and audit services, working closely with actuarial teams across the UK and Europe on multi-disciplinary engagements. The successful candidate will play a key role in the delivery and management of actuarial projects, while also supporting the development of junior colleagues. This is a strong opportunity to join a growing team of talented and ambitious actuaries.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the successful delivery and management of actuarial and multidisciplinary projects, including client relationships and internal team performance
• Drive the production of client deliverables with an emphasis on quality and teaming
• Assist with the management and development of junior colleagues
• Develop areas of technical excellence and contribute to research and development supporting the growth of these fields
• Adopt an account management mindset, identifying client-specific needs and promoting the firm’s strategy, services, and values
• Take the lead confidently in both client interactions and with junior colleagues
• Work across a broad range of assurance and consulting projects, building a network through multi-disciplinary engagements

Requirements

• Qualified Actuary, with a minimum of 8 years PQE and 11 years’ total experience in life insurance, reinsurance, or life consultancy
• Previous experience managing junior staff and delivering projects
• Excellent technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral
• Awareness of the challenges facing the life insurance industry
• Previous experience in at least two of the following: Solvency II, IFRS 17, Financial Reporting, Capital and Risk Management

Interested?

If you’d like to discuss this opportunity in confidence, please contact Grace Caraher

📧 grace.caraher@raretec.ie | 📞 01 592 7864

Or contact Kate Henebry 📧 kate.henebry@raretec.ie | 📞 085 127 9934

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These full-time hybrid roles are based in Dublin city centre and offer excellent exposure across a range of actuarial disciplines including pricing, financial reporting, risk, operations, and transformation projects. This is a strong opportunity to join a collaborative team and gain experience working on high-impact initiatives within a well-established insurance business.

Key Responsibilities

• Support pricing, valuation, financial reporting, and actuarial modelling activities
• Deliver analysis and insights to support commercial and strategic decision-making
• Contribute to regulatory, business change, and growth-focused projects
• Provide actuarial support to stakeholders across the wider business
• Analyse trends and support the development of innovative insurance solutions

Requirements

• Qualified or Part-Qualified Actuary (or equivalent relevant qualification)
• Experience within life insurance, health insurance, pensions, or broader insurance markets
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Commercial mindset with a collaborative, delivery-focused approach

Interested?

If you’d like to discuss these opportunities in confidence, please contact:

Kate Henebry

📧 kate.henebry@raretec.ie

📞 085 127 9934

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