This is a highly visible role with strong cross-functional exposure, offering the opportunity to influence strategic decision-making, support commercial growth, and work alongside senior stakeholders across actuarial, finance, risk, and investments.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and optimise strategic asset allocation across in-force and new business portfolios
• Support balance sheet optimisation, stress testing, and scenario analysis
• Assess investment performance, asset risks, and ALM exposures
• Partner with senior stakeholders across Actuarial, Finance, Risk, Investments, and Commercial teams
• Support the development of innovative investment and hedging strategies
• Enhance asset strategy tools, reporting, methodologies, and governance frameworks
• Monitor market, regulatory, and competitor developments to identify opportunities and risks

Requirements

• Qualified Actuary or similarly relevant professional qualification
• 8+ years’ experience across ALM, investments, capital management, actuarial reporting, or balance sheet optimisation
• Strong understanding of investment risk, asset classes, and ALM principles
• Experience with modelling and analytics tools such as Excel, Python, R, SQL, Prophet, or Power BI
• Strong commercial mindset with excellent stakeholder management skills
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment

Interested?

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

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

Alternatively, contact the Raretec team on 01 531 1400

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This role is ideal for a part-qualified or nearly qualified actuary looking to further develop their experience within the P&C market while working closely with global actuarial teams and senior stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Support quarterly reserving reviews and related reporting processes
• Assist with Solvency II technical provisions and regulatory reporting requirements
• Contribute to IFRS 17 analysis and actuarial modelling activities
• Support planning, forecasting, and reinsurance renewal processes
• Perform actuarial analysis and profitability studies across international portfolios
• Assist with research, methodology development, and enhancement of actuarial processes and controls

Candidate Profile

• Part-qualified or nearly qualified actuary
• 3+ years’ experience within the P&C actuarial market
• Experience across reserving, capital, or regulatory reporting environments
• Exposure to Solvency II and/or IFRS 17 concepts would be advantageous
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in Excel and actuarial/programming tools

For more information or to apply, please contact:

Kate Henebry

📧 kate.henebry@raretec.ie | 📞 +353 (0)1 531 1400

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This is a senior leadership role within a newly established ALM & Balance Sheet Management function, offering the opportunity to shape enterprise-wide balance sheet strategy, capital efficiency, and commercial decision-making across a complex global portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and embedding of a best-in-class balance sheet optimisation capability
• Drive enterprise-wide ALM and balance sheet strategy across capital, liquidity, earnings and investments
• Develop and enhance optimisation analytics, modelling capabilities and reporting frameworks
• Partner with senior stakeholders across Investments, Finance, Risk and Actuarial
• Represent the function at executive committees and key strategic forums

Requirements

• Qualified Actuary with 10+ years post qualification experience
• Strong experience across ALM, investment risk, capital management or balance sheet optimisation
• Exposure to reinsurance or complex insurance environments
• Experience with modelling and analytics tools such as Python, SQL, Prophet, R or Power BI
• Strong commercial mindset with excellent stakeholder management and leadership skills

Interested?

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

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

Alternatively, contact the Raretec team on 01 531 1400

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The Role

Reporting to the Head of Actuarial Function, you will:

• Support the independent review of quarterly reserving production, working closely with Risk, Finance and Reserving teams
• Prepare materials for Reserving & Capital Committees and Board reporting
• Contribute to Actuarial Opinions (SII Technical Provisions, ORSA, underwriting, reinsurance)
• Support assumption setting and model change processes
• Assist with internal/external audits and peer reviews
• Maintain actuarial documentation, controls, and data quality reporting frameworks
• Provide input into governance committees and review new material transactions
• Collaborate with global actuarial teams on group-wide initiatives

Your Profile

• Qualified or nearly qualified actuary (IFoA/SOA or equivalent)
• 5+ years’ actuarial experience, ideally within life (re)insurance reserving or valuation
• Strong knowledge of Solvency II and multi-GAAP environments
• Experience with AXIS, R or similar tools is advantageous
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage across stakeholders
• Organised, adaptable, and comfortable working in a matrix, international environment

Interested?

📩 For more information or a confidential discussion:

Nearly/Newly Qualified Actuaries – contact Kate Henebry (kate.henebry@raretec.ie)

Qualified Actuaries – contact Grace Caraher (grace.caraher@raretec.ie)

☎️ Or call the Raretec team on (01) 531 1400

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This role is based in Dublin, Ireland or Paris, France, operating on a hybrid working model. English fluency is essential, with French considered an advantage.

This role supports the Head of Reserving for International Financial Lines, covering a complex portfolio including Management Liability, Professional Indemnity, Financial Institutions, M&A, Title, and Cyber. You will work within a global actuarial function, partnering with underwriting, pricing, claims, reinsurance, and finance teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to best estimate reserving, including methodologies, assumptions, and quarterly analysis
• Deliver financial reporting insights, including analysis of change and commentary for senior stakeholders
• Support profitability analysis and business planning, including loss ratio setting
• Partner with underwriting and actuarial teams to provide data-driven insights and recommendations
• Contribute to projects and process improvements across reserving and reporting

Required Experience & Skills

• Nearly or newly qualified non-life actuary
• Experience in reserving or actuarial financial reporting
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret and communicate results clearly
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders in a global or complex environment
• Proficiency in Excel (ResQ or similar tools advantageous)

Interested?

For a confidential discussion, please contact:

📩 Kate Henebry – kate.henebry@raretec.ie

📞 085 127 9934

Alternatively, call the Raretec team on 01 531 1400

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This role sits within the Group / Legal Entity actuarial team, with responsibility for providing actuarial oversight, challenge and support across multiple European entities. The position has a strong focus on Solvency II and regulatory deliverables, offering excellent exposure to senior stakeholders and Group-level reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the calculation of Solvency II Technical Provisions and Non-Life Underwriting Risk SCR
• Perform independent review and challenge of reserving outputs, working closely with Pricing, Underwriting and Claims teams
• Prepare and deliver quarterly reporting to internal committees and Group
• Contribute to annual Solvency II reporting for both legal entities and Group
• Support the preparation of Actuarial Function opinions, including Technical Provisions, Underwriting, Reinsurance and ORSA
• Assist Risk and Finance teams with ORSA and capital-related deliverables

Required Knowledge & Experience

• Qualified Actuary with a minimum of 5 years’ non-life actuarial experience
• Strong experience working within a Solvency II framework
• Background in insurance, reinsurance or consulting
• Excellent technical and analytical skills with experience in data and modelling
• Strong communication skills and ability to engage with senior stakeholders
• Ability to work effectively in a deadline-driven environment
• Experience with Addactis, SQL or similar actuarial / data tools

Interested?

For more information or a confidential discussion, please contact:

📩 Grace Caraher – grace.caraher@raretec.ie | 📞 01 592 7864

Alternatively, you can contact the Raretec main line on 01 531 1400

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This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced actuary to take on a leadership role within a high-performing team, delivering a wide range of advisory services to (re)insurance clients across the Irish market.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver a broad range of actuarial advisory projects, including reserving, capital modelling, risk management, and financial/regulatory reporting (including Solvency II and IFRS 17)
• Support multidisciplinary engagements such as M&A, due diligence, ESG, and enterprise risk management initiatives
• Contribute to actuarial function activities, including reserving reviews and Head of Actuarial Function support
• Build and maintain strong client relationships, ensuring high-quality service delivery
• Manage, mentor, and develop junior team members, while supporting recruitment and business development activities

Requirements

• Qualified actuary (IFoA, Society of Actuaries or equivalent) with strong Non-Life (re)insurance experience
• Good understanding of the Irish (re)insurance market, with the ability to apply actuarial knowledge commercially
• Proven experience managing teams, projects, and senior stakeholders
• Experience in risk management and/or financial reporting, particularly Solvency II and/or IFRS 17
• Consulting or audit experience and/or an established market network would be advantageous

Interested?

Candidates interested in this role at Manager level should contact:

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

Candidates interested at Senior Manager level should contact:

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

Alternatively, please contact the main Raretec line on 01 531 1400.

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This role will focus on pricing longevity reinsurance deals, alongside contributing to model development and pricing methodology enhancements.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the modelling and pricing of longevity reinsurance deals from initial assessment through to execution
• Perform mortality and demographic analysis, including data preparation, validation, and experience analysis
• Assist in the development and enhancement of pricing models, tools, and methodologies
• Prepare technical documentation and support internal approval processes
• Contribute to research and development of longevity pricing benchmarks across different markets

Requirements

• Nearly or recently qualified actuary (IFoA, SOA or equivalent)
• 3–7 years’ experience in actuarial pricing, modelling, or analytics within life (re)insurance or consulting
• Pricing experience is essential, ideally within long-term business
• Longevity experience is preferred
• Strong understanding of actuarial modelling techniques and experience working with large datasets
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with R or similar statistical tools

Interested?

For more information or to discuss this opportunity in confidence, please contact:

Kate Henebry

📧 kate.henebry@raretec.ie

📞 085 127 9934

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