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Publicado 27-12-2021

EY

Lisboa Lisboa (Contabilidade / Finanças)


Actuarial services assume a fundamental and strategic role in financial services industries. At EY, our actuarial advisers deliver creative and innovative thinking to clients worldwide, supporting them in making confident financial judgements in support of their business goals. Here, you?ll be right at the heart of that mission, leading engagement teams, working directly with clients, mentoring and developing team members and building your personal brand as a leader in your field.


The opportunity

EY is currently looking for a Actuarial Junior Consultant to join our team. The job description is the following one:

  • Be part of an actuarial strategic projects;
  • Support financial institutions in their actuarial decisions and developments;
  • Contribute to client satisfaction by providing timely and effective responses to client needs and concerns;
  • Participate in client meetings and work within a team environment to deliver fully integrated benefit services to clients;
  • Take a practical approach to solving issues and gaining client agreement;
  • Encourage and facilitate collaboration amongst team members and promote an inclusive working environment.


Your key responsibilities

  • Assist in the delivery of key projects for our clients (life, non-life and pension funds insurance companies) on a wide range of topics;
  • Adapt methods and practices to fit operational teams;
  • Contribute to improve operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives, consistently driving projects to completion while ensuring the quality of the work delivered;
  • Manage your time and be responsible for delivering to both clients and internal stakeholders, keeping a clear focus on anticipating and identifying risks, and escalate issues as appropriate;
  • Working closely with colleagues, you will create a positive learning culture and coach and counsel junior team members and help them to develop;
  • You will contribute to the development of EY capabilities in technical areas and engage with clients regarding the application of these methodologies to their businesses.


Skills and attributes for success

  • Willing to join a dynamic team in a challenging environment;
  • Strong technical/mathematical skills;
  • Contribute to client satisfaction by providing timely and effective responses to client needs and concerns;
  • Participate in client meetings and work within a team environment to deliver fully integrated benefit services to clients;
  • Take a practical approach to solving issues and gaining client agreement;
  • Encourage and facilitate collaboration amongst team members and promote an inclusive working environment.


To qualify for the role, you must have

  • A bachelor's and master?s degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, economics or similar academic background;
  • 0 - 2 years of previous work experience in the insurance sector (Life or Non-Life);
  • Excellent analytical, research and communication skills;
  • Ability to build team and client relationships and manage expectations
  • Full English Proficiency.


Ideally, you?ll also have

  • An understanding of actuarial concepts and actively pursue increased actuarial knowledge;
  • Experience in reserving, Solvency II and IFRS 17 is preferable;
  • Knowledge in programming languages will be valued (e.g. VBA, R and SQL).


What we look for

Highly motivated individuals with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize shifting workloads in a rapidly changing industry. An effective communicator, you?ll be a confident team player equipped with strong people management skills and a genuine passion to make things happen in a dynamic organization. If you?re ready to take on a wide range of responsibilities and are committed to seeking out new ways to make a difference, this role is for you.


What working at EY offers

Excellent opportunity for experienced professionals looking to broaden their career and further grow in a successful, driven and inclusive global scale practice;
We have ambitious aspirations and are looking to evolve our Risk and Actuarial practice in the next years and thus have immense exciting opportunities for experienced Senior Consultants in our team.


About EY

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we?re using the finance products, expertise and systems we?ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.


Join us in building a better working world.

Apply now!