Chief Actuary / Chief Actuary

Join Our Team as Chief Actuary ART in Wallisellen

We are seeking a Chief Actuary ART to be based in Wallisellen. Our team is dedicated to advancing a robust, forward-looking actuarial function that supports Allianz Risk Transfer AG and the global Alternative Risk Transfer Line of Business across various regulatory, financial, and strategic dimensions. We work collaboratively to ensure high-quality reserving, capital modeling, and risk insights, while fostering a culture of analytical excellence and continuous improvement.

The Impact You Will Have

In this role, reporting to the Managing Director of Finance ART and collaborating closely with the Chief Reserving Actuary of Allianz Commercial, you will be instrumental in shaping the actuarial work for ART. Your collaboration with colleagues across the business will help evolve reserving approaches, advance capital-modeling practices, and maintain high-quality technical provisions. Your actuarial insights will contribute to cross-functional discussions, enhancing shared understanding and supporting coordinated outcomes. Additionally, your expertise will guide ART AG within the Swiss Solvency Test framework, contributing to Solvency II group reporting and aiding the development of global actuarial standards for the ART Line of Business.

Your Responsibilities

• Drive the actuarial strategy and provide leadership for ART AG and the global ART Line of Business, ensuring robust reserving, capital modeling, and reinsurance oversight in line with regulatory and Group expectations.
• Lead reserving and technical provisions, applying best-estimate methodology, clear assumptions, and regular reserve reviews.
• Oversee risk-capital modeling, ensuring compliance with SST requirements and supporting Solvency II group aggregation in close partnership with Risk Management.
• Provide actuarial oversight for the reinsurance program, including evaluations of capital and P&L impacts.
• Act as the actuarial liaison to regulators and auditors, ensuring clear communication and high-quality regulatory submissions for ART AG, ART Bermuda, and the ART Line of Business.
• Contribute actuarial insights to strategic planning, including capital considerations, portfolio steering, and long-term business development.

What You’ll Bring to the Role

• Qualified actuary; university degree in actuarial science, mathematics, physics, or finance.
• 10+ years of senior actuarial or quantitative risk management experience.
• Extensive knowledge of non-life (re)insurance and non-traditional ART Line of Business.
• In-depth understanding of ART actuarial methodologies, including reserving approaches, underwriting-risk modeling, and regulatory frameworks such as SST and Solvency II.
• Experience interacting with regulatory bodies.
• Ability to navigate complex issues and take decisive actions.
• Strong communication skills, capable of adapting style to diverse audiences.
• Proven people-leadership skills, motivating teams in a dynamic environment.
• A commitment to ethical AI practices and awareness of emerging AI technologies.
• A proven ability to lead and develop international and/or virtual teams within a complex global matrix environment.
• Fluent in English; proficiency in German is advantageous.

What’s In It for You?

Let’s Care About Everything That Makes You, You

We are dedicated to nurturing an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. We offer a hybrid working model that values both in-person collaboration and remote working. Please feel free to discuss flexible working arrangements with us.

Let’s Care for Your Financial Wellbeing

We believe in rewarding performance with an excellent compensation and benefits package, including a generous bonus scheme and pension.

Let’s Care for Your Opportunities to Progress

From career development to digital learning programs and international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning opportunities for our global employees, fostering an environment focused on innovation and empowerment.

Let’s Care for Life’s Twists and Turns

We support flexible working and health and wellbeing initiatives that include private healthcare and generous parental leave benefits, helping people return from career breaks with valuable experience.

Let’s Care for Our Society and Our Planet

With opportunities to engage in shaping a sustainable future, we are committed to the wellbeing of our people, industry, and clients.

Care to Join Us?

Allianz Commercial is the center of expertise for the Allianz Group, insuring mid-sized businesses, large enterprises, and special risks. Our diverse clientele includes top consumer brands, financial institutions, industry leaders, and unique risks such as offshore wind farms and film productions. We offer a wide range of traditional and alternative risk transfer solutions, exceptional risk consulting, multinational services, and seamless claims handling, helping customers prepare for what lies ahead.

Apply online using the form below. Please note that only applications matching the job profile will be considered.

Join Us. Let’s Care for Tomorrow.

We welcome applicants regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws and regulations.

People with disabilities: We strive to provide every candidate with the best opportunity to succeed. If you require any adjustments during the application and selection process, please email agcsglobalcareers@allianz.com.

Recruitment Agencies: Allianz Commercial has an in-house recruitment team and does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies or recruiters. Fees will not be paid for candidates submitted without an agreement. Please respect our processes.

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