Senior Actuarial Analyst - Workers Compensation

Senior Actuarial Analyst

The opportunity

• An opportunity for a Senior Actuarial Analyst to join our Managed Funds Claims Business
• Location: Sydney or Parramatta
• 12 month fixed term

Your new role

As a Senior Actuarial Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in our Managed Fund Claims Business. Your primary focus will be on leveraging data and data science techniques to analyse and model claims data and operational processes - providing critical insights to challenge and manage our business. You will collaborate with a team of experts, including a senior actuary, data scientist, and reporting analysts, to drive informed business decisions and strategies and optimise portfolio performance. 

Responsibilities:

Analytics and Modelling: 

• Perform actuarial calculations to support the business units in achieving profitability targets. 
• Develop and maintain models to understand, challenge, and manage claims performance. 
• Utilise scientific methods and analytic tools to tackle complex problems, including data sourcing, integration, and hypothesis testing. 
• Work closely with data scientists to extract meaningful insights from structured and unstructured datasets. 

Stakeholder Engagement: 

• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders. 
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of the business unit and QBE support functions. 
• Stay informed about industry trends and issues. 

Research and Reporting: 

• Conduct actuarial research as needed. 
• Prepare, manipulate, interpret, and model data. 
• Develop reporting and insights to present back to the business. 

About You

Technical Skills: 

• Completion of the Actuaries Institute’s Part II course or progress toward Part IIIs 
• Proficiency in SQL, Power BI, Excel and Python 
• Experience generating reporting pipelines and workflows from scratch 
• Knowledge of modern data science techniques and their business applications 
• Experience in data-driven insights from large datasets 
• Passion for using data to drive business outcomes 

Domain Expertise: 

• Understanding of insurance pricing, reserving, and claims management 
• Familiarity with long-tail personal injury products or schemes (e.g., Workers’ Compensation, CTP) preferable but not essential 

Problem-Solving and Communication: 

• Exceptional problem-solving, analytical, and modelling skills 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to collaborate with stakeholders at all levels 

About QBE

We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage. 

We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

And our people will be at the centre of our success. We’re proud to work together, and encourage each other enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies and our communities.

With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate and kind.

We believe this is our moment – what if it was yours too?

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:

• ‘Hybrid Working’ – a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance
• Our ‘Thriving at our Best’ wellbeing program, including free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
• 12 weeks’ gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super
• The ability to maximise retirement savings through voluntary super contributions and company matching
• Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums
• Additional leave and support through QBE’s Family Domestic Violence First Responder Network
• Discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services including benefits through our various sports and arts sponsorship partners

Rewards & Recognition

We value our employee’s experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

• 2021 LinkedIn Top Employer & HRD Employer of Choice
• 2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards
• Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) Platinum Employer since 2022 - the definitive national LGBTIQ+ benchmark for workplace inclusion recognising employers achieving Gold status for 4 or more years
• Ranked 6th place in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2021 as voted by graduates
• Top 20 Workplaces for Dads in 2019 and 2020 (HBF Direct Advice for Dads)
• Family First accredited employer since 2021

Apply now

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QBE recognise the value of diverse perspectives and experience. We are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected for who they are. If we can provide support with access requirements, alternative work arrangements or you would like to connect with one of our networks please contact us at ***********@qbe.com