Senior Reserving Actuary

Odyssey Reinsurance Company (OdysseyRe) is the global reinsurance arm of Odyssey Group, one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance and specialty insurance. OdysseyRe offers a broad range of property, casualty, and specialty reinsurance products, providing capital and risk management solutions for clients to efficiently manage economic risk through a network of branch and representative offices across North America, Latin America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa), AsiaPacific and London.

OdysseyRe is an equal opportunity employer with excellent benefits and a strong commitment to providing training and opportunities for our staff. We provide employees an innovative, enriching environment and take great pride in their career growth.

OdysseyRe is rated A (Superior) by AM Best and A (Strong) by Standard and Poor’s. Odyssey Group is a subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, which is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol FFH.

Essential Functions

• Support the planning and execution of Odyssey’s Reserving Strategy across the Odyssey Group Companies globally; Odyssey Re, Hudson, Newline.
• Improve the Reserving Process for Odyssey Global Reserving by partnering with various global actuarial leaders to design and develop new ways to review reserves.
• Review (re)insurance transactions from an actuarial, capital, solvency, and profitability standpoint.
• Understand all underlying factors that contribute to Company performance.
• Provide support and input on the Annual Statement Process, Schedule P, and Quarter Close Process and IFRS 17 for Odyssey Group.
  
  

Skills, Knowledge & Ability

• Strong technical and analytical skills, including experience of using quantitative risk models.
• Leadership and managerial proficiencies, with the ability to influence both direct and matrixed reporting relationships.
• Good problem solver with the ability to understand business drivers and needs and be able to balance desired outcomes against potential risks and challenges.
• Familiarity with the use of “R” in analytics
  
  

Education & Experience

• A Fellow of a relevant Actuarial Society and a Bachelor's Degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field.
• 15 years overall work experience, with a minimum of 10 years of relevant actuarial experience, including 5 years' supervisory experience.
  
  

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