Johannesburg North: Senior Pricing Actuarial Analyst posted by Network Finance

The opportunity to work with cuttingedge modelling tools, lead highimpact analytical projects, and deepen your expertise in pricing, capital, and risk modelling across a dynamic and innovative actuarial environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and refine pricing models from first principles, ensuring technical accuracy and commercial relevance.
• Apply advanced modelling techniques, including GLMs, machine learning, decision trees, gradient boosting, XGBoost, and ensemble methods.
• Develop and enhance pricing and risk models using Python, R, SQL, Emblem, Radar, ResQ, and other actuarial platforms.
• Implement model automation and contribute to deployment pipelines.
• Translate complex analytical outputs into actionable business insights for senior decisionmakers.
• Support pricing, reserving, capital, or risk analytics (depending on the candidate’s core experience).
• Work within regulatory frameworks, with exposure to SAM or IFRS 17 considered advantageous.

Job Experience and Skills Required

Education:

• Nearly qualified actuary (minimum 10 actuarial exams completed)
• BSc Actuarial Science / Honours in Actuarial Science / related quantitative discipline
• Membership with a recognized professional body (ASSA or IFoA)

Experience:

• 5+ years actuarial or data science experience in pricing, risk, or analytics
• Clear understanding of actuarial domains: pricing vs reserving vs capital
• Proven experience building pricing models from scratch
• Demonstrated ability to quantify model impact on business performance

Technical Skills:

• Advanced modelling experience: GLMs, decision trees, XGBoost, gradient boosting, ensemble models
• Strong use of Python libraries such as: pandas, scikitlearn, XGBoost
• Essential experience in Emblem (pricing software)
• Proficiency in: Python, R, SQL, Power BI, Emblem, Radar, ResQ
• Experience with Earnix is an advantage
• Understanding of model automation, deployment, and machinelearning workflows

Soft Skills:

• Excellent analytical and problemsolving capability
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate analytics into business outcomes
• Confident communication skills with the ability to influence and guide stakeholders

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• Actuarial (Life, ShortTerm, Pensions, Health, Quant)
• Data Science & Advanced Analytics
• Pricing & Product Modelling
• Market, Credit & Quantitative Risk
• Machine Learning & AI Specialists

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For more information, contact:

Kholo Mongalo
Recruitment Researcher – Actuarial & Analytics
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