Senior Actuary​/Actuary

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Actuary to join the team within our central finance function. As an Actuary you will take responsibility for quarterly reserving and annual business planning. You will partner with Finance and Pricing and Underwriting teams to oversee portfolio performance and profitability. You will also mentor and coach junior members of the actuarial team.

This is a fixed‑term contract opportunity to cover maternity leave for approximately 12 months.

Location:

London / Guildford.

Salary Information: Circa £80,000 – £95,000 per year. Pay is based on relevant experience, skills for the role, and location. Salary is only one part of our total reward package.

About You:

• Review the production, monitoring and communication of quarterly reserves for Motor lines of business.
• Review the actuarial input into the annual business planning and regular forecasting.
• Influence key stakeholders including portfolio managers, business finance managers and claims managers.
• Develop key relationships within the Actuarial team and work with external stakeholders such as auditors.

Essential

Skills:

• Qualified Actuary, with Fellowship in the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (or equivalent).
• Strong Excel and coding (e.g. Python).
• Familiarity with actuarial reserving, pricing or capital modelling techniques and software.
• Insurance experience in reserving, pricing or capital modelling.
• An excellent communicator, capable of engaging at all levels of seniority, building strong relationships and influencing effectively.
• Desirable to have leadership experience such as attracting, developing, motivating and retaining and driving a talented team to deliver.

We support the government scheme “Access to Work” – please feel free to ask us about the access to work scheme.

What We Will Offer You:

• Flexible buy/sell holiday options.
• Hybrid working.
• Annual performance‑related bonus.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Development days.
• Discount up to 50 % on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet.
• Retail discounts.
• Volunteering days.

Our Ways of Working: If you need flexibility with your hours, let us know as part of your application. We support hybrid work patterns that balance the needs of our customers, your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Your work‑life balance is important to us.

Integrity, Fairness, Inclusion & Trust: We foster an inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. We are certified by EDGE for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Race at Work and have an Armed Forces Covenant gold standard.

We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neuro‑divergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure your success.

Accessible Application for All: As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long‑term health conditions through an Offer an Interview Scheme for those meeting the essential skills.

Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications:

Contact Information: Conor McCourt – for any inquiries or to submit your application.

Closing date: 7th January 2026. We reserve the right to close the advert early if we reach enough applications.

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level

Employment type: Full‑time

Job function: Finance and Sales

Industries: Financial Services and Insurance