Actuarial Solution Architect; be Dublin Job London area,England UK,IT/Tech

Position: Actuarial Solution Architect (can be located in Dublin )

Title:

Actuarial Solution Architect (can be located in Dublin or London)

Location:

London, GB

Company: CLFIS Limited

Description

Canada Life UK looks after the retirement, investment and protection needs of individuals, families and companies. We help to build better futures for our customers, our intermediaries and our employees by operating as a modern, agile and welcoming organisation.

Part of our parent company Great-West Lifeco, Canada Life UK has operated in the United Kingdom since 1903. We have hundreds of respected and supported employees committed to doing the right thing for our customers and colleagues.

Canada Life UK is transforming to create a more customer-focused business by providing our customers with expertise on financial and tax planning, offering home finance and annuities propositions, and providing collective fund solutions to third party customers.

Job Summary

The role holder is a leadership role within the Modelling & Production (M&P) function, within Finance, responsible for the end-to-end (E2E) design and architecture of actuarial, reinsurance and valuation solutions across the remit of M&P function.

This role ensures that all model and system changes are designed holistically across methodology, models, systems, data, processes and reporting, delivering solutions that are robust, scalable, efficient and aligned with both business strategy and regulatory requirements.

The role holder acts as a critical bridge between business stakeholders and technical delivery teams, working closely with Finance, Risk, AFO, IT, Development team, Investments, BPA and others.

Responsibilities

End-to-End Solution Design

Lead the design of actuarial solutions from an end-to-end perspective, covering methodology, modelling platforms, data, aggregation, reporting and controls.
Ensure all changes are internally consistent across the actuarial value chain.
Define target state architectures aligned to strategic objectives. Identify dependencies, risks and optimisation opportunities across system.

Requirements Gathering & Stakeholder Engagement

Engage directly with stakeholders (Finance, Risk, IT, Investments, Product) to understand business requirements.
Challenge and refine requirements to ensure clarity, feasibility and value.
Translate complex needs into structured, well‑defined solution designs.
Facilitate alignment across multiple stakeholders with differing priorities.

Translation to Implementation

Produce detailed design documentation and specifications for delivery teams.
Work closely with development and production teams to ensure clear understanding of requirements and feasible implementation approaches.
Ensure alignment with architecture standards.
Provide ongoing guidance during implementation to ensure design intent is realized.

Architecture & Standards

Define and maintain actuarial architecture principles and standards.
Drive consistency across model design, data structures and flows, system integrations, reporting frameworks.
Promote best practices in automation, modular design and scalability.

Governance, Risk & Regulatory Compliance

Support model change governance processes, including design documentation, change justification and evidence for approvals.
Ensure solutions meet risk management standards and control requirements.
Contribute to regulatory engagement (e.g. PRA submissions).
Ensure appropriate auditability, traceability and documentation.

Continuous Improvement and Innovation

Identify opportunities to simplify, modernise and optimise actuarial systems.
Lead or contribute to transformation initiatives and tooling improvements.
Maintain awareness of industry trends, tools and regulatory developments.
Encourage innovation while maintaining robust control frameworks.

Leadership & Collaboration

Provide technical leadership and guidance to actuarial and delivery teams.
Foster strong collaboration across actuarial, IT and data functions.
Support development of team capability in architecture and design thinking.

Experience Technical Expertise

Strong knowledge of Solvency II / Internal Models with a proven track record of contributing to change, innovation and optimisation of model components.
Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high quality outputs under tight time pressure.
Strong commercial outlook and ability to balance model rigour with pragmatic solutions that meet business needs.
Deep understanding of actuarial systems and modelling platforms.
Proven experience in solution architecture or end-to-end design.
Strong knowledge of data flows and dependencies, model integration, reporting frameworks.
Ability to design across business, modelling and technical layers.

Communication and Influencing

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business language.
Strong experience engaging with senior stakeholders.
Ability to facilitate discussions across technical and non-technical audiences.
Skilled in influencing outcomes…