As a Trainee Pricing Actuary, you will develop your actuarial career through exposure to pricing, forecasting, and trading performance activities. Your role involves supporting the Trading & Performance Manager and collaborating with colleagues across Pricing, Underwriting and Finance to influence business decisions and drive performance.
Duties:
* Monitoring trading performance, analysing trends in risk mix, volumes, and profitability
* Delivering actionable insights and recommendations to stakeholders using findings from data analysis
* Supporting quarterly valuation mix inputs through data preparation, validation, and analysis to inform actuarial models
* Assisting with quarterly forecasting by refining trading models, ensuring assumptions and outputs are aligned with business plans
* Contributing to ad-hoc pricing and trading projects, supporting initiatives to improve performance and profitability
Requirements:
* Previous experience in General Insurance Pricing, ideally in Motor or Home
* Part-qualified actuary (IFoA or equivalent) and progressing with exams
* Strong numerical and analytical skills with attention to detail
* Curious mindset with ability to explain the story behind the numbers
* Experience with SQL is desirable; familiarity with Radar or Emblem is beneficial
* Strong communication skills to present findings and influence stakeholders
What We Offer:
* A competitive salary depending on skills, experience, and qualifications
* Generous pension with employee contribution matching
* Annual performance related bonus and pay review
* Holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays, with option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days
* Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme and Approved Profit Share Scheme
* Cycle to Work benefit scheme
* TaxSaver Travel Scheme
* Family friendly parental leave
* Up to 40% discount for some Aviva products plus discounts for Friends and Family
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Professional qualification support and transparent career progression plans
We value diversity and inclusion, striving to create an environment where everyone feels welcome.
We offer flexible working arrangements to suit our customers, business, and employees.