Senior Consultant – Risk & Analytics (Property & Casualty Actuarial Consulting)
WTW · Arlington, VA · 1 wk ago
On-siteFinance$125k–$226k/yrFull-time
The Role
The Role
The Business
The Business
The Responsibilities
- Assist with actuarial activities on various project teams
- Prepare the first draft of client deliverables for review by more senior colleagues on project teams
- Seek and participate in key learning and development opportunities
- Maintain steady progress through exams (if applicable)
- Build strong internal relationships and collaborate effectively on cross-functional teams
- Demonstrate natural ease and effectiveness when dealing with clients/colleagues at all levels
- Train, mentor and serve as a best practices resource for junior colleagues, new staff and project team associates
- Deliver superior, consistent project management for assigned clients
- Deliver work in accordance with project deadlines
- Grow and forge new relationships with clients; play an active role in client communications and delivery of results
- Create project plans
- Monitor progress to deadlines and budget
- Increase client interaction
- Schedule and manage regular status meeting calls
- Ensure appropriate and effective communication among team members and the client
- Deliver projects that meet or exceed client expectations
- Increase efficiency within client teams by identifying ways to improve processes
- Meet billable hour goals
- Perform work efficiently and look for process efficiencies
- Support project profitability through effective project management
- Contribute to sales and marketing efforts by drafting proposals and responding to RFPs
Qualifications
- Actuarial exam progress toward ACAS and/or FCAS credentials is highly encouraged
- Excellent skills across the Microsoft Office suite
- Programming skills such as VBA, R or Python and proficient knowledge of manipulating databases like SQL would be an advantage
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Well organized and detail oriented
- Proven experience successfully working on multiple projects at the same time while producing quality deliverables on time and within budget
- Able to respond to all communications effectively and in a timely manner
- Strong client service orientation
- Able to ask the right questions and seek help where appropriate
- Flexibility and proven ability to diagnose and resolve issues
- Interest and ability to think beyond the task at hand and understand how one’s work fits into the broader landscape
- Strong analytical skills, including the ability to draw conclusions and identify trends from data in a logical, systematic way
- Ability to work both independently and on client teams and enjoy a fast-paced environment
- Undergraduate degree required