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Senior R&D Actuary

Swiss Re · Kansas City, MO · 1 mo ago
Finance$146k–$244k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: h3 for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. No metadata like Job ID. Remove boilerplate, navigation, EEO, etc. Keep all substantive info. We need to parse the posting. Content: Intro paragraph: "Do you have a passion for transforming complex data into actionable insights? Join our team where your actuarial expertise will directly impact business decisions across North America. This role offers you the opportunity to be at the intersection of traditional actuarial science and cutting-edge analytical techniques, helping shape the future of life insurance risk assessment." Then "About The Role" heading: content: "As a Senior Research & Development (R&D) Actuary, you'll be instrumental in developing and maintaining sophisticated mortality and lapse assumptions that drive our business decisions. You'll leverage your analytical prowess to translate experience data into valuable insights that inform product development, pricing strategies, and portfolio management across both Canadian and US markets." Then "Key Responsibilities" list: bullet points. Then "About The Team": paragraph. Then "About You": paragraph. Then "We Are Looking For Candidates Who Meet These Requirements": list. Then "These Are Additional Nice To Haves": list. Then "Our company operates under a hybrid work model...": schedule info. Then "Please note that this role is not eligible for visa sponsorship...": maybe not needed. Then "The estimated base salary range for this position for Fort Wayne, IN; Alpharetta, GA; Kansas City, MO; Chicago, IL and Windsor, CT, is $146,000 to $244,000.": pay info. Then "The specific salary offered for this, or any given role will take into account a number of factors...": maybe part of pay. Then "At Swiss Re, we take a 'total compensation approach'...": benefits? Not specific benefits. Then "About Swiss Re": company description maybe not needed? Could be considered boilerplate? It's about company, but maybe we keep as part of "About the company"? Not required headings. The instruction: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. We have sections: About the role (we have content), Responsibilities (we have list), Requirements (we have list), Qualifications? The posting includes "We Are Looking For Candidates Who Meet These Requirements" which is essentially requirements. Also "These Are Additional Nice To Haves" could be Skills or Qualifications? Could treat as Skills. Also we have Pay (salary range). Schedule (hybrid work model). Benefits? Not specific benefits listed. Could omit Benefits section. Qualifications? Could combine Requirements and Qualifications? The instruction says use headings like Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We have Requirements (maybe same as Qualifications). We have Nice To Haves (Skills). We have Pay. We have Schedule. We have About the role. We have Responsibilities. We could also have About the Team and About You maybe as part of About the role? But we could keep as separate sections? Not in allowed headings list. The allowed headings are: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we should map content to those headings. "About The Team" and "About You" maybe not needed; could be omitted or folded into About the role? The instruction: "Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

or drop it." It doesn't forbid other headings not in list, but says "Use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." The e.g. suggests those are examples, but we should likely stick to those. Safer to only use those headings. So we need to map: - About the role: combine the intro paragraph and "About The Role" paragraph? Probably include both as prose. - Responsibilities: list of key responsibilities. - Requirements: the "We Are Looking For Candidates Who Meet These Requirements" list. - Qualifications: maybe the education/experience requirements? Actually the Requirements list includes Fellowship, Bachelor's degree, experience, etc. That's qualifications. Could treat Requirements as qualifications and Qualifications as maybe education? But we have both headings; we need to decide. Could put Requirements as the list of mandatory qualifications, and Qualifications as maybe the nice-to-haves? But we also have Skills heading for nice-to-haves technical skills. Let's map: Requirements: mandatory requirements (Fellowship, Bachelor's, experience, ability to translate findings, communication skills). Qualifications: maybe education? But we already have Bachelor's degree in Requirements. Could treat Qualifications as the same as Requirements? Might be redundant. Better to follow typical job posting: Requirements = mandatory qualifications; Qualifications = preferred qualifications? But we have Skills for technical skills. Let's assign: - Requirements: the list under "We Are Looking For Candidates Who Meet These Requirements" (Fellowship, Bachelor's, experience, ability to translate findings, communication skills). - Qualifications: maybe the education field? But it's already there. Could instead put the "About You" paragraph as Qualifications? Not ideal. Alternatively, we could omit Qualifications section if no distinct content beyond Requirements. The instruction: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. If we don't have distinct content for Qualifications, we should omit it. So we will not include Qualifications heading. - Skills: the "These Are Additional Nice To Haves" list (advanced analytical techniques, proficiency in tools, knowledge of platforms, US market experience, influence without authority, creative problem-solving, presenting at events). That's skills. - Pay: salary range paragraph. - Schedule: hybrid work model paragraph. - Benefits: no specific benefits mentioned, so omit. - About the role: include intro and About The Role paragraph. - Responsibilities: list. We also have "About The Team" and "About You" paragraphs; they could be folded into About the role as extra prose, or we could drop them as they are not required headings. The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we must keep that info somewhere. We could add them as

under About the role section. That would preserve them. Thus About the role section will contain: - Intro paragraph: "Do you have a passion for transforming complex data into actionable insights? Join our team where your actuarial expertise will directly impact business decisions across North America. This role offers you the opportunity to be at the intersection of traditional actuarial science and cutting-edge analytical techniques, helping shape the future of life insurance risk assessment." - About The Role paragraph: "As a Senior Research & Development (R&D) Actuary, you'll be instrumental in developing and maintaining sophisticated mortality and lapse assumptions that drive our business decisions. You'll leverage your analytical prowess to translate experience data into valuable insights that inform product development, pricing strategies, and portfolio management across both Canadian and US markets." - About The Team paragraph: "The Actuarial and Research Development team specializes in life insurance experience monitoring/analysis and assumption development support for US markets. Our team leads and ensures consistent application of sound actuarial principles, methods, and tools across the organization. We provide critical insights that drive product development, pricing strategies, and experience analysis." - About You paragraph: "You're a detail-oriented professional who thrives on solving complex problems and communicating technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences. You have a curious mindset that drives you to continuously improve methodologies and challenge conventional thinking. You're comfortable working with ambiguity and can balance multiple perspectives when making recommendations." We'll keep them as separate

elements within the About the role section. Now Responsibilities: list items from "Key Responsibilities". Need to preserve each bullet as

  • . The bullet points are long sentences; we need to keep them exactly. List: - Lead experience analysis initiatives to monitor population and insured life trends across direct insurance and reinsurance portfolios - Develop key assumptions for mortality and lapse rates used in new business costing, in-force management opportunities, and business valuation - Analyze complex data sets to identify underlying drivers of mortality and lapse, including policyholder behavior, product characteristics, and underwriting methods - Create innovative tools and analytics to enhance monitoring methods and improve assumption accuracy - Stay current with industry research and publications to continuously refine our methodologies - Collaborate cross-functionally with US market units, Risk Management, In-force Optimization, and Portfolio Steering & Monitoring teams - Present findings internally to educate colleagues and externally to clients, potentially at industry events and special client meetings - Document thoroughly all assumption development processes in compliance with corporate governance standards - Ensure alignment between developed assumptions and their implementation in models to prevent unexpected errors Now Requirements: list from "We Are Looking For Candidates Who Meet These Requirements": - Fellowship with the Society of Actuaries with 7+ years of relevant experience - Bachelor's degree in mathematics, statistics, actuarial science, or related field with demonstrated mathematical and analytical abilities - Experience in mortality and lapse assumption development for life insurance products - Proven ability to translate complex analytical findings into clear business recommendations - Strong communication skills with the ability to present effectively to various stakeholders Now Skills: list from "These Are Additional Nice To Haves": - Experience with advanced analytical techniques (GLMs, machine learning, AI) - Proficiency in technical tools such as Excel, Visual Basic, R, Python, SAS, or AXIS - Knowledge of actuarial modeling platforms like ICE or Stargate - Experience working in US insurance markets - Demonstrated ability to influence without authority in cross-functional teams - Creative problem-solving approach and resourcefulness in overcoming barriers - Experience presenting at industry events or client meetings Now Pay: paragraph: "The estimated base salary range for this position for Fort Wayne, IN; Alpharetta, GA; Kansas City, MO; Chicago, IL and Windsor, CT, is $146,000 to $244,000. The specific salary offered for this, or any given role will take into account a number of factors including but not limited to job location, scope of role, qualifications, complexity/specialization/scarcity of talent, experience, education, and employer budget. At Swiss Re, we take a "total compensation approach" when making compensation decisions. This means that we consider all components of compensation in their totality (such as base pay, short-and long-term incentives, and benefits offered), in setting individual compensation." We could keep as one

    or split. Keep as one

    . Now Schedule: paragraph: "Our company operates under a hybrid work model, with the expectation that employees work from the office three days per week every week; however, for an exceptional candidate, the role can be done remotely within USA." Also note visa sponsorship note etc. That's not schedule; we could drop as minor metadata? It's about visa sponsorship, not schedule. Could be omitted as not required heading. The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. The visa sponsorship note is substantive? It's a restriction. Could be considered metadata but it's important. However we have no heading for it; we could fold into a short

    under About the role or maybe under Pay? Better to add a

    after Schedule maybe as a note. But we don't have a heading for it; we could just add a

    without heading? The instruction says output ONLY the HTML fragment; we can include

    elements not under headings? It didn't forbid stray

    . It said use

    for section headings,
    • for lists,

      for prose. So we can have

      elements anywhere. So we can add a paragraph for visa note. But we must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Visa note is not boilerplate; it's specific. So include. Thus final HTML:

      About the role

      Do you have a passion for transforming complex data into actionable insights? Join

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