Actuarial Analyst (Short Term Pricing)

Full Time 3 weeks ago Johannesburg North, South Africa

Employment Information

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working on impact-driven projects, where you’ll build, refine, and deliver advanced pricing models that directly influence business decisions.

What You’ll Be Doing:

  • Build and enhance pricing models from first principles
  • Drive pricing performance and link models to measurable business outcomes
  • Apply advanced statistical and machine learning techniques
  • Translate complex data into clear, commercially focused insights
  • Engage with stakeholders and influence pricing decisions
  • Support model automation, deployment, and optimisation

What We’re Looking For:

  • Proven experience in pricing (not purely reserving or capital)
  • Strong track record of building models and demonstrating impact
  • Experience applying:
    • GLMs
    • Decision trees
    • Gradient Boosting / XGBoost
  • Hands-on use of:
    • pandas
    • scikit-learn
    • XGBoost

Technical Stack:

  • Emblem (ESSENTIAL – non-negotiable)
    (must have hands-on experience in pricing, automation, or deployment)
  • Experience with Radar, ResQ (Earnix advantageous)
  • Strong skills in:
    • Python
    • R
    • SQL
    • Power BI

Requirements:

  • Nearly qualified actuary (minimum 10 exams completed)
  • 5+ years’ experience in actuarial, pricing, or data science roles
  • Active progression with a recognised actuarial body

What Will Set You Apart

  • You’ve built pricing models from scratch
  • You can clearly explain what you built + its business impact
  • Strong commercial understanding of pricing decisions
  • Confident engaging with stakeholders

Advantageous:

  • Exposure to SAM / IFRS 17
  • Experience in regulated environments

Why This Opportunity

  • High-impact short-term project work
  • Opportunity to work on advanced pricing models
  • Strong blend of technical and commercial exposure
  • Ideal for candidates who enjoy delivery-focused environments

Apply Now:

If you’re looking for a short-term opportunity where you can make a real impact, we’d love to hear from you.
 
For more exciting Actuarial & Analytics vacancies, please visit:
https://www.networkrecruitmentinternational.com
 
 
I also specialize in recruiting:
 
  • Actuarial (Life, Short‑Term, Pensions, Health, Quant)
  • Data Science & Advanced Analytics
  • Pricing & Product Modelling
  • Market, Credit & Quantitative Risk
  • Machine Learning & AI Specialists
 
If you have not received a response within two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful. Your profile will remain on our database for future opportunities.
 
For more information, contact:
Kholo Mongalo
Recruitment Researcher – Actuarial & Analytics
Connect with me on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kholo-v-mongalo-


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