Actuarial System Specialist

• Flexible work options
• Work alongside diverse, passionate colleagues
• Thrive in a workplace where we tackle challenges together

Why join us?

Welcome to TAL. As a leading life insurer, we’ve been protecting Australians for over 150 years. Backed by Dai-ichi Life, we're driven by big ambitions and empower to create better products and services.

Together with our Partners, we’re helping millions of Australians live a life filled with choices, options, and freedoms. See the direct impact you make delivering support and financial security with care and expertise. Grow beyond expectations with diverse roles, global connections, and exclusive learning opportunities.

Work with passionate, bright and capable colleagues. Feel inspired by supportive leaders. Collaborate with heart, where flexibility, wellbeing and inclusivity is valued. Together, we're reimagining insurance.

So, bring a curious mind and an ambition to help us become the progressive, digitally enabled leading insurer.

Join TAL Australia as an Actuarial System Specialist and drive innovation at the heart of our Finance and Actuarial teams. In this position, you’ll collaborate closely with talented colleagues to enhance and evolve the actuarial systems that underpin business-critical processes—from liability and capital valuations to embedded value and business planning.

You’ll play a key part in designing, building, testing, and implementing actuarial projection models using the industry-leading Prophet Enterprise platform. Your expertise will help shape and support ongoing system enhancements, ensuring we meet the evolving needs of strategic projects and deliver insightful analysis, robust reporting, and streamlined operations.

This is a 10-month fixed term contract.

In this role you will: 

• Complete projection Modelling (Prophet)
• Prepare and review technical specifications that meet end user requirements and teams coding standards
• Perform Prophet developments to specifications
• Perform and document system testing activities (unit testing, regression testing)
• Deploy approved changes to production environments in line with controls and procedures
• Analyse and specify data requirements (variable names, formats, attributes) for prophet model inputs and outputs
• Contribute to the build and implementation of data flow process interacting with the IDR (Insurance Data Repository for Prophet model inputs and outputs) to meet IFRS reporting requirements

• Qualified Actuary (or nearly qualified)
• Strong experience working in the Life Insurance industry
• Deep knowledge and experience with Prophet (programming language and software operation)
• Strong technical skills in programming and data analysis
• Strong SQL and Microsoft Excel skills
• Demonstrated capability to validate and critically assess complex outcomes
• Sound communication skills

TAL is one of Australia’s leading life insurers, committed to inclusion, and supporting the career growth of our diverse workforce. We’re proud to be: 

• An Inclusive Employer – Recognised as Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency and Bronze Tier Status within the Australian Workplace Equality Index 
• Diversity Champions – Member of Diversity Council Australia, Australian Disability Network, Pride in Diversity and Champions of Change 
• Reconciliation Advocates – Read our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan.
• We welcome applications from people with diverse experiences, perspectives and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, caregivers, individuals living with disabilities, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and the LGBTIQ+ community. 
• Need adjustments during the recruitment process? Let our team know by getting in touch with us here.—we’re here to support you.

You’re always accountable for your actions. You never give up. You strive to find the best outcomes for customers and partners. And you value working together to find the best solutions for problems.  

As part of the recruitment process, there are several checks which may be conducted to demonstrate your eligibility for a role at TAL including Criminal History, Bankruptcy, Entitlement to Work, Regulatory and Reference Checks. 

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Everyone at TAL has a responsibility to do the right thing and is accountable for the way they conduct themselves. Our expectations are that you follow the principles set out in our Code of Conduct when you come to work every day. Risk management is everyone’s responsibility.

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