Analyst, Pricing and Analytics

Company Description

• Flexible work options
• No. 1 Life Insurer in Australia
• Focus on mental, physical and financial health of our people

Welcome to This Australian Life. 

From the millions of Australians we protect, to those that make it happen every day at TAL, people really are what we’re all about. We want to grow with you. Achieve with you. And support you to do your best work. That's why we're focused on developing leadership, promoting diversity, rewarding excellence, and retaining great talent.

We're always looking for people who want to go further with us. People who do what’s right, aim high, and work smart.  Why not see where we can go?

Job Description

This role will play an important part in the development of TAL’s pricing experience insight capability by working with a vast array of data and models to deliver insights into portfolio pricing. The role will support the pricing of new and existing products through provision of insights and data analysis.

This position would ideally suit an analyst with an actuarial or maths background, a creative mind and an interest in working in an innovative and highly technical environment. The successful candidate would be highly motivated to improve existing data and analytical processes to grow commercial value.

In this role you will: 

• Support the pricing of new and existing products and propositions across TAL's Individual Risk portfolio by developing new data and analytical capability using various tools and implementation methods (e.g. SQL, Power BI, R).
• Develop and execute pricing experience analysis for TAL's Individual Life insurance portfolio on a regular basis and assist with the development of pricing assumption bases to inform pricing decisions.
• Maintain, develop and enhance pricing databases, models, experience analysis calculations and processes.
• Promote continuous improvement in data collection to improve monitoring and insight.
• Build and conduct ad-hoc investigations to support enhancements to existing products and development of new products.
• Source key claims, policy and underwriting data to assist with ad-hoc investigations by the wider Pricing and Value Management team.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in actuarial, mathematics, statistics, data science or equivalent.
• Proficiency in SQL, Power BI (or equivalent) to extract and manipulate data and overcoming the associated technical challenges.
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of the principles and theory of experience analysis, particularly for life insurance income protection business.
• Confidence and mastery of life insurance actuarial mathematics (preferred).
• Strong desire for ongoing modelling improvement and efficiency.
• Ability to think creatively and innovatively to deal with technical challenges.
• Past exposure to experience and pricing analysis related work (preferred).
• Past exposure to actuarial modelling work (preferred).
• Desire to deal with new and unfamiliar requests.

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 a number of 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.

Additional Information

At TAL we value diversity in all its forms and are committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable culture for all our people. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, individuals from all backgrounds, including those with caring responsibilities, people living with disability, and individuals from the CALD and LGBTQI+ communities to apply. Even if you don’t check every box in the criteria above, we encourage you to apply today or get in touch with us here.

To provide you with the best experience, we can accommodate you at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team at any time.

TAL is recognised by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency as an Employer of Choice.  We are proud to be a member of Diversity Council Australia and the Australian Network on Disability. For information on our reconciliation journey, please read our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.
We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across and pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging.

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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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