Senior Specialist: Actuarial (Life Insurance)

Location: Midrand, Vodacom Campus, South Africa. The role is also listed in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Company

hirify.global's South African operations provide telecommunications and related financial services, including life insurance products.

What you will do

• Perform monthly and annual liability valuations for life insurance portfolios using IBNR, DCF, and IFRS 17 techniques.
• Develop and maintain valuation models, calculate Value of New Business, and produce cash flow projections for budgeting.
• Support pricing, product development, product management, and competitor analysis for life insurance products.
• Calculate capital requirements, support statutory returns, and manage actuarial models under the Solvency Assessment Management regime.
• Perform data analysis for business intelligence and valuation assumption setting.
• Review and oversee the work of junior analysts involved in management reporting.

Requirements

• Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, or Actuarial Science.
• 5–7 years of experience in financial services, focused on life insurance reporting.
• Essential experience in an actuarial reporting role and familiarity with actuarial valuation techniques.
• Strong numerical, analytical, problem-solving, time-management, relationship-building, and influencing skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and oversee junior analysts.
• Business acumen with a customer-centric, entrepreneurial, and ROI-focused approach.

Culture & Benefits

• Incentive programmes and competitive benefits.
• Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits.
• Cell phone and data benefits.
• Fibre connection discounts and staff discounts through partner companies.
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunities.