Manager, Canada Assumption Development

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Manager, Canada Assumption Development is responsible for leading the development of mortality and lapse assumptions supporting new business and inforce business for the Canadian life reinsurance market, operating within North America Life (NAL) governance frameworks.

Lead the maintenance of Canadian mortality and lapse benchmarks used across new business and inforce analyses, aligned with NAL and global standards.

Ensure benchmark assumptions appropriately reflect Canadian experience, underwriting practices, and market dynamics, while maintaining consistency with broader NA Life methodologies.

Develop, document, and maintain best practices for setting assumptions relevant to the Canadian market, including but not limited to NAR, post‑level shock lapse and mortality deterioration, conversions, and other behaviorally driven assumptions.

Support data acquisition strategy efforts relevant to assumption development to further the internal inventory available for relevant research while complying with internal policies on data and IT requirements.

Support development of mortality analytics methodologies and data infrastructure to enable consistent, transparent, and reusable risk insights across pricing, underwriting, and enterprise stakeholders.

Provide guidance, coaching, and technical mentorship to early-career actuaries, supporting their development and growth within the actuarial function.

Strong technical and analytical skills.

Solid knowledge of GGY AXIS software (or comparable actuarial modeling system) is desired.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Advanced Excel.

Knowledge of other programs such as R, SQL, PowerBI is desired

Strong organizational skills, ability to prioritize and multi-task.

A self-starter who can work in an open, collaborative environment with a diverse team of financial professionals.

Demonstrated ability to promote effective teamwork and accountability.

Strong work ethic and a desire to succeed.

Solid verbal and written communication skills

Minimum 7 years experience in life insurance/reinsurance

Bachelor's degree in actuarial science or a related discipline

Experience in pricing, inforce management, valuation, or actuarial modeling preferred

FCIA/FSA (or equivalent actuarial designation)

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