Senior Actuarial Associate, Pension Risk Transfer (PRT)

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The role sits within the Institutional Solutions Pricing team at BMO Insurance. The team’s primary objective is to provide financial security for pensioners by helping Canadian organizations de-risk their balance sheets through Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) transactions. The team combines actuarial expertise, financial analysis, and strategic thinking to evaluate and price complex transactions. Team members have the opportunity to influence key business decisions, collaborate with partners across the organization, and contribute to the continued growth of a market-leading business.

Key responsibilities are pricing PRT deals, performing cash flow testing and contribution to strategic initiatives and ad-hoc projects. This includes:

• Take ownership of transactions, coordinating actuarial analysis and stakeholder inputs throughout the pricing process.
• Analyze pension plan data and demographic characteristics to deliver transaction pricing.
• Conduct mortality experience studies to develop transaction-specific assumptions.
• Run pricing models to evaluate Pension Risk Transfer opportunities.
• Analyze financial projections and explain key drivers of profitability, capital requirements and risk.
• Perform sensitivity testing to assess transaction risks and profitability under a range of scenarios.
• Prepare pricing recommendations and governance papers for senior stakeholders and transaction approval committees.
• Support the enhancement of pricing methodologies, analytical tools and governance frameworks.
• Partner with teams across actuarial, investments, finance, operations, legal and risk management to support transaction execution.
• Participate in strategic initiatives, process improvements, and industry research.

Qualifications and skills:

Desirable qualifications and skills are listed below. A candidate does not need to meet all criteria to be considered.

• Minimum 2-3 years of actuarial experience, preferably in life insurance, pension consulting or reinsurance.
• Associate level designation from the CIA, SOA or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of actuarial pricing, valuation and financial modelling techniques.
• Working knowledge of defined benefit pension plans, pension administration and annuities.
• Ability to communicate complex actuarial concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong collaboration skills and a team-oriented mindset.
• Interest in process automation and continuous improvement.
• Experience with actuarial programming and data analytics tools (e.g. SQL, R, Python, Power BI) is considered an asset.
• Fluency in French is considered an asset.

The above represents BMO Financial Group’s pay range and type.

Salaries will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role, and may include a commission structure. Salaries for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on number of hours regularly worked. For commission roles, the salary listed above represents BMO Financial Group’s expected target for the first year in this position.

BMO Financial Group’s total compensation package will vary based on the pay type of the position and may include performance-based incentives, discretionary bonuses, as well as other perks and rewards. BMO also offers health insurance, tuition reimbursement, accident and life insurance, and retirement savings plans. To view more details of our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.bmo.com/global/en/Total-Rewards