Vice-president : Corporate Actuarial - Financial

5 months ago


London, Canada Canada Life Assurance Company Full time

Vice-President : Corporate Actuarial - Financial Reporting & Peer Reviews

**Description**:

- Vice-President- Great-West Lifeco**Role description**
- In this role, you will lead the actuarial input into financial reporting and regulatory reporting for Great-West Lifeco and Canada Life, including overseeing enterprise-wide controls on the determination of insurance and investment contract liabilities, the preparation of financial statement disclosures on insurance and investment contract liabilities, and the consolidation of Drivers of Earnings analysis across Great-West Lifeco with supporting commentary. As part of this function, you are encouraged to seek opportunities to provide insights on the results and analysis, which supports the sound management of the business. You will also be responsible for regulatory reporting on actuarial valuations and exposures to OSFI.- In this role, you will also lead the internal peer review process for actuarial work across Great-West Lifeco. The internal peer review process is a core component of the Appointed Actuary’s mandate, providing assurance on highly technical or specialist aspects of the actuarial valuations, LICAT reporting and other actuarial work across the organization.**What you will do**
- Actuarial input into Financial Reporting (quarterly and annual):

- Review the extensive suite of enterprise-level controls supporting the preparation of insurance and investment contract liabilities each quarter to ensure completeness and accuracy of the liabilities. Document any insights or issues requiring further discussion.
- Consolidate Drivers of Earnings results and analysis across Great-West Lifeco
- Prepare relevant financial statement and MD&A disclosures, and inputs into the Supplementary Information Package
- Support the Appointed Actuary in preparing reports to the Audit Committee on actuarial matters
- Lead the Corporate Actuarial team in preparing quarterly regulatory filings to OSFI
- Support Investor Relations on any actuarial matters, in preparing for quarterly external earnings calls
- Support the team in identifying opportunities for process improvement, and implementing process and systems change
- Process supporting financial reporting:

- Pro-actively seek input from stakeholders across the organization, and the Corporate Actuarial team, on the actuarial-led elements of the financial reporting process, to ensure we continually generate ideas for process improvement
- Prioritize and execute on process improvement opportunities, which will include working closely with the IT and business teams supporting to IFRS 17 systems to implement system changes
- Provide insights on the financial reporting analysis, which supports the sound management of the business, including detailed analysis of insurance experience gain/loss
- Support regulatory engagements on matters relating to insurance and investment contract liabilities:

- Lead the preparation of the Appointed Actuary Report each year
- Lead the response to engagements and themed reviews from OSFI
- Lead the internal peer review process, which involves:

- Setting the program of peer reviews, with input from key stakeholders
- Engaging in a discussion with the relevant teams on the findings of the peer review
- Track completion of the findings

**What you will bring**
- 10 + years of relevant, related experience; experience in actuarial valuations is preferred
- University degree and designation as an actuarial fellow **required**:

- A very high level of actuarial expertise, staying educated/up to date with respect to Canadian actuarial practices and methods and OSFI guidelines
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate findings to educate other leaders to ensure appropriate outcomes
- Communication skills that enable sharing complex concepts to different audiences in a manner that is readily understood and meaningfully relates to business and risk management priorities
- Exceptional organizational skills, with ability to manage complex interactions within processes
- Highly engaged approach to improve ways of working, including the adoption of new tools
- Openness to receiving feedback on the process from teams inputting into the quarterly consolidated financial reporting
- Ability to have a well-rounded and balanced discussion with experienced actuaries, as part of the internal peer review process
- Demonstrated ability to influence teams where resources do not all report directly into the function (i.e., where significant direction comes from other functions)
- Ability to develop highly collaborative, cross-functional relationships, and strong relationships across our regional actuarial teams
- Ability to establish appropriate priorities for the team and monitor and influence progress to be able to achieve necessary goals
- Skills to attract, motivate and develop actuarial talent within the organization
- High engagement around mentoring the next genera



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