Date: Jun 9, 2025
Location: Hybrid - Canada, CA Winnipeg, MB (Hybrid), CA Calgary, AB (Hybrid), CA Moncton, NB (Hybrid), CA Kitchener, ON (Hybrid), CA Edmonton, AB (Hybrid), CA North York - Toronto, ON (Hybr, CA Montreal, QC (Hybrid), CA Vancouver, BC (Hybrid), CA Ottawa, ON (Hybrid), CA
Company: Wawanesa Insurance
Job ID: 9272
Working Business Language: English; this role is considered a head-office role and will be required to communicate with internal stakeholders across Canada where the primary business language utilized is English
Salary: At Wawanesa, salary is only one component of a holistic, comprehensive and competitive offering that we provide to our employees. In addition to salary, full-time and part-time permanent employees are eligible for an annual bonus plan, leave of absence top-up programs and provided with generous vacation time, personal days, premium free benefits and pension plan.
The salary offered for this role is determined with consideration to various factors, including but not limited to: your work location, local labour market conditions, external market salary data, internal pay equity and the knowledge, skills, experience and anticipated proficiency in the role. The salary offered is estimated to be within the following range: $95,000- $140,000. Candidates with salary expectations outside of the range are still encouraged to apply.
About Us
At Wawanesa, we’re proud to offer a hybrid work environment that offers flexibility to our employees in balancing in-office (2 days per week OR 15 hours per week in a Wawanesa office) and remote work. You may work from any of the following locations: Winnipeg, MB; Vancouver, BC; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB; Toronto, ON; Kitchener, ON; Ottawa, ON; Montreal, QC; Moncton, NB; Dartmouth; NS
The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (“Wawanesa Mutual”), founded in 1896, is one of Canada’s largest mutual insurers, with over $3.5 billion in annual revenue and assets of $10 billion (CAD). Wawanesa Mutual, with its National Headquarters in Winnipeg, is the parent company of Wawanesa Life, which provides life insurance products and services throughout Canada, and Western Financial Group, which distributes personal and business insurance across Canada. Wawanesa proudly serves more than 1.7 million members in Canada, and we are home to more than 3,600 employees distributed across the Canadian regions and communities where we operate. We give back to organizations that strengthen communities, donating more than $3.5 million annually to charitable organizations, including over $2 million annually in support of people on the front lines of climate change. To learn more visit wawanesa.com.
We are currently looking for dedicated, driven, and enthusiastic individuals who thrive in an environment that welcomes change and are looking for an opportunity for diverse experience and advancement on a growing team.
Job Overview
As a member of the Pricing Insights team, your focus will be on building exciting new tools and optimizing existing processes to enable the Personal Lines Pricing department and other stakeholders to better understand our business and make more informed decisions. As an Actuarial Consultant, you will mentor actuarial analysts while applying your knowledge to complex problems in the pursuit of solving business issues and answering business questions. In this role, your contributions will support the financial goals of the company and provide value to our customers.
Note: we are open to hiring at the Sr Actuarial Analyst, Actuarial Consultant or Senior Actuarial Consultant level
Job Responsibilities
Data
- Research, extract, and manipulate complex data from all relevant sources
- Identify relationships, problems/issues, and assess data quality
Actuarial and Statistical Methods
- Create and validate models to answer business questions as assigned
- Incorporate, understand and transfer knowledge of current methods, while ensuring completeness and accuracy
- Review current methods against relevant best practices and recommend improvements as needed
Efficiency
- Identify opportunities for automation of routine tasks
- Develop creative new approaches to problem solving
Communication
- Collaborating closely with various other teams to solve complex problems
- Develop and deliver presentations to the actuarial groups
Workflow Management
- Develop effective plans that define activities, resources, and timelines
- Track the status of project timelines, tasks, and various activities
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or other related discipline
- Seven CAS exams or ACAS designation an asset
- More than four years of actuarial experience an asset
- Experience using SQL as well as business intelligence tools such as Power BI, Tableau or QuickSight is considered an asset
- Robust knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
- Ability to translate problem solving methods and ideas to various computer languages and predictive modeling techniques efficiently and effectively
- Advanced knowledge of actuarial science, mathematics, probability, statistics, principles of finance and business, and strong ability to apply this knowledge to problems in insurance
- Understanding of database systems and how to interpret/extract data from those systems
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to communicate at the right level of complexity for the audience
- Ability to handle multiple concurrent assignments in a timely manner
- Works efficiently and cooperatively in a team environment and involve others when appropriate
- Ability to ask effective questions to elicit detailed and relevant information
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Wawanesa is proud to be one of Manitoba’s Top Employers, a Kincentric Best Employer in Canada and a Forbes Best Employer in Canada recognizing an exceptional place to work!
Diversity Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
At Wawanesa, we are committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) and believe that our strength lies in the diversity of our people – this is supported by having a representative workforce.
We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, including racialized persons, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, gender-diverse and neurodiverse individuals, and anyone who can contribute to the further diversification of thought and ideas.
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