Consultant Actuarial & Insurance Solutions in Amsterdam

Insurers help policyholders by taking over their risks. Key challenges faced by the insurance market are continuous transformation, rapidly accelerated changes, a changing definition of insurer, digital and data driven-strategy, and an increasing regulatory burden.

A consultant at Deloitte Actuarial & Insurance Solutions has an impact on the global financial service industry by servicing key clients and working in projects which positively change the insurance industry. Besides working on assignments, consultants also support in preparing proposals and you will contribute to research and writing articles.

We foster a collaborative culture where talented colleagues can produce their best work. We value innovative thinking, diverse insights and a genuinely distinctive level of customer service through our expertise and professionalism.

• Build and communicate a strategic and innovative vision on the insurance industry;
• Able to connect and advise on the full insurance risk cycle, as well as the policy and claims process;
• Apply your skills in quantitative modelling or data analytics;
• Effectively translating technical results into impact for senior stakeholders;
• Building a strong network in the insurance industry and peers in quantitative modelling.

At Deloitte, the largest organization in the field of Audit and Assurance, Consulting, Financial Advisory, Risk Advisory, Tax and Legal. In the Netherlands, we rely on more than 5,500 staff members in 15 offices. Globally, Deloitte has around 250,000 staff and offices in more than 150 countries.

You share your expertise with the 70 to 80 colleagues of Financial Risk Management in Amsterdam. FRM has the following areas of expertise, besides Actuarial & Insurance Solutions:

• Market Risk develops and validates models for market, trading and pricing risk using (amongst others) Value at Risk and Expected Shortfall models
• Asset and Liability Management steers the balance sheet from both funding and interest rate perspective, by developing and validating interest rate and liquidity risk models, as well as developing the required insights with those models
• Credit Risk develops cutting-edge models compliant with current and future legislative requirements (Basel, CRR etc.)

Financial Risk Management focusses on model development and validation for key financial service clients in the Netherlands, using quantitative methods and techniques to solve various challenges. This includes modelling techniques from quantitative finance, statistics and applied mathematics. Of course, Risk Advisory also has a .

 
Consultant describes how he boosts his career at Deloitte:

At Financial Risk Management I am valued for my strengths and the skills that I have, and further challenged to grow my skill-set. I have the opportunity to work on projects covering a wide variety of topics in the financial industry. This gives me the opportunity to expand my knowledge base and experience into areas that I previously didn't think possible. Even though providing good work to clients in an efficient way is of high importance, I am also challenged to grow as an individual and to play to my strengths. Great emphasis is placed on continual learning, which is achieved through development programs and workshops, internally & externally hosted trainings and support for further studies. By working on various projects, attending workshops & trainings, and attending social events, I have also been able to grow my network immensely. I have been able to meet people from a wide variety of areas within the business, as well as people working at client companies. Value is also placed on team-spirit, and these days we regularly have virtual team meetings, pop-quizzes, Friday afternoon drinks, and other social events.

• an energetic, bright and committed team, with lots of fun activities;
• a collaborative working environment with a positive atmosphere;
• in addition to a fixed salary, a share in our profits;
• a development program that helps you keep developing in your desired direction;
• 26 days of paid holiday annually, and the opportunity to purchase 15 additional holiday days annually;
• a 40-hour working week, with flexible working hours;
• the opportunity to take a month of paid leave once annually;
• good mobility scheme: choose a company car with a fuel card for the whole of Europe, a cash option, a public transport card or reimbursement of travel expenses;
• a laptop and an iPhone, which is also for personal use;
• a good pension scheme;
• an opportunity to take a month of unpaid leave once annually;
• an opportunity to take part in our collective health insurance scheme;
• an opportunity to benefit from tax-efficient facilities, such as company fitness and a bicycle scheme.

When it comes to the technicalities of the job, you're ready for anything. At the same time, you're able to inspire and motivate the team to deliver excellent results. You have the courage to try out new things and to keep learning, even if there are setbacks along the way. For the role of Consultant at Actuarial & Insurance, you also are/have:

• Almost obtained a degree in: Actuarial Science, Econometrics, Mathematics, Economics, (Quantitative) Finance or a science Master;
• Ambitious and willing to follow the program to become a qualified actuary;
• Living in the Netherlands;
• Affinity with the financial and corporate sector, primarily insurance;
• Excellent analytical skills;
• Affinity with quantitative modelling, and/or programming;
• A team player;
• Good communicative skills;
• Proficient in English, both verbally and in writing.

We look forward to receiving your application for this position. At Deloitte, we welcome everyone who can bring quality and ambition. We'd like to know who you are.  

Questions? For answers, please contact our recruiter Beatrice Bonioli at 06 50 06 25 68.