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Short-Term Head of Actuarial Function
Details
Closing Date 2026/01/16
Reference Number HOL251126-6
Job Title Short-Term Head of Actuarial Function
Business Unit Compliance & Risk Management
Department Risk Management - HAC ST
Job Family Business Assurance - Risk, Compliance, and Fraud
Job Type Classification Permanent
Reporting To Chief Risk Officer
Number of Positions 1
Location - Town / City Parktown
Location - Province Gauteng
Location - Country South Africa
Job Advert Summary
Job Purpose
The ST Head of Actuarial Function is responsible for expressing an opinion to the Board on specified short-term actuarial matters within Hollard, as well as providing advice to the Board on actuarial issues. The role will cover The Hollard Insurance Company (THIC) and Hollard Specialist Insurance Limited (HSI) licenses.
Key Responsibilities
The ST HAF role will continuously evolve to keep pace with the changing business environment and actuarial needs. At a minimum, the responsibilities will include:
1. Expressing an opinion to the board of directors on the reliability and adequacy of the calculations of Hollard's technical provisions (on the prudential supervisory reporting basis and IFRS published reporting basis), and minimum and solvency capital requirements, including on:

• The appropriateness of the methodologies and underlying models used, and assumptions made.
• The sufficiency and quality of the data used in actuarial calculations.
• Best estimate and associated assumptions against experience when evaluating technical provisions (i.e. review experience investigations and it's feed into assumption setting).
• The accuracy of the calculations.
• The appropriateness of and impact of assumed future management actions and the effect of risk mitigation instruments.
• The appropriateness of approximations or judgements used in the calculations due to insufficient data of appropriate quality.

2. Expressing an opinion to the board of directors on the appropriateness of the asset-liability management policy, the underwriting policy and reinsurance and other forms of risk transfer policy; as well as the adequacy of reinsurance and other forms of risk transfer arrangements.
3. Evaluating and providing advice to the board of directors, senior management and other control functions on:

• Where Hollard uses the standardised formula to assess its risks, why that regulatory capital model is an accurate reflection of the insurer's own risk profile.
• The development and use of internal models for internal actuarial or financial projections, or for own solvency projections as in the Own Risk and Solvency (ORSA).
• Hollard's Investment policy.
• The financial soundness position, including the impact of any proposed dividend declaration or payment.
• The actuarial-related matters in the ORSA.
• The internal controls relevant to actuarial matters.
• The actuarial soundness of the terms and conditions of insurance contracts (new products as well as reprices or amendments to existing products).

4. Review and sign-off on the Prudential Authority regulatory quantitative and qualitative returns.
5. Assist with applications to the Prudential Authority to change license conditions.
6. Provide an opinion on the liquidity shortfall indicator (LIQ) within the regulatory quantitative returns.
7. Attending any board meetings, board committees' meetings or other meetings where required.
8. Attending meetings/on-site visits and presenting to the Prudential Authority when necessary.
9. Deriving appropriate stresses and scenarios with management input for the budget process and the ORSA.
10. Other services of an actuarial nature including capital allocation, financial modelling, asset strategies and risk management, as required.
11. Champion TCF from actuarial second line perspective
12. Review and challenge the robustness of the non-life reinsurance structure/ programme and reinsurance optimization as part of the reinsurance adequacy review or as part of annual reinsurance renewals.
13. Participate in industry forums and drive insights and thinking as part of actuarial society committees and working groups.
14. Monitor the actuarial control cycle.
Required Knowledge and Experience
Required Experience

• 10 years of experience in First Line Actuarial / HAF roles.
• More than 10 years' experience in a South African Short-term Insurer / Financial Services Industry.

Knowledge:

• In-depth understanding of GOI and any other Prudential Authority standards / requirements.
• In-depth knowledge of South African Short-term Insurance industry.
• Understanding and application of the Insurance related regulatory requirements.

Skills:

• Excellent facilitation, communication including presentation skills.
• Ability to focus on value adding initiatives and pragmatic approaches to actuarial related matters.
• Ability to rapidly adapt ways of working to changing stakeholder and business needs.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Strong conflict management skills.
• Analytical thinking and problem solving.
• Business acumen and pragmatism.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and drive Hollard values.
• Ability to drive a partnership capability across the 3 lines of defence.

Educational Requirements
Required Qualifications

• Fellowship of the Actuarial Society (FASSA).
• Practising HAF Certificate

Policy
Hollard is unapologetically committed to creating and enabling a workplace that values your diversity with a true sense of care, dignity and inclusion. We actively seek to hire for your different lived experiences (including, but not limited to disability, race, religion, ethnicity, culture, language and social origin , gender diversity, sexual orientation, neurodiversity). These grounds enhance cognitive diversity and psychological safety in our workplace for everyone.
We proudly promote the "Hollard Way we work," which is a combination hybrid work environment at this time. We offer flexibility in our work as far as possible, dependent on the nature of the role. Even if you don't meet all our selection criteria, we encourage you to apply!
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