The role of the Actuarial Associate in the Business Consulting Services Unit is to provide high-quality actuarial support, ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of client engagements. This position is foundational to team success, focused on delivering reliable data processing, clear documentation, and effective collaboration while building the professional and technical expertise essential for operational excellence.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
Managing Engagements
- Manage engagement performance through attending kick off and debrief meetings on every engagement and creating ERF’s (Engagement Risk Forms, implied).
- Ensure a good relationship with clients is maintained throughout the client work process.
- Ensure delivery of the KPMG 7 Star service to all clients.
- Build an understanding of client business. Know and share valuable client information such as: Change of key personnel (e.g., new C-level joined); Events at client (e.g., new product launch, closure of office, etc.) while striving to achieve positive feedback from each client through formal and informal mechanisms.
Business Development
- Engage in business development by identifying and escalating opportunities for further work while on an engagement.
- Participate in research and in writing proposals.
Team Development
- Work collaboratively, internally and externally.
- Share knowledge and work across boundaries.
- Ensure demonstration of cultural awareness and sensitivity.
Personal Development
- Manage own Learning and Development by identifying personal learning needs and taking appropriate steps to address these.
- Build industry knowledge through involvement in events, articles, and thought leadership.
Risk Management
- Ensure risk management through completion of risk management documents and ensure they are signed off and a task code obtained before starting any engagement.
- Complete all files as allocated and ensure they are reviewed by the Partner/Director/Manager for risk management compliance prior to sending out any draft or final reports.
- Observe 100% compliance to Quality and Risk Management Policies, Standards and Procedures.
Academic/Professional Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in actuarial science, financial engineering, economics, statistics, or a related relevant degree course from an accredited college/university.
- Minimum of 2 - 3 years of working experience in a similar role.
- Professional qualifications such as FRM, ACCA, CPA, or CFA are highly desirable.
- Any three (3) actuarial professional papers from IFOA (Institute and Faculty of Actuaries) or SOA (Society of Actuaries) will be an added advantage.
Personal Attributes
- Excellent advisory and compliance skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills and the ability to articulate complex information.
- Ability to build positive relationships with team members and clients.
- Ability to handle simultaneously multiple engagements and client service teams.
- Flexibility in prioritizing and completing tasks.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Willingness to work under supervision and learn new skills quickly.
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent negotiation skills.
- Good knowledge of Tax laws, rules and regulations.
- Working knowledge of accounting information systems and Tax tools.
- Comfort interacting with C-level professionals.
