James Chisholm
London
Summary
Experienced Actuarial Analyst, with hands on experience in reserving and IFRS17 reporting. Diligent and reliable, I am used to meeting regular deadlines, producing accurate and high quality work. Looking to move to a team based in London, with exposure to the London Market.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work history
Actuarial Analyst
Zurich Insurance
03.2023 - 10.2024
- Conducting reserve reviews for multiple lines of business, including Property, Property Engineering, Marine, Cyber & Financial Lines.
- Performing deep dive analysis of results, including PYD drivers, AvE analysis, diagnostics, and other areas of interest to stakeholders of the business.
- Performing the IFRS17 quarterly reporting process, calculating the Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss items based on our reserve review
- Undertaking all other IFRS17 related tasks, such as PAA eligibility, forecasting, planning, Loss Component calculations, and payment pattern reviews.
- Creating and maintaining multiple ResQ projects, including the creation of data migration workbooks from scratch, creating and maintaining multiple check sheets, and the required audit processes.
- Ad-hoc process improvement projects, such as our IFRS17 validation calculations, and other regular reporting processes, using tools such as VBA and Power Queries in order to increase efficiency and improve accuracy.
- Maintaining clear audit trails and documentation across all work done, to ensure clear adherence to TAS and to aid our external auditors.
- Assembling and presenting the Reserve Committee slide deck, communicating our results to the key stakeholders.
Actuarial Analyst
Aon
02.2022 - 03.2023
- Regular assessment of the financial position of pension schemes; calculating valuations on Technical Provisions and Solvency basis.
- Identify and implement ways for trustees and companies to reduce the risks in relation to their schemes, including longevity risks, investment risks and inflation risk.
- Perform calculations with respect to individual pension scheme members' benefits.
- Day-to-day management of the pension scheme.
- Estimate pension protection fund levies.
- The final close-down of the schemes when risk is passed to a third party.
Education
BSc Mathematics and Economics -
University of Nottingham
Nottingham 09/2017 - 07/2020
A Level -
Spalding Grammar School
Spalding, Lincolnshire 09/2010 - 07/2017
Skills
- MS Office (Excel - including some VBA, Word, PowerPoint)
- ResQ
- R/RStudio
- PowerBI
Timeline
Actuarial Analyst
Zurich Insurance
03.2023 - 10.2024
Actuarial Analyst
Aon
02.2022 - 03.2023
BSc Mathematics and Economics -
University of Nottingham
09/2017 - 07/2020
A Level -
Spalding Grammar School
09/2010 - 07/2017