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• Business Development: Achieve revenue targets, lead marketing efforts, identify growth opportunities, and represent the company in the market.
• Project Excellence: Manage projects effectively, deliver quality work in areas like job evaluation, executive compensation, and rewards surveys.
• Client & Team Engagement: Mentor junior staff, foster client relationships, support project delivery, and contribute to business growth strategies.

• Qualified Chartered Accountant
• Post qualification experience in direct tax of at least 3 to 4 years
• Experience in handling transaction tax/ M&A matters

• Analyze mortality experience for both individual and group business.
• Calculate persistency rates to monitor policyholder retention.
• Prepare presentations for the Enterprise Risk Management Committee, highlighting key risks.
• Collaborate with Valuation and Shareholder Reporting teams to set actuarial assumptions for mortality, lapse, surrender, and paid-up experiences.
• Draft Chapter 3 (Analysis of Experience) for the Appointed Actuary’s Annual Report.
• Prepare the Persistency Report for submission to IRDA.

• Modifications of existing products
• ∙Providing support for launching new products
• ∙Providing support for Day2 system set up
• ∙Co-ordinating with different teams such as product, IT, Legal, UW etc ,
• Reinsures for finalising product.
• ∙Knowledge on Prophet can be looked up as an additional skill.

• Review & finalization of assurance engagements (including group reporting).
• Support seniors and independently work on business development initiatives including preparation of proposals and budgets.
• Ensure 100% adherence to quality procedures in order to ensure high impact deliverables for the clients.
• Work towards self & team development by facilitating and attending training & seminars on assurance practice & accounting standards.
• Work under strict deadlines and demanding client conditions.
• Day to day guidance to Manager/AM/consultants working in the team.
• Management of time and cost on the project code.
• Timely billing and collections from the clients.
• Should be willing to travel as and when required within the country and abroad for continuous/ long period of time.

• Perform end-to-end internal audits from planning to reporting including process understanding, walkthroughs, preparation of risk and control matrix / audit work program, control testing to assess their design and operating effectiveness, preparation of audit report and agreeing issues/actions with management.
• Have an in-depth understanding of the asset management industry risks/issues/trends and end-to-end investment process (front, mid and back office processes) for all asset classes including fixed income, equities, derivatives, real estate, private equity/hedge funds and alternatives.
• Have thorough knowledge and understanding of Internal Audit and SOX/ ICFR methodology and IIA requirements.
• Deliver/manage engagements to time, cost and high quality.
• Identify key areas of improvement in the client’s business processes and add value by preparing insightful recommendations.
• Contribute to business development activities such as preparing proposals, lead identification.
• Always comply with the firm’s quality and risk management policies.

• Provide high quality, professional day-to-day execution of client engagements, and projects for the financial services practice
• Develop engagement work programs, assist in conducting risk assessments, documentation of working papers and preparation of audit committee presentations
• Shall be responsible for client relationship management, team management along with ability to handle multiple client engagements
• Understand client needs and challenges and identify revenue opportunities for the firm
• Work on project teams focused on advisory projects and assist engagement management to successfully complete engagement objectives
• Understand firm service offerings and mentor associates, interns, and new hires.

• Lead the implementation of Akur8’s pricing solution, ensuring seamless system integration
• Conduct pricing analysis and develop actuarial models for risk forecasting
• Collaborate with underwriting teams to set pricing guidelines and ensure regulatory compliance
• Monitor and analyze market trends to make data-driven pricing decisions
• Act as a subject matter expert, assisting sales teams in identifying use cases for Akur8
• Recommend new features and improvements based on client feedback and industry trends

Key Requirements:

* Actuarial papers from IAI, IFOA, or CAS preferred.
* 4-12 years of relevant experience as an Actuarial/Business Analyst, Product Owner/Manager, or similar role in software development or the technology industry.
* Strong background in P&C insurance and financial risk exposure rating.
* Proven expertise in Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and experience working in Agile environments.

Responsibilities:

* Collaborate with technical teams to design, refine, and validate reinsurance pricing models, including exposure rating, treaty pricing, and risk evaluation.
* Work closely with actuarial teams to integrate loss cost models, trends, and risk parameters into reinsurance pricing tools.
* Utilize reinsurance pricing models to identify underperforming layers/treaties and recommend improvement strategies.
* Analyze large datasets to extract insights that drive process enhancements, reinsurance pricing optimization, and portfolio management.
* Oversee the solution development lifecycle, including documentation, testing, and user training.

• Knowledge of security measures and auditing practices within various operating systems, databases and applications.
• Experience in assessing risks across a variety of business processes.
• Experience of working on Financial Services sector clients.
• Experience in identifying control gaps and communicating audit findings and control redesign recommendations to Sr. Management and Clients.
• Hands on experience of working on IT General Controls, IT Application controls testing, IT Internal Audits, IT Risk Assessments, Third Party Risk Management.

• Review & finalization of assurance engagements (including group reporting).
• Support seniors and independently work on business development initiatives including preparation of proposals and budgets.
• Ensure 100% adherence to quality procedures in order to ensure high impact deliverables for the clients.
• Work towards self & team development by facilitating and attending training & seminars on assurance practice & accounting standards.
• Work under strict deadlines and demanding client conditions.
  Day to day guidance to Manager/AM/consultants working in the team.
• Management of time and cost on the project code.
• Timely billing and collections from the clients.
• Should be willing to travel as and when required within the country and abroad for continuous/ long period of time.

• Lead and mentor a team of 5-8 tax professionals, fostering a high-performance work environment.
• Finalize and review income tax computations, advance tax, TDS returns, and compliance under the Income Tax Act.
• Oversee tax submissions, handle assessments and appellate proceedings, and represent clients before tax authorities.
• Build strong client relationships by delivering high-quality services within contract terms.
• Provide expert guidance to the team and optimize tax processes using technology.
• Stay updated on tax regulations, industry trends, and best practices.
• Contribute to knowledge-sharing initiatives and improve service delivery methods.

• Ability to multi-task and handle client conversations
• Team player
• Self-driven
• Ability to work independently in a dynamic environment and changing priorities and motivate team members
• Strong understanding and knowledge of Accounting and Financial Process, Risk and Controls
• Strong working knowledge of PDF, Visio, MS-Excel and MS-Word
• Good written and spoken communication
• Experience of working in Global clients or Global projects (desirable).
• Project Management skill (desirable).