Company Description
- Be part of transforming the future of the life insurance
- Accessible, experienced leadership that drives vision and innovation
- A chance to contribute to shaping industry best practices
Why join us?
Welcome to TAL. As a leading life insurer, we’ve been protecting Australians for over 150 years. Backed by Dai-ichi Life, we're driven by big ambitions and empower to create better products and services.
Together with our Partners, we’re helping millions of Australians live a life filled with choices, options, and freedoms. See the direct impact you make delivering support and financial security with care and expertise. Grow beyond expectations with diverse roles, global connections, and exclusive learning opportunities.
Work with passionate, bright and capable colleagues. Feel inspired by supportive leaders. Collaborate with heart, where flexibility, wellbeing and inclusivity is valued. Together, we're reimagining insurance.
So, bring a curious mind and an ambition to help us become the progressive, digitally enabled leading insurer.
Job Description
Step into a pivotal role at TAL as a Manager, Investment Risk Systems, where you’ll work at the heart of our Investment Services Team. Here, you’ll drive the evolution of investment and asset-liability management practices, supporting optimal decision-making across the business.
In this dynamic position, you will champion the implementation and ongoing enhancement of our primary risk platform, Aladdin, ensuring we leverage world-class investment risk and ALM systems. Your expertise will underpin our ability to identify, quantify, and manage investment and ALM exposures, directly supporting TAL’s reputation as a progressive life insurer.
In this role you will:
- Be the service delivery manager for Aladdin, the primary risk system
- Ensure internal investment risk and ALM models are maintained to a high standard and are fit for use.
- Review existing and proposed ALM systems, documents, and activities for capital implications and effectiveness.
- Pro-active optimisation of the investment risk management system including oversight of investment managers’ portfolio exposures and ensuring ongoing compliance with mandate limits and the RAS
- Production and reporting of various risk metrics for various forums and reports
- Ensure compliance with TAL’s Third Party Risk Management Policy with respect to Investment Risk System
- Present to various internal forums and executive committees
Qualifications
- Tertiary qualification in Actuarial studies, Mathematics, Finance or related discipline
- Experience working in the Finance, Investments, or Life Insurance sectors and at least 5 years in an investment risk-related position
- Very strong financial modelling experience
- Strong knowledge of life insurance regulatory capital standards
- Strong ability to communicate and articulate complex concepts
- Strong initiative, with regards to developing new processes and investigating and resolving complex issues
Additional Information
TAL is one of Australia’s leading life insurers, committed to inclusion, and supporting the career growth of our diverse workforce. We’re proud to be:
- An Inclusive Employer – Recognised as Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency and Bronze Tier Status within the Australian Workplace Equality Index
- Diversity Champions – Member of Diversity Council Australia, Australian Disability Network, Pride in Diversity and Champions of Change
- Reconciliation Advocates – Read our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan.
- We welcome applications from people with diverse experiences, perspectives and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, caregivers, individuals living with disabilities, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and the LGBTIQ+ community.
- Need adjustments during the recruitment process? Let our team know by getting in touch with us here.—we’re here to support you.
You’re always accountable for your actions. You never give up. You strive to find the best outcomes for customers and partners. And you value working together to find the best solutions for problems.
As part of the recruitment process, there are several checks which may be conducted to demonstrate your eligibility for a role at TAL including Criminal History, Bankruptcy, Entitlement to Work, Regulatory and Reference Checks.
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Everyone at TAL has a responsibility to do the right thing and is accountable for the way they conduct themselves. Our expectations are that you follow the principles set out in our Code of Conduct when you come to work every day. Risk management is everyone’s responsibility.
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