Senior Reserving Actuary

Flexible working: this role is offered on a hybrid basis, with a blend of home and office working.

Senior Reserving Actuary

Excellent opportunity to join our Reserving team at Admiral Group as a Senior Reserving Actuary. This role offers the chance to apply your actuarial knowledge in a fresh environment, with responsibility for key projects that challenge and reward you.

The Role

Reporting to the Head of Reserving, you will be a key part of the team from day one – building your understanding of our business, contributing to reserve reviews, and shaping continuous improvement of our processes. As a senior member, you will also support and mentor junior colleagues, fostering capability across the team and working closely with stakeholders including Finance Senior Management, Claims, the Reserving Committee, Audit, Line 2 Risk, Reinsurance partners and external actuarial partners.

Responsibilities

• Own and contribute to key elements of the quarterly reserving process across Motor, Household and Van products from data through to insight and reporting
• Challenge and validate outputs to ensure robust decision‑making
• Develop and enhance monitoring tools, collaborating closely with Claims to understand emerging trends
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying and implementing smarter, more efficient processes
• Support key initiatives such as data transformation and reserving enhancements
• Review and challenge Solvency UK Technical Provisions and IFRS17 outputs
• Build models and tools to support evolving business needs
• Stay ahead of industry trends and best practice
• Ensure documentation is clear, robust and aligned with Technical Actuarial Standards
• Support and develop colleagues across the wider Reserving teams

Essential skills and experience

• Qualified or nearly qualified Actuary (IFoA or equivalent)
• Strong reserving experience, ideally within personal lines
• Knowledge of Solvency UK and IFRS17 frameworks
• A strong analytical mindset, with excellent attention to detail
• Experience supporting or mentoring others
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders and presenting complex insights clearly
• Ability to manage priorities and deliver to deadlines independently
• Strong Excel skills and experience working with actuarial data and models

Desirable skills and experience

• Experience across multiple product lines (e.g. Motor, Household, Van)
• Exposure to transformation or process improvement initiatives
• Awareness of market trends within personal lines reserving

Please note - we may close this vacancy early if we receive many applications or business priorities change.

Benefits

• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) when you join, increasing to a maximum of 38 days (including bank holidays)
• Option to buy or sell up to five additional days of annual leave
• Up to £3,600 of free shares each year after one year of service

Disability Confident Leader

As a Disability Confident Leader, candidates with a disability or long‑term health condition who opt into the Disability Confident scheme will be invited fairly to the first stage of the selection process.

For adjustments or support with the application process, please email Helen.hunt@admiralgroup.co.uk or call 07796 039828. This number is dedicated to supporting candidates requiring reasonable adjustments.