Reserving Actuary

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Permanent contract
Paris
A few days at home
Salary: Not specified
Skills & expertise
Attention to detail
Continuous improvement
Business acumen
Coaching and mentoring
Lever
+3

Wakam
Wakam

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🧰 Who We Are

Wakam is a B2B2C insurer building white-label and embedded insurance solutions via our Play&Plug® technology platform for 80+ partners. We deliver most products through APIs and operate fully in the cloud.

Active in 32 countries, Wakam is a European leader in digital and embedded insurance—and a mission-driven company dedicated to enabling transparent and impactful insurance.


🚀 About the Team

You will join a young and dynamic team of 4 actuarial analysts. This team is at the heart of the company's steering process and strategic challenges related to our commitments to our policyholders.


🎯 Your Mission

As Reserving Actuary, you will be a technical reference and project leader for cross-functional initiatives. Your scope includes:

  • Be the reserving point person on transversal Wakam SA projects.
  • Lead projects within the Reserving team; set approach, timelines, deliverables.
  • Mentor and upskill juniors, providing technical oversight and coaching.
  • Perform reserving analyses and estimate ultimate losses across Wakam SA (France, Europe & Branch).
  • Contribute to forecast and budget on loss activity and trends.
  • Prepare, analyze and review Best Estimate calculations for the economic balance sheet and Solvency II reporting.
  • Validate data quality used in calculations and drive remediation where needed.
  • Run deep-dive actuarial analyses to enhance robustness of provisions.
  • Monitor technical KPIs monthly (frequency, severity, IBNR run-off cadence, etc.).
  • Continuously improve reserving processes, controls and tools.

🧠 What You Bring

  • Master’s degree (Bac+5) in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics or Econometrics.
  • 3+ years’ experience in Non-Life (P&C) reserving (minimum).
  • Strong command of SAS, R and SQL (or equivalent analytical stack).
  • Professional English fluency; French is a plus.
  • A rigorous, structured approach and the ability to communicate complex results clearly.

✨ Who You Are

  • Analytical and synthesis-minded, with sharp business judgment.
  • A team player who can also work autonomously and own outcomes.
  • Methodical, detail-oriented, and pedagogical when presenting results.
  • Proactive, improvement-oriented, and comfortable challenging the status quo constructively.

✨ AI

At Wakam, AI and automation are transforming the insurance experience. We’re looking for curious, open-minded teammates ready to adopt AI tools to:

  • Streamline day-to-day workflows,
  • Automate repetitive tasks,
  • Enrich data analysis and decision-making.

You don’t need to be a technical expert—what matters most is your adaptability and eagerness to learn. We’ll support your upskilling so you can help build the transparent, high-impact insurance of tomorrow.

🌟 Why Join Wakam?

  • 🌍 European scope: contribute across 32 markets with real visibility.
  • 🚀 Impact at pace: own a critical lever of performance and influence decisions.
  • 💡 Modern toolkit: work with advanced analytics and automation to raise the bar.
  • 📊 Seat at the table: turn reserving insight into action for portfolio steering.
  • 🏡 Flexibility: remote-friendly, outcome-driven culture.

🏆 Hiring Process

  1. Screening interview with our Talent Acquisition Partner
  2. Interview with our Head of Reserving
  3. Culture fit interview
  4. Final interview with our People Partner

Ready to shape the future of reserving with us? Apply now! 🙌

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