Senior Actuarial Manager – Pricing & Forecasting
- Lead end-to-end pricing and reforecasting activities for debt ledger acquisitions.
- Manage a high-performing analytics team and drive data-led decision-making.
- Develop and enhance real-time forecasting algorithms based on performance.
About the job
Senior Actuarial Manager – Pricing & Forecasting
Location: Sydney CBD
Employment Type: Full-time
Business Unit: Analytics
A leading financial services organisation operating across Australia, the Philippines, and the United States is seeking a Senior Actuarial Manager – Pricing & Forecasting to join its Analytics leadership team.
This is a senior, hands-on role responsible for pricing, forecasting, and performance optimisation across a large and complex portfolio. Reporting directly to the Chief Analytics Officer, you will play a critical role in maximising returns from asset acquisition and driving data-led decision-making at executive and board level.
The opportunity
You will lead end-to-end pricing and reforecasting activities for debt ledger acquisitions, oversee forecasting frameworks used for financial reporting and operational planning, and manage a high-performing analytics team. This role combines deep technical expertise, commercial judgement, and people leadership.
Key responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end pricing activities including due diligence, data analysis, modelling, documentation, and presentation to senior stakeholders.
- Establish, maintain, and continuously improve pricing frameworks, models, tools, and methodologies.
- Prepare management and board approval papers for pricing decisions.
- Review post-bid performance and drive continuous improvement in pricing accuracy and win/loss outcomes.
- Own and maintain the reforecasting framework for portfolio performance.
- Deliver regular reforecasts for financial reporting, budgeting, and performance evaluation.
- Develop and enhance real-time forecasting algorithms based on historical and current performance.
- Forecast key operational drivers including collections activity, productivity, costs, and revenue.
- Present forecast outcomes and insights to senior leadership.
- Build, lead, and develop a team of analysts and specialists.
- Set clear accountabilities, KPIs, and development plans.
- Drive capability uplift, engagement, and performance across the team.
What you’ll bring:
- 10+ years’ commercial experience in analytics, pricing, forecasting, or modelling roles.
- Strong analytical background gained in a commercial or consulting environment.
- Hands-on experience with SAS, SQL, Python, R, or similar tools.
- Advanced statistical and modelling capability.
- Strong Excel skills for performance analysis and visualisation.
- Proven experience leading and developing teams.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
- Degree qualification in a quantitative discipline (Actuarial Studies, Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Science, or similar).
If you would like to find out more about this opportunity, please feel free to reach out to Aliza Yau on ************ or *************************
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