Pricing Actuary / Data Scientist F / M

The ambition of AXA Partners is to build a world leader in third-party distribution in order to contribute to the growth of the AXA Group in the distribution market. AXA Partners contributes to enriching AXA's core insurance offer with specialized insurance and innovative services to end-customers, thus contributing to the transformation of the AXA Group from payer to partner.

To guarantee the profitability of AXA Partners P&C's business and ensure that technical issues are addressed consistently, a Central Technical Excellence team works closely with the Risk Management team to support the development of the business.

AXA Partners P&C's Central Technical Excellence Department comprises 13 technical experts (central underwriting and reinsurance, technical claims and data science teams) working for the various assistance business lines: Motor, Home, Travel, and Health.

Within this Central Technical Excellence team, the Data Scientist / Pricing Actuary is responsible for:

• Developing sophisticated pricing models to support both local TEX teams and the business line's technical excellence.
• Data analytics to address other business issues (expanding the use of data analytics to include operational, fraud and claims analysis).
• Perform analyses to assess the financial impact of new pricing models.
• Provide technical actuarial support to business lines and local TEX teams.

Your main tasks will be to:

• Develop pricing models to support technical excellence at local and business line level.
• Perform preparatory data processing.
• Develop models in R / Python.
• Document results.
• Develop impact analysis to assess the impact of using the new pricing model.
• Support IT teams in the implementation of the pricing model.
• Communicate results to stakeholders in sales and underwriting teams.
• Apply data analysis to other non-pricing topics.
• Prepare data and create predictive models.
• Communicate results to the whole company.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Actuarial Science or Engineering degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science, statistics or mathematics.
• At least 3 years' experience as a data scientist / pricing analyst.
• Good knowledge of Python / R programming would be an asset, as would knowledge of SQL. Knowledge of the Big Data ecosystem (e.g. Hive, Spark, Scala) would be a plus. Previous experience in handling and understanding complex data from multiple sources. An understanding of Data Science techniques would be a plus (e.g. Random Forests, Gradient Boosting, LGBM,...).
• Fluency in English is required. Fluency in other languages would be a plus.
• Relational and management skills.
• Experience in leading end-to-end Data Science projects would be highly appreciated.
• Good ability to interact with people from different cultures.
• Adaptability in a complex and constantly changing environment.
• Good influencing and communication skills, tenacity and enthusiasm.
• Responsiveness and results orientation.
• Ability to work independently, take initiative and be responsive.

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About AXA

AXA Group is the world leader in insurance and asset management. We protect and advise our clients at every step in their lives, by offering products and services which satisfy their needs in the areas of insurance, personal protection, saving and asset management. AXA is the leading insurance brand worldwide, with over 100 million clients. We are transforming from payer to partner for our client, with a strong focus on risk prevention.

Our mission: Empower people to live a better life.

Our values: Customer First, Courage, Integrity and One AXA.

AXA Partners is an AXA transversal business unit offering a wide range of solutions in assistance services, travel insurance and credit protection.

AXA Partners' role is also to implement innovative solutions emerging from the AXA Innovation unit.

Combining passion with advanced expertise, we design and deliver worldwide solutions for partners and communities. We protect what matters, when it matters.