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Job description 

Our Organisation

Ageas is an international insurance company with a heritage spanning more than 180 years. Ranked among the top 20 insurance companies in Europe, Ageas has chosen to concentrate its business activities in Europe and Asia, which together make up the largest share of the global insurance market. These are grouped around four segments: Belgium, United Kingdom, Continental Europe and Asia and served through a combination of wholly owned subsidiaries and partnerships with strong financial institutions and key distributors around the world. Ageas operates successful partnerships in Belgium, UK, Luxembourg, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, China, Malaysia, India and Thailand and has subsidiaries in France, Germany, Hong Kong and UK. It is the market leader in Belgium for individual life and employee benefits, as well as a leading non-life player, through AG Insurance, and in the UK, it has a strong presence as the second largest player in private car insurance and the over 50’s market. It employs more than 13,000 people and has annual inflows of almost EUR 18 billion.

For the Ageas Model Implementation Team (MIT), based in Brussels, we are in search of a Calculation Engine Platform Officer (m/f).

Your function

  • Provide leading MIT support in IT linked activities: contribute and challenge functional and non-functional specifications for calculation engine platform and model implementation and work in close collaboration with functional and technical analysts/experts;
  • Act as the MIT single point of contact for all IT linked matters;
  • Challenge, develop and implement the group-wide calculation engine platform principles together with IT following a structured and phased business & model release schedule linking with the IT release schedules;
  • Leading the weekly follow-up meetings between MIT and IT (minutes, actions, issue logging, …)
  • Embed the (group) models in scope of the MIT in the international modelling and calculation engine IT platform with a focus on E2E and fast closing delivery;
  • Coordinate group-wide UAT activities for the models in scope;
  • Assist in resolving issues raised by OpCo’s in the IT specific area;
  • Produce calculation engine platform documentation and presentations to different governance bodies within the company;
  • Collaboration with OpCo’s risk experts, the Group Risk department and the Risk Reporting department of Group Finance.

Your profile

  • Master degree in Applied Economics/Applied mathematics with focus on IT or equivalent by experience, strong IT knowledge is a clear advantage, or a Master degree in Actuarial sciences;
  • Must have
    • Minimum 3 to 5 years experience in calculation engine platforms and processes in an insurance environment;
    • Knowledge of insurance risk modelling, risk management tools and quantitative techniques;
    • General knowledge of accounting principles;
    • Familiarity with insurance business (life and non-life);
    • Active knowledge of English is a must, knowledge of French or Dutch is a plus;
    • Strong verbal and written communication;
    • Proactive, flexible and be able to work on an independent basis;
    • Be able to embed the model in a structured way delivering against implementation deadlines;
    • Be able to present complex materials in a structured and comprehensive way;
    • Knowledge of SAS, VB(A), SQL, C++, C# is a clear advantage.

We offer

Ageas values your talent and knows how to reward it. We offer you an attractive salary and fringe benefits. You will work in a stimulating international environment, with numerous opportunities for personal development. You will work independently within a dynamic team.

Interested?

Please apply on line or contact Patrick Vandewalle: +32 (0)2 664 84 77
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