Talent International is currently recruiting for an EL2 Actuary to work for one of our Federal Government clients based in Surry Hills. The position is a 12-month contract role with the possibility of extension. 7.5 hours per day and 37.5 hours per week The EL2 Actuary is an important team leadership position within the client and will have delegated authority and responsibility to resolve issues and risks across wide-ranging activities of substantial depth involving significant detail. It will provide the leadership, control, planning, resource management, performance management and decision making for the team membership and assigned Contractors working within the positions assigned Work Area. The position will apply a significant understanding of the functions to provide high level of advice to senior management, Executive Leadership Team and the client Board. It is responsible for influencing and developing strategy, policies, priorities and operational practices in support of the client’s objectives. The EL2 Actuary (Professional Stream) will exercise a significant degree of independence and will use a high-level of decision-making and judgement. It will coordinate and assume responsibility for highly complex or sensitive projects and work program outcomes across the functions that have strategic or operational significance to the client. Key duties and responsibilities Applying actuarial and insurance-based techniques to the projection of Scheme costs. Satisfying ad hoc requests for modelling and potential interpretations of the NDIS legislation. Developing and updating the NDIS actuarial valuation model and associated monitoring and management reports. Evaluating and analysing policy decisions. Providing statistical and actuarial advice to senior management and clients’ stakeholders. Performing reporting, analysis and data management activities as required. Extracting data from Information Systems and working on data linkage, data cleaning and quality analysis. Providing insights to the Agency’s corporate priorities, highlighting actionable insights based on statistical results. Essential criteria Relevant academic qualifications, including tertiary qualifications in Actuarial Studies or Mathematics/Statistics, an Associate qualification with significant progress towards Fellowship qualifications 10-15 years’ experience If you are interested in this role, please APPLY NOW by submitting your resume in MS Word Format. For further information, you may contact Uvez Ahmed on 02 8240 9596 / uvez.ahmed@talentinternational.com for a confidential discussion.