Actuarial Analyst - Short Term Pricing

Recruiter

Network Recruitment

Job Ref

NFP016880/KM

Date posted

Thursday, June 11, 2026

Location

Johannesburg, South Africa

SUMMARY

We are seeking a high-performing actuarial pricing specialist to join a fast-paced, data-driven environment on a full time role

POSITION INFO

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working on impact-driven projects, where you’ll build, refine, and deliver advanced pricing models that directly influence business decisions.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Build and enhance pricing models from first principles
• Drive pricing performance and link models to measurable business outcomes
• Apply advanced statistical and machine learning techniques
• Translate complex data into clear, commercially focused insights
• Engage with stakeholders and influence pricing decisions
• Support model automation, deployment, and optimisation

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience in pricing (not purely reserving or capital)
• Strong track record of building models and demonstrating impact
• Experience applying:
• GLMs
• Decision trees
• Gradient Boosting / XGBoost
• Hands-on use of:
• pandas
• scikit-learn
• XGBoost

Technical Stack

• ✠Emblem (ESSENTIAL – non-negotiable) (must have hands-on experience in pricing, automation, or deployment)
• Experience with Radar, ResQ (Earnix advantageous)
• Strong skills in:
• Python
• R
• SQL
• Power BI

Requirements

• Nearly qualified actuary (minimum 10 exams completed)
• 5+ years’ experience in actuarial, pricing, or data science roles
• Active progression with a recognised actuarial body

What Will Set You Apart

• You’ve built pricing models from scratch
• You can clearly explain what you built + its business impact
• Strong commercial understanding of pricing decisions
• Confident engaging with stakeholders

Advantageous

• Exposure to SAM / IFRS 17
• Experience in regulated environments

Why This Opportunity

• High-impact short-term project work
• Opportunity to work on advanced pricing models
• Strong blend of technical and commercial exposure
• Ideal for candidates who enjoy delivery-focused environments

If you’re looking for a short-term opportunity where you can make a real impact, we’d love to hear from you.

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I also specialize in recruiting

• Actuarial (Life, Short‑Term, Pensions, Health, Quant)
• Data Science & Advanced Analytics
• Pricing & Product Modelling
• Market, Credit & Quantitative Risk
• Machine Learning & AI Specialists

If you have not received a response within two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful. Your profile will remain on our database for future opportunities.

For more information, contact:

Kholo Mongalo

Recruitment Researcher – Actuarial & Analytics

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