Your new company Our client, a leading financial services and insurance group, is undertaking a major Actuarial Transformation initiative. To strengthen internal delivery capability and improve cost control and oversight, the organisation is expanding its in-house project management team and seeking an Assistant Project Manager with the ability to learn quickly and work hands-on in a group setting.
Your new role Stakeholder Engagement & Facilitation
- Support discussions across actuarial, finance, technology, and vendor teams
- Assist in facilitating workshops and meetings, tracking follow-ups, and escalating issues when needed.
- Proactively identify blockers and raise them to the Project Manager or relevant leads.
Actuarial & Modelling Platform Transformation
- Collaborate with actuarial SMEs to gather information
- Assist with testing cycles, data validation activities, model migration preparation, and maintaining clear documentation
Operational Change & Future State Planning
- Support the definition and rollout of the future operating model across actuarial processes
- Help ensure governance structures, approval flows, and project controls are followed by tracking compliance and preparing reports or dashboards.
- Assist in the planning and execution of upcoming actuarial and operational transformation initiatives
What you'll need to succeed Project Management Excellence
- Ability to provide coordination and administrative support across multiple workstreams
- Maintains strong governance discipline by helping manage project documentation
- Supports meeting facilitation by preparing agendas, capturing outcomes, and ensuring follow-ups are completed.
Stakeholder Management
- Professional communication and reliable follow-through.
- Support alignment across stakeholder groups
- Comfortable supporting interactions in dynamic or fast-paced environments
Domain Knowledge
- Foundational exposure, across actuarial, finance, insurance transformation
- Assists with documentation, testing, analysis, and coordination activities relating to actuarial or modelling workstreams.
- Familiarity with platforms such as Pathwise or FIS Prophet is beneficial but not required; an interest in learning these areas is expected.
Personal Attributes
- Fast learner capable of working hands-on with technical teams, demonstrating curiosity and adaptability.
- Communicates clearly and concisely in English; Cantonese is a plus.
- Practical, delivery-focused working style, comfortable taking ownership of tasks, managing details, and supporting progress without unnecessary formality.
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