Company:

Oliver Wyman

Description:

About Oliver Wyman Actuarial Consulting

Oliver Wyman Actuarial Consulting is a leading global practice within Oliver Wyman, a Marsh McLennan company, specializing in delivering expert actuarial, risk management, and strategic advisory services to top-tier clients across insurance, reinsurance, investment, regulatory, and private equity sectors.

Combining traditional actuarial principles with innovative, non-traditional solutions across a broad spectrum of topics, our unique blend of deep actuarial expertise and management consulting background enables us to address complex challenges at the intersection of insurance, finance, and strategy.

Our growing Asia Pacific Actuarial team, with offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Tokyo, collaborates closely with colleagues in the US, Europe, and the wider Marsh McLennan group, priding ourselves on our entrepreneurial agility, intellectual rigor, and measurable impact delivered through technical excellence and strategic insight.

Role Summary

As a Manager in our Asia Pacific actuarial team based in Hong Kong, you will influence the strategic direction and client delivery of our practice. You will lead projects, develop actuarial solutions, and work with senior stakeholders across Oliver Wyman, Mercer, and Marsh McLennan to tackle critical client issues.

This role combines technical actuarial expertise with broad consulting exposure across a diverse range of assignments including insurance M&A, reinsurance, actuarial transformation, financial modeling, product development, regulatory compliance, capital markets transactions support, and regulatory reporting.

What You Will Do

• Lead medium-scale projects and workstreams, independently managing complex technical work and becoming a subject matter expert with minimal oversight.
• Engage directly with client executives in sales meetings, deliver presentations, and facilitate complex client discussions.
• Drive business development by creating proposals, client pitches, and contributing to thought leadership through publications and industry forums.
• Manage project teams, mentor junior staff, and maintain professional and quality standards in project delivery.
• Enhance actuarial intellectual capital, modeling frameworks, and methodologies to sustain a competitive edge.

What We’re Looking For

• Fully qualified actuary (FSA, FIA, or equivalent) with 7-10 years of experience, ideally including consulting and client management.
• Strong technical skills in actuarial modeling software (e.g., Prophet) and Microsoft Office.
• Good understanding of the Hong Kong life insurance market, regulatory frameworks (HK RBC), financial reporting standards (IFRS 17), and embedded value concepts.
• Proven ability to manage complex projects end-to-end, with strong planning, time management, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate technical insights into business recommendations.
• Self-motivated, adaptable, and able to work effectively in a fast-paced consulting environment with limited supervision.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Cantonese or Mandarin.
• Experience in business development and thought leadership is preferred.

Why Oliver Wyman Actuarial?

Joining Oliver Wyman Actuarial means becoming part of a high-impact, entrepreneurial team shaping the future of the insurance and financial services industries. You will gain exposure to a broad range of challenging projects, support leading-edge client transformations, and collaborate with a world-class network of consultants and actuarial experts.

As a Manager, you will have a significant influence on the strategic growth of the practice in Asia Pacific while advancing your career within a supportive and globally connected organization.

Oliver Wyman, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is a management consulting firm combining deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise to help clients optimize their business, improve operations and accelerate performance. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit oliverwyman.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

The Actuarial Practice of Oliver Wyman advises clients across a broad spectrum of risk management issues. We are a rapidly growing group with offices expanding across the globe. Our actuaries hold the highest professional qualifications and are nationally recognized as experts in their field(s). We use mathematical and statistical modeling skills and our qualitative assessment methodologies to assist clients in evaluating and addressing risk. Our solutions help clients manage and prepare for the potential financial consequences of uncertain future events. We bring a combination of broad-based expertise with specialized knowledge of specific risks, allowing us to provide independent, objective advice in the three primary areas of risk: healthcare, life and annuity, and property and casualty.

Marsh McLennan is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.