Head of Actuarial Performance, Reporting

About the role

Chubb Life New Zealand is growing. With several new actuarial roles being added to our expanding team, this is a pivotal leadership opportunity for someone who wants to play a defining role in our next chapter. As Head of Actuarial Performance, Reporting & Forecasting, you'll lead the function responsible for valuation, forecasting, and performance reporting at a time of real momentum and ambition.

You'll bring deep technical expertise and pair it with commercial sharpness, ensuring timely, accurate, high-quality delivery of statutory, shareholder, and management reporting. This is a visible, influential role that partners closely with the CFO, Chief Actuary, and regional teams to turn actuarial results into strategic insight that drives business performance.

With our goal to become the number one provider in the market, you'll help shape planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes that directly influence key business decisions, while maintaining robust governance and compliance across all reporting activity.

As we scale, you'll build strong, high-impact working relationships across global finance stakeholders, internal and external auditors, regulatory bodies, and key external partners. You'll be a key leader in a team that is transforming, elevating capability, and setting a new standard for excellence.

Base yourself in our new Wellington office or join us in Takapuna and move with us to our new offices in mid 2026.

In this key role you'll

• Lead and own end-to-end actuarial reporting, valuation, and forecasting processes, ensuring timely, accurate delivery of results.
• Provide strategic insights to senior leadership and the Board, turning complex data into clear, actionable guidance that supports growth and performance ambitions.
• Shape and uplift systems, tools, and processes as we expand our capability and scale our actuarial function.
• Build capability across the team, contributing to a high-performing and future-ready actuarial function.
• Play a central role in our journey to become a market leader, contributing expertise, ambition, and a desire to make real impact.

To be successful and grow in this role, you will ideally bring the following

• Qualified actuary (FIAA, FSA, FIA, or equivalent) with 10+ years' experience in life insurance or financial services.
• Proven leadership in actuarial reporting, forecasting, valuation, and financial modelling in complex environments.
• Strong command of IFRS, NZ GAAP & US GAAP reporting, with the ability to interpret and apply regulatory frameworks.
• Strategic thinker with strong analytical and communication skill, with proven ability to influence execs and simplify complexity.
• A forward-looking mindset, embracing change, automation and opportunities to modernise tools, processes and insight delivery.

Location:

• Wellington or Auckland

Our leaders enable a high-performance environment – regardless of location

Role Type

• Full Time, Permanent

Benefits on offer when you join Chubb Life NZ

• Flexible working
• Group Life, Trauma, Income, Healthcare and Travel Insurance
• Additional annual leave
• Bonus + Stock Purchase options
• Wellbeing subsidy and partner discounts
• Endorse my cause & payroll giving

Chubb Life NZ's commitment to you

• We will demonstrate care for our people and selflessly support your growth and development.
• We will foster an inclusive environment that embraces diversity and ensures psychological safety and well-being for everyone, regardless of location.
• We invest in our people through great work experiences, opportunities for projects and assignments, and a commitment to formal development.

Why you'll love working for Chubb Life

Chubb Life is the international life insurance division of Chubb, the world's largest publicly traded multiline insurer. Chubb Life operates in 31 markets within Asia Pacific, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East.

At Chubb Life Insurance New Zealand, we're committed to providing high-quality insurance products and services that help protect New Zealanders.

We aspire to being a people-centred culture. Chubb Life is committed to equal employment and celebrates individual differences by creating a workplace environment where everyone feels welcomed, respected, and valued, where we wear our Rainbow Tick with pride.

We place customers at the heart of what we do. We support our customers by listening and understanding their needs, communicating honestly and clearly, and striving to make decisions free of personal bias.  We take feedback seriously and commit to promptly put things right if we get them wrong.

Learn more about Life at Chubb

Our Values

Across the world, Chubb is guided by our five key values

·       Integrity, Customer focus, Respect, Excellence, Teamwork

Join a business where actuarial insight drives performance, transformation and sustainable growth

Applications are reviewed as they are received, and as such, the role may close prior to the deadline date.