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About PWC Malaysia

PWC is a network of firms across 158 countries with more than 236,000 people committed to delivering quality assurance, advisory, and tax services. PwC helps organizations and individuals create the value they’re looking for.

PWC Malaysia has played an integral part in the growth and progress of Malaysia since 1900. Today, it works with many large multinationals, public sector entities, and Malaysian companies, delivering solutions to them through its assurance, tax, and advisory services. 

Five-time winner of Malaysia's Top Leading Graduate Employers Award.

Your role

A career in Actuarial Services will provide you with the opportunity to contribute general insurance advice and consulting services to clients such as insurers, banks, regulators, and third-party administrators. You’ll provide advice covering solvency, economic capital, risk management, mergers and acquisitions, company restructuring and risk control, financial modeling, underwriting, new legislation, and the efficiency of claims or reporting processes. You might help analyze the impact that new regulation will have on an insurance company’s balance sheet or you could be revising businesses’ projections and making sure they have adequate reserves.

You will play an integral role in supporting the life, annuity, and health clients in a variety of ways which includes the following but are not limited to:

• Supporting the audits of several of the largest insurers in the world. This includes public, private, and mutual insurers. It also includes the insurance operations of several banks and private equity firms.
• Performing a variety of consulting projects that include financial reporting, capital reporting, and product pricing. Also perform operational and organizational consulting for the clients.
• Supports buyers and sellers in merger and acquisition activities. This includes an analysis of the underlying products and services as well as potential risks and other elements that affect the price of the deal.
• Performing detailed model validations of underlying reserves and other actuarially determined balances across multiple reporting and regulator bases. This work supports audits and consulting engagements.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Participating in a wide range of projects and collaborating across multiple work streams or teams; consistently demonstrating creative thinking, individual initiative, and timely completion of assigned work.
• Consistently demonstrating teamwork dynamics by working as a team member: understanding personal and team roles; contributing to a positive working environment by building solid relationships with team members; proactively seeking guidance, clarification, and feedback.
• Ability to prepare deliverables within stringent deadlines.
• Keep up to date with local, national, and international business and economic issues.
• Contribute to the development of your own and your team’s technical acumen.
• Serve as a participant in communications with numerous Engagement teams.

Compensation & benefits

The estimated base pay of an Associate may range from MYR 34000 to MYR 40000 per year. The estimated additional pay is MYR 5,000 per year. It also offers the following benefits :

• Insurance, Health & Wellness
• Financial & Retirement
• Family & Parenting
• Vacation & Time Off
• Perks & Benefits
• Professional Support

Career progression

My Growth Journey is PwC Malaysia’s ecosystem to support its people's development as PwC professionals. Through essential elements such as real-time development, growth conversations, and PwC's own 'Snapshots' (an easy and digital way to assess the development), it wants to make sure the people grow both professionally and personally.

The accelerating pace at which technology is developing has impacted the way PWC works and does business. A key priority for PwC Malaysia is to upskill its people and prepare them for the future of work. PWC’s Future Skills initiative builds both their digital and human skills so that they have the agility to remain relevant as their roles evolve.

Work-life balance

flex+ is PWC’s flexible work arrangement policy which incorporates various forms of work flexibility and benefits in consideration of people’s lives outside work. This journey began in 2013, and since then it has progressively enhanced flex+ with initiatives such as flexWear where they can dress for the day, firm-wide block leave called Rest & Refresh, and flex Friday, which allows employees to leave work at 12:30 pm every second Friday of the month.

flex+ is divided into three main categories:

• flex@work,
• parents@work.
• life@work          

Company culture 

In line with PwC’s purpose to build trust in society and solve important problems, it focuses on creating opportunities for its people to work on projects and engagements in various areas such as their day-to-day work, corporate responsibility, diversity & inclusion, and more. These opportunities create a sense of pride in being a part of PwC as the employees share their competencies that help both business and people as well as go beyond their area of work to bring the best value to clients and the community.

Nation building engagements

More than just working for profit, PWC believes in creating impact through solving business issues and driving positive societal change on multiple fronts. To accomplish that, it partners with the government and NGOs to arrive at solutions that are effective in tackling inequality--for the better of the community and nation.

Corporate Responsibility

PWC wants to be consistent with its knowledge, services, and relationships while making a difference in the communities and through its business. PWC does this by focusing on community engagement, environmental stewardship, being a responsible business, and supporting diversity and inclusion.

About you

PWC is looking for candidates with the following requirements for this job:

• Bachelor’s in Actuarial/Finance/Economics/Mathematics/ Statistics (B. Com, B.A (Economics) B.Sc. with Economics / Mathematics / Statistics Hons) with focus on actuarial methods and principals along with following certifications/degree:
  • Actively pursuing Membership / Associateship of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries / Society of Actuaries (or equivalent) with a minimum of 2 Actuarial Exams​
• Work Experience ranges as below: 
  • Associate – 0 to 1 year for the members/associate of Actuarial Institutions 
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office especially Excel
• Additional knowledge of either of the following would be preferred:
• Data Analytics – Python, SQL 
• Visualization Tools (Tableau, PowerBI, QuickSight)
• VBA programming
• Proficient written and verbal English communication skills
• Commitment to continuous training and proactively learning new processes
• Team player – committed to providing high quality and maintaining timeliness
• Demonstrated self-motivation and a desire to take responsibility for personal growth and development.
• Open to Malaysian students studying in the United States 

How to apply

Apply on the employer's site

To apply for the job just click the Apply on employer site button below and ​ Please attach the following documents along with your CV when you submit an online application:

• Certificates and Transcripts, from SPM (or equivalent) onwards
• A copy of your NRIC or passport
• Recent passport-size photo.

Once your application is accepted by the recruiter, you will get an email invitation regarding the assessment process.

Source

https://www.glassdoor.co.in/Overview/Working-at-PwC-EI_IE8450.11,14.htm