Christopher Long
Actuarial Model Developer
Letterkenny
Summary
Number-savvy Actuarial Model Developer with strong communication, quantitative and analytical skills, honed over the past 8 years. Expertise in assessing risks with products with a view to determining a range of profitability outcomes. Proficiency with databases, programming languages and spreadsheets.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Associate Manager, Actuarial
Prudential Financial
Letterkenny
Sep.2014 - Current
- Primary developer of annuity pricing models for the US market
- Responsible for entire development lifecycle of 4 distinct MATLAB-based pricing models
- Development initiatives include; Implementation of new actuarial methodologies, updates to STAT/GAAP accounting frameworks, addition of more robust assumption data, improvements to model efficiency and model run-time reduction
- Documentation of development initiatives; development plans for each item, change log entry for each item & detail model changes in JIRA
- Workflow management of development initiatives; maintaining JIRA kanban boards, leveraging GIT and SourceTree to ensure seperate development initiatives can be performed in parallel and upholding version control best practices
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics & Computer Science
Open University
Online Jan.2022 - Current
Actuarial Science - Actuarial Exams
Institute & Faculty of Actuaries
UK Feb.2016 - Dec.2016
Bachelor of Science - Theoretical Physics
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland Sep.2009 - Feb.2012
Leaving Certificate (465 Points) -
CBS Secondary School Kilkenny
Kilkenny, Ireland Sep.2002 - Jun.2009
Skills
MATLAB
JIRA
GIT & SourceTree
EXCEL & VBA
PowerBI & Tableau
Python & C
Timeline
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics & Computer Science
Open University
Jan.2022 - Current
Actuarial Science - Actuarial Exams
Institute & Faculty of Actuaries
Feb.2016 - Dec.2016
Associate Manager, Actuarial
Prudential Financial
Sep.2014 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Theoretical Physics
University College Dublin
Sep.2009 - Feb.2012
Leaving Certificate (465 Points) -
CBS Secondary School Kilkenny
Sep.2002 - Jun.2009