Trainee Actuary/Analyst - Actuarial Insurance

Reference: HR 14014

Key Responsibilities

The duties of this role include but are not limited to

• Checking and analysing data received from insurance clients
• Assisting in the preparation of data and calculations for standard actuarial valuations and consultancy services for our life and general insurance clients including
  • General insurance/captive reserving
  • Solvency II calculations
  • Actuarial aspects of IFRS 17 accounts
• Calculating, checking and analysing financial reports
• Preparing and checking standard valuation reports and producing communications and reports for clients
• Using, maintaining, and developing Excel spreadsheets, R programs, and various specialist actuarial software systems to support the advice given to our clients
• Representing BWCI professionally and effectively and maintaining a high standard whether by phone, in writing or in person
• Being responsible for checking the work of other team members
• Providing support to partners and staff of BWCI as required

Qualifications and Experience

Education

• Minimum A Grade A Level for Maths (or equivalent)
• Applications also welcome from graduates

Experience/Skills

• Basic use of Microsoft Word, Excel, and email is a minimum requirement

Actuarial Trainees will be supported to undertake examinations towards a qualification with the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries Training will be provided in all aspects of the work required

Person Specification

The ideal candidate should be

• Able to demonstrate good communication and teamwork skills
• Able to work with minimum supervision on tasks assigned to them after an initial briefing of the task required
• Interested in problem solving, analytical, and have great attention to detail.
• Familiar with R (or a similar programming language)

Technical Business Analyst (13805)

Location

Guernsey

Department

IBCI Digital and Technology

Division

Guernsey

Employment Type

Full time

Salary

Competitive

Investec – Where Out of the Ordinary Happens

Who we are?
At Investec, we do things differently. We're a leading international bank and wealth manager built on a culture of curiosity, entrepreneurial spirit and human connection. Ideas are heard, ambition is celebrated, and impact is encouraged. As part of a team that challenges convention and strives for outperformance, you'll help shape bold solutions for clients who expect something more than the ordinary.

Role Profile

Description of role and key responsibilities:

Investec Bank Channel Islands – Digital and Technology
We are the Digital and Technology team at Investec Bank (Channel Islands) Limited—a dynamic and diverse group of analysts and engineers who thrive on variety and close collaboration with our business partners. We work as an integrated team, combining deep technical expertise with a strong understanding of the business to deliver meaningful outcomes.
We are responsible for the development and support of the core technology platforms that underpin the bank and enable our clients' day-to-day interactions with Investec. As part of a significant modernisation and re-platforming programme, we are transforming our technology landscape to be more resilient, scalable, and fit for the future.

This transformation presents a genuine opportunity to simplify how our clients do business with us, improve user experiences, and design innovative solutions to complex problems. For those joining the team, this is a chance to have real influence—helping to shape our platforms, ways of working, and the future direction of technology at Investec Bank Channel Islands, and to be part of something we can collectively be proud of.

The role:
The Technical Business Analyst acts as a critical bridge between business stakeholders, product owners, and engineering teams in the delivery of core banking platforms and surrounding banking services. The role combines deep banking domain knowledge with strong technical analysis skills to ensure that functional requirements are translated into scalable, secure, and compliant technical solutions.

This role will support core banking transformation, new product launches, regulatory change, and integration with payments, digital channels, and downstream systems.

Key responsibilities:

Business & Domain Analysis
•    Elicit, analyse, and document business requirements related to core banking domains.
•    Translate regulatory, operational, and product requirements into clear functional specifications.
•    Act as a subject matter expert on banking processes, product behaviour, and lifecycle events.

Technical Analysis & Solution Design
•    Convert business requirements into detailed technical requirements, including:
      o    API contracts (REST/JSON, event schemas)
      o    Data models and mappings
      o    Integration flows and sequencing
•    Work closely with solution architects to:
      o    Validate architectural decisions
      o    Ensure alignment with target-state core banking architecture
•    Support design of integrations between:
      o    Core banking systems
      o    Payment engines 
      o    Digital channels and middleware
      o    Data platforms and regulatory reporting systems

Delivery & Agile Collaboration
•    Collaborate with Product Owners to refine epics, features, and user stories.
•    Write clear, testable user stories with acceptance criteria that reflect both business and technical needs.
•    Support sprint ceremonies (backlog refinement, sprint planning, demos).
•    Clarify requirements for development teams during implementation and testing phases.

Data & Migration Support
•    Support data migration and data quality activities, including:
      o    Legacy-to-target data mapping
      o    Validation rules
      o    Reconciliation logic
•    Assist with defining cutover and transition requirements during core banking migrations. 

Testing & Validation
•    Define functional and integration test scenarios.
•    Support SIT, UAT, and operational readiness testing.
     o    Validate that delivered solutions meet:
     o    Business requirements
     o    Regulatory obligations
     o    Non-functional requirements (performance, resilience, auditability)

Stakeholder & Vendor Engagement
•    Act as a key interface between:
     o    Business users
     o    IT and engineering teams
     o    External vendors (core banking providers, payment processors, system integrators)
•    Challenge vendor solutions constructively to ensure fit-for-purpose outcomes. 

Documentation, Knowledge Transfer & Operational Handover

•    Ensure concise, accurate documentation describing system behaviour, integrations, data impacts, and key business rules.
•    Conduct clear walkthroughs and knowledge transfer sessions with Technical Operations and Application Support teams.
•    Support effective handover to BAU, ensuring support teams understand processing flows, dependencies, and common exception scenarios.

Essential Criteria

Qualifications & Certifications

•    Bachelor's degree in:
      o    Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Finance, or a related discipline
      o    or equivalent professional experience in financial services technology

•    Business Analysis Certification, such as:
     o    IIBA CBAP® or CCBA®
     o    Diploma in Business Analysis

•    Agile Certifications such as:
     o    Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

Core Skills and Knowledge:

•    Banking & Financial Services Experience
     o    5+ years' experience as a Business Analyst or Technical Business Analyst in financial services.
     o    Strong hands-on experience with core banking platforms (e.g., Temenos, Mambu, Thought Machine, Finacle, TCS BaNCS, Flexcube, or equivalent).
     o    Solid understanding of banking products and accounting principles.
     o    Experience supporting regulatory change and compliance-driven initiatives.

•    Technical Skills

       •    Strong understanding of:
             o    API-driven architectures
             o    Microservices and event-based integration
             o    Data models and relational databases
       •    Ability to read and interpret:
             o    API specifications (Swagger/OpenAPI)
             o    Sequence diagrams
             o    Data schemas
       •    Familiarity with cloud-based architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP) is highly desirable.

•    Delivery & Methodology
     o    Experience working in Agile / Scrum environments.
     o    Comfortable working in large-scale transformation or multi-year core banking programs.
     o    Strong documentation and communication skills.

•    Personal Attributes
     o    Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset.
     o    Able to challenge assumptions while remaining collaborative.
     o    Comfortable operating in complex, regulated environments.
     o    Able to balance detail with big-picture thinking.
     o    Proactive, resilient and delivery focused.

Embedded in our culture is a sense of belonging and inclusion. At Investec we want everyone to find it easy to be themselves, and to feel they belong. It's a responsibility we all share and is integral to our purpose and values as an organisation. We believe that innovation thrives when everyone feels respected, included, and empowered to contribute.

We actively seek out diverse talent and foster an inclusive environment, encouraging applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences. Here, you'll find networks, benefits, and development opportunities designed to support your career journey, wherever it may lead.

If this role excites you but you don't meet every requirement, we'd still love to hear from you. Your unique perspective and experience could be exactly what we are looking for.  Get in touch!

At Investec, we're deeply invested in our clients, our colleagues, and our communities. It's more than a mindset; it's how we show up every day.

Be part of something Out of the Ordinary.

Portfolio Manager

The opportunity

Ci Global Fund Managers ICC is seeking a Portfolio Manager to join its investment team in St Helier, Jersey.

The role is primarily research-focused, with responsibility for producing the analysis that supports portfolio construction and investment decisions across the funds we manage. They will work alongside global colleagues, clients, investment managers and service providers, gaining exposure to a broad range of markets, investment strategies and complex portfolio-management questions.

About Ci Global Fund Managers ICC

Ci Global Fund Managers ICC is a global investment manager based in St Helier, Jersey, providing institutional investment-management services to a range of collective investments. We have approximately US$2 billion in assets under management and manage just under 40 sub-funds for an Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicle, or ICAV.

Key responsibilities

The Portfolio Manager’s responsibilities will include:

• Conducting detailed research on investment funds, securities, asset classes, markets and investment strategies.
• Researching passive and active ETFs, as well as active investment managers across a range of investment styles, including quality, value and growth.
• Undertaking quantitative and qualitative analysis of funds and investment managers, including their performance, portfolio characteristics, investment processes, exposures, risks and suitability within our portfolios.
• Analysing companies, industries, markets and economic developments as part of the firm’s broader securities and investment research.
• Developing and maintaining quantitative models, analytical tools and investment screeners to support research, portfolio construction and investment decision-making.
• Conducting economic and market research from a top-down asset-allocation perspective.
• Participating in meetings with investment managers and undertaking ongoing investment and operational due diligence.
• Preparing clear, well-supported research reports, investment recommendations and investment committee papers.
• Presenting research findings and recommendations to the relevant investment committees.
• Monitoring existing investments and fund managers, including performance, portfolio positioning, risk, style consistency and material organisational developments.
• Supporting portfolio construction, asset allocation, risk analysis, rebalancing and the implementation of investment decisions.
• Undertaking performance analysis and attribution to help explain portfolio outcomes and identify areas requiring further research.
• Contributing to the continued development of the firm’s investment frameworks, research processes, quantitative methods and analytical tools.
• Working with clients and colleagues across different countries and time zones, including helping to communicate portfolio positioning, investment decisions and market developments.
• Ensuring that investment activity is undertaken in accordance with applicable fund mandates, prospectuses, internal policies, governance requirements and regulatory obligations.

The precise balance between securities research, fund research, quantitative analysis and portfolio analysis will reflect the successful candidate’s experience and areas of expertise.

About you

We are looking for someone with strong analytical and quantitative capabilities, relevant investment-research experience and a genuine passion for financial markets.

The preferred candidate will have:

• Relevant professional experience in fund research, manager research, securities research, portfolio analysis, asset allocation or a closely related investment role.
• Previous experience researching investment funds, ETFs, active managers or securities.
• A relevant university degree or professional investment qualification.
• The CFA designation, progress towards the CFA designation or a clear commitment to completing an appropriate professional qualification.
• Strong quantitative, analytical and portfolio-research skills.
• Experience developing or working with quantitative models, investment screeners, data-analysis tools or similar research frameworks.
• An understanding of active and passive investment strategies, portfolio construction and the role of different investment styles within a diversified portfolio.
• Strong written communication skills and the ability to turn complex research into clear, concise and actionable recommendations.
• Confidence presenting and defending investment conclusions while remaining willing to reconsider them when the evidence changes.
• A high degree of attention to detail and an ability to manage multiple research projects and deadlines.
• The ability to work effectively as part of an international team and communicate with colleagues, clients and investment managers across different markets and time zones.
• A deep passion for investing, continuous learning and understanding how markets and investment strategies evolve.
• Uncompromising personal and professional integrity.

Experience working with institutional portfolios, collective investment schemes, investment committees or manager due-diligence processes would be advantageous.

Jersey employment status and relocation

Applicants based in Jersey should hold Entitled or Entitled for Work status.

For an exceptional candidate currently based in the United Kingdom, Ci Global Fund Managers ICC may consider providing relocation support, provided the candidate already has the right to live and work in the UK.

We are not able to sponsor applicants based outside the UK who do not already have the required right to live and work in the UK or Jersey.

Any relocation and appointment will remain subject to the successful candidate obtaining the Jersey residential, employment and immigration permissions required to live and work in the Island.

What we offer

• A competitive remuneration package reflecting the successful candidate’s experience and qualifications.
• A research-focused position with direct involvement in the investment decisions of the funds we manage.
• Exposure to a broad range of funds, investment managers, securities, asset classes and global markets.
• The opportunity to develop new quantitative, analytical, research and portfolio-management skills.
• A professional environment that supports continued learning and career development.

The appointment will be subject to satisfactory references, verification of qualifications, identity and right-to-work checks, and any background or regulatory screening appropriate to the position.

Ci Global Fund Managers ICC is committed to fair and inclusive recruitment. Applications are welcomed from suitably qualified candidates, and reasonable adjustments can be made throughout the recruitment process.

All applications will be treated with a high degree of confidentiality and discretion.

Counsel, International Trusts and Private Clients - Guernsey

We're looking for a senior lawyer with extensive experience in non-contentious trust matters to join our ambitious International Trusts and Private Client (ITPC) practice in Guernsey.

Our unique ITPC practice operates as a cohesive team across multiple offices, combining exceptional non-contentious and advisory skills with specialist expertise, including Private Wealth advisory, structuring and dispute resolution.  As a senior lawyer in the team, you'll be focused on providing expert legal advice to clients on Guernsey matters, guiding and supporting the development of ITPC colleagues, and enhancing our business building activities.

You will be responsible for advising high net worth families, trust companies and family offices on the establishment, management and restructuring of offshore asset holding structures, as well as wider estate and succession planning.  The position involves working across multiple jurisdictions to support private wealth objectives, provide guidance on trusts, foundations and related structures, and ensure effective governance for families and trustees over successive generations.

In addition, you'll work closely with our colleagues in dispute resolution on trust matters, and with our corporate team, on private funds and corporate structures for private clients.

You can expect high levels of responsibility and access to high value and complex work, in a friendly and supportive team, an attractive remuneration package, progression opportunities and benefits which can be adapted to suit your lifestyle. 

About the role

• • Obtain clear instructions from clients, analyse points of law, provide expert legal advice and prepare relevant documentation or advice, where appropriate, for Partner review
  • Review and provide comments on documentation provided by third parties using thorough working knowledge of relevant legal principles, laws and regulations
  • Effectively manage own matters and provide assistance to Associates and other junior fee earners involved in such matters, regularly reviewing their progress and addressing issues.
  • Develop the team by building strong relationships, engaging in high quality supervision and embedding a positive team ethos by leading by example.
  • Share expertise to develop the competence of individuals within the team and to build the overall technical and professional capability of the firm globally
  • Proactively promote and build the practice by utilising existing network connections, taking a lead role in presenting proposals to clients and/or intermediaries, looking for creative opportunities to build business, and engaging in internal and external networking opportunities.
  • Assist the relevant Partner with the management of department Associates, Paralegals and secretarial staff, including the effective delegation of work and resources.
  • Demonstrate effective leadership skills, working with the practice leader to communicate a clear vision and manage change initiatives, where appropriate.
  • Ensure administrative tasks are completed on each matter in accordance with required internal procedures (e.g. conflict searching, issue of terms and conditions and engagement letters, due diligence, matter opening, time recording, billing etc.).

About you

• • Hold a Solicitor or Barrister qualification, preferably gained within a common law jurisdiction
  • Ideally a minimum of eight years' post qualification experience within a relevant practice including some offshore experience
  • STEP qualified
  • Effective organisation, business building, communication and presentation skills
  • Ability to work under pressure, often within tight deadlines
  • Excellent grasp of the importance of commercially focussed matter management and financial performance
  • A proactive approach to the working environment and the willingness to develop existing skills and update legal knowledge by way of additional training
  • Ability to work flexibly and collaboratively with the direct and wider teams