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Truc PHAM

Truc PHAM

Doncaster,VIC

Summary

Professional with expertise in Life, Health & Wealth. Strong analytical skills, statistical knowledge, and proficiency in risk assessment and financial modelling. Collaborative team player, adaptable to changing needs, ensuring reliable and consistent performance. Proven ability to contribute to strategic decision-making and drive organizational success.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Actuary – Group Reporting and Investment

AIA Australia
07.2021 - Current
  • Lead team to provide financial performance reporting and internal analysis to Group Office (Enterprise Value, Value of New Business, Expense analysis, Profit and free surplus);
  • Complete the declaration of bonuses for participating product and socialise with key stakeholders, including the preparation of committees and Board papers;
  • Review Strategic Asset Allocation for a number of key investment products and Statutory funds to optimize asset-liability matching;
  • Provide key recommendation to changes in reporting methodology and lead team to implement changes successfully.
  • Provide support on claim analysis
  • Complete impact analysis to changes in pricing, assumptions, and business initiatives.
  • Develop team members in both technical and business acumen to increase capability in the team and increase ability to step up.

Achievements:

  • Successfully placed capital intensive products through financial reinsurance to achieve optimal outcome for the Group.
  • Successfully formulated and implemented solutions under the post IFRS 17 environment for the reporting of VONB and EV over a short timeframe with clean clearance with external audit.
  • Successfully led a highly engaged team through survey.

Actuarial Reporting Manager (New Zealand)

AIA Australia
01.2018 - 06.2021
  • Delivered regular financial metrics and analysis, including Profit, Capital, and Enterprise Value;
  • Completed the implementation of changes in the Valuation System to meet strategic initiatives, pricing and valuations;
  • Responsible for providing financial implications to key strategic projects including Capital Optimisation initiatives, ALM recommendations, reinsurance optimisation/recapture.
  • Implemented new reporting tools and software, increasing efficiency in the report generation process.


Achievements:

  • Successfully led team to achieve objectives and all deliverables including financial optimisation initiatives.
  • Successfully delivered and implemented solution to capital intensive products to achieve added value for the Group.
  • Successfully developed team member to be able to step up to the next level.

Corporate Actuary

AIA Australia
06.2017 - 01.2018
  • Responsible for the reporting and managing various Enterprise Key risks including Reinsurance Exposure Risk, Liquidity Risks, and Key risk indicators;
  • Facilitated and coordinated with Risk Management, monitored risk controls for Claims, Underwriting and Actuarial;
  • Oversaw of Reinsurance Strategies through the review of LPS320 standards and Group Office Approval process;
  • Performed reinsurance retention study to optimise retention level in line with the business risk appetite.

Retail Insurance Reporting Manager

AIA Australia
12.2015 - 06.2017
  • Delivered regular financial metrics, including Profit, and Enterprise Value including analysis and communicated the results to stakeholders;
  • Reviewed financial data, profit drivers and provided relevant investigation recommendations for experience analysis;
  • Played an integral role in annual budgeting processes by providing accurate financial data and projections, contributing to informed decision-making and resource allocation.
  • Supervised junior staff to complete different tasks including regular financial and management information reporting, regulatory filing and model change implementation in a timely manner.

Retail Insurance Pricing Manager

AIA Australia
01.2015 - 12.2015
  • Led team to deliver pricing of Retail Life insurance products including Wellness program implications ;
  • Led a team of analysts to optimize pricing models, improving overall financial performance.
  • Supervised the pricing of Partnership Distribution products and provided recommendations on new strategic Partnership Distribution deals;
  • Oversaw the building of financial models for business campaigns, projects and deals;
  • Repriced of in-force Income Protection business and supported the negotiation with reinsurer on changes to terms;
  • Reviewed experience investigation results and provided inputs into assumption setting.

Achievements:

  • Successfully led team to deliver two major launches of Priority Protection in a short timeframe.
  • Successfully collaborated with the Product team to win major partnership distribution.
  • Successfully delivered the repricing of in force products.
  • Achieved highly engaged team through survey.

Financial Reporting Actuary

AIA Australia
08.2008 - 01.2015
  • Responsible for the delivery of various financial metrics, including Profit, Capital, and Enterprise Value including analysis and communicate the results to management for products across AIAA;
  • Coordinated workflow to meet deadlines;
  • Coordinated Prophet changes and maintained the system to meet changes in the business;
  • Completed ad-hoc projects as per management requests.


Senior Actuarial Analyst Retail Insurance/Wealth Management Pricing

AXA Australia
01.2002 - 08.2008
  • Priced and profit tested Individual Life and Income Protection products, and produced Pricing reports;
  • Analysed the market competitiveness position, profitability of the Retail products with changes to pricing and business profile;
  • Facilitated and negotiated reinsurance recapture a number of reinsured policies with Munich Reinsurance;
  • Provided pricing analysis for marketing campaigns, including building models, analysing results and producing Actuarial report for sign-off;
  • Performed strategic and tactical pricing for various Wealth Management products (Unit Trusts and Annuities);
  • Reviewed asset mixes and their impacts on Capital.

Actuarial Analyst Prophet/Capital

AXA Australia
01.1999 - 01.2002
  • Responsible for monitoring and reporting capital adequacy and solvency;
  • Assisted in the implementation of a stochastic Asset-Liability Model;
  • Assisted in the production of Financial Condition Report;
  • Implemented changes in Prophet as per specifications.

Education

Bachelor of Commerce - Actuarial Science

The University of Melbourne
Melbourne, VIC
12-1998

Skills

  • Facilitation: ability to foster collaboration between individuals to reach a mutually agreeable solution
  • Stakeholder management and influencing: capacity to ensure stakeholders are on the same page and informed, understood of any key decisions and initiatives
  • Financial and data analysis: ability to analyse financial and statistical data and interpret their business implications
  • Product pricing
  • Reporting skills
  • Financial forecasting

Certification

Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries Australia (AIAA) 2010

Languages

English, Vietnamese

Timeline

Senior Actuary – Group Reporting and Investment

AIA Australia
07.2021 - Current

Actuarial Reporting Manager (New Zealand)

AIA Australia
01.2018 - 06.2021

Corporate Actuary

AIA Australia
06.2017 - 01.2018

Retail Insurance Reporting Manager

AIA Australia
12.2015 - 06.2017

Retail Insurance Pricing Manager

AIA Australia
01.2015 - 12.2015

Financial Reporting Actuary

AIA Australia
08.2008 - 01.2015

Senior Actuarial Analyst Retail Insurance/Wealth Management Pricing

AXA Australia
01.2002 - 08.2008

Actuarial Analyst Prophet/Capital

AXA Australia
01.1999 - 01.2002

Bachelor of Commerce - Actuarial Science

The University of Melbourne
Truc PHAM