Actuary resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what actuarys actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most actuarys should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Actuary with a solid grounding in statistical and financial modelling, experienced in pricing insurance products, setting reserves and meeting statutory actuarial reporting duties. Comfortable moving between technical model-building and giving management clear advice on capital and risk management.
Key skills
- Statistical modelling
- Financial analysis and modelling
- Risk and internal controls
- Economic modelling
- R
- Python
- Prophet
- Excel
- Problem solving
- Attention to detail
Experience: example bullet points
- Built and validated statistical models in R and Python to project insurance claims experience and longevity risk, feeding directly into pricing decisions.
- Priced insurance products and set reserves in line with statutory actuarial standards, supporting sign-off on valuation reports.
- Advised senior management on capital adequacy and risk management strategy, translating model outputs into recommendations on reserve levels.
- Used Prophet and Excel to rebuild a recurring valuation process, cutting the time needed to produce quarterly reporting packs.
- Met statutory actuarial reporting duties under APRA prudential standards, contributing to clean external audit outcomes.
- Reviewed and stress-tested economic assumptions underlying pricing models, flagging assumptions that no longer matched claims data.
Education
Bachelor degree in actuarial studies, science or commerce, followed by Actuaries Institute exams and structured practical experience leading to Fellowship (FIAA).
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Actuaries Institute
- FIAA
- APRA prudential standards
- statutory actuarial reporting
- IFRS 17
- capital modelling
- reserving
- pricing
- general insurance
- life insurance
- superannuation
- longevity risk
- R
- Python
- Prophet
- Excel
- risk management
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.