Group Portfolio Insight Senior Analyst (12 month fixed term contract)

Job Description

At TAL, our Group Life business protects the financial wellbeing of millions of Australians, partnering with employers and institutions to deliver trusted insurance solutions at scale. This secondment role offers a meaningful opportunity to contribute to that promise by turning portfolio data into insights that guide smarter, more sustainable decisions across our Group Life and Retirement business. Working at the intersection of analytics, strategy and collaboration, you’ll help shape outcomes that matter—supporting long‑term growth, improving member experiences, and advancing TAL’s purpose of protecting what’s important.

In this role you will:

• Deliver portfolio insights that inform profitability, performance and strategic decision‑making across Group Life & Retirement.
• Analyse experience and trends to identify emerging risks, opportunities and key portfolio drivers.
• Enable senior decision‑making through clear, commercially focused reporting and performance storytelling.
• Partner across the business to provide data‑driven insights that shape strategy and optimise outcomes.
• Strengthen portfolio analytics by enhancing tools and models that improve accuracy, efficiency and insight.
• Uphold governance and quality by ensuring portfolio reporting is accurate, consistent and risk‑aligned.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical curiosity, using data and modelling to uncover insights and solve meaningful business problems.
• In‑depth knowledge of SQL, with the ability to work confidently with large datasets and analytical tools (such as Excel or R).
• Clear, thoughtful communication, able to explain complex ideas in ways that support informed decision‑making.
• A collaborative mindset, building trusted relationships and contributing positively across diverse teams.
• Attention to detail with commercial awareness, ensuring insights are accurate, relevant and decision‑ready.
• A solid academic foundation in actuarial science, mathematics or a related discipline, with motivation to keep learning and growing.

Additional Information

TAL is one of Australia’s leading life insurers, committed to inclusion, and supporting the career growth of our diverse workforce. We’re proud to be:  

• An Inclusive Employer – Recognised as Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency from 2014 to 2025 and 2023 to 2026 Bronze Tier Status within the Australian Workplace Equality Index  
• Diversity Champions – Member of Diversity Council Australia, Australian Disability Network, Pride in Diversity and Champions of Change  
• Reconciliation Advocates – Read our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan. 
• We welcome applications from people with diverse experiences, perspectives and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, caregivers, individuals with disability/ies, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and the LGBTQ+ community.  
• Need adjustments during the recruitment process? Let our team know by getting in touch with us here.—we’re here to support you. 

You’re always accountable for your actions. You never give up. You strive to find the best outcomes for customers and partners. And you value working together to find the best solutions for problems.   

As part of the recruitment process, there are several checks which may be conducted to demonstrate your eligibility for a role at TAL including Criminal History, Bankruptcy, Entitlement to Work, Regulatory and Reference Checks.  

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Everyone at TAL has a responsibility to do the right thing and is accountable for the way they conduct themselves. Our expectations are that you follow the principles set out in our Code of Conduct when you come to work every day. Risk management is everyone’s responsibility.

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