Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Affiliations
Additional Information
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XIWELA MASHELE

XIWELA MASHELE

Actuarial Specialist
Garsfontein,Pretoria

Summary

Actuarial specialist with 15 months of successful experience in pricing and analysis. Strengths in problem solving and Data analysis backed by training in Statistics, Finance and Mathematics. Enthusiastic actuarial specialist eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Motivated to learn, grow and excel in the finance industry.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

Junior Actuarial Specialist

Old Mutual
Cape Town, Western Cape
01.2020 - Current
  • Pricing of group risk arrangements
  • Assist with the development of pricing bases for group risk products
  • Maintenance of reinsurance arrangements
  • Analyse valuation data and results of group risk products to gain a deeper understanding and insight into business results and emerging trends
  • Automation of models and business processes
  • Development and maintenance of tools to analyse actuarial data in order to enhance management reporting
  • Provide technical support, for group risk products in particular, to marketing, proposition, finance and servicing areas

Data Engineer

Quintessence
Cape Town, Western Cape
07.2019 - 12.2021

• Understand the business requirements of Quintessence’s clients, the focus

being the research and investment process of these Asset Managers.

• Construct end to end data service solutions

• Liaise and Interface with clients in a support role, providing 2nd Tier support

and enhancement services

• Understand and manage the client’s data requirements, the data being

specific to the financial markets.

• Contribute towards a team that develops, constructs, tests and maintains

architectures (such as data bases and large-scale processing systems)

• Ensure data architecture will support the requirements of the client’s

business

• Employ a variety of languages and tools (e.g. scripting languages) to marry

systems together

• Recommend ways to improve data reliability, efficiency and quality

• Employ sophisticated analytics and statistical methods to prepare data for

use in prescriptive modelling

• Automate work by using process flow tools

• Provide feedback to the Development team regarding new functionality and

issue logging

• Creation of user interfaces allowing users to upload their own data

Statistics I Tutor

University of Cape Town
Cape Town, Western Cape
02.2018 - 11.2021

• Tutored student. Marked tutorial assignments, and class tests. Ran the weekly workshop

Groote Schuur Residence Sub-Warden

University of Cape Town
Cape Town, Western Cape
01.2018 - 12.2019

• Represent the health and safety interests of the students. First aider. Part of the disciplinary committee. Chair the Groote Schuur Residence (GSR) interview committee that coordinate the application, interview and selection process for

the GSR Residence Association.

Intern at Old Mutual

Old Mutual
Cape Town, Western Cape
12.2018 - 12.2018

• I did competitor research and analysis for Old Mutual Rewards.

Education

High School Certificate -

St George College
Limpopo
01.2010 - 12.2014

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics And Finance

University of Cape Town
Cape Town
01.2015 - 12.2018

Advanced Diploma - Actuarial Science

University Of Cape Town
Cape Town
01.2019 - 12.2020

Skills

Technically proficient in Microsoft word and excel

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Accomplishments

· Young Communicator Ambassador (speech competition) :

provincial level (2013).

· Second Best learner in Independent Schools in Limpopo

(matric 2014)

· Dean’s merit list (2015)

Affiliations

  • A member of ST George College debating team 2011-2013
  • A member of ST George public speaking society 2010-2013
  • ST George College prefect committee (School prefect 2012 and 2013; Deputy Head girl 2014)
  • A member of the Fuller Hall academic sub-com 2015
  • A member of the disciplinary committee at Groote Schuur Residence 2018-2019
  • President of the Old Mutual Actuarial Society 2021

Additional Information

Key Strengths and Competencies:

· Fast learner with a positive attitude

· Fluent in English

· Willing to work in a schedule-shifting environment

· Organized, accurate and detail oriented

· Determined

· Strong written and verbal communications skills

· Good interpersonal skills

Timeline

Junior Actuarial Specialist

Old Mutual
01.2020 - Current

Data Engineer

Quintessence
07.2019 - 12.2021

Advanced Diploma - Actuarial Science

University Of Cape Town
01.2019 - 12.2020

Intern at Old Mutual

Old Mutual
12.2018 - 12.2018

Statistics I Tutor

University of Cape Town
02.2018 - 11.2021

Groote Schuur Residence Sub-Warden

University of Cape Town
01.2018 - 12.2019

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics And Finance

University of Cape Town
01.2015 - 12.2018

High School Certificate -

St George College
01.2010 - 12.2014
XIWELA MASHELEActuarial Specialist