Armandt Erasmus

Actuarial Analyst

Gauteng, South Africa

Actuarial risk professional completing a dual BScHons in Physics and Financial Engineering, building scalable actuarial software and machine learning solutions to support risk management and data-driven decision-making.

Skills

  • Python
  • R (Shiny)
  • C++
  • SQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • PL/SQL
  • MATLAB
  • SAS
  • Excel
  • VBA
  • NumPy
  • Pandas
  • Scikit-Learn
  • TensorFlow
  • PyTorch
  • PySpark
  • Databricks
  • Power BI
  • Django
  • Docker
  • Git
  • Azure
  • AWS

Experience

  • Actuarial Analyst

    Feb 2026 — Present

    MiWay Insurance Limited

    • Led the design and enterprise rollout of a production document-forensics platform, coordinating 14+ stakeholders to deliver a solution used by over 75 users across 3 business units, replacing manual document verification and generating an estimated R7 million annual benefit.
    • Engineered a modular fraud engine with 24 document forensic modules, probabilistic evidence scoring and automated tamper detection, producing investigator-ready fraud assessments in under one second per document.
    • Owned the full software development lifecycle, architecting secure Django/SQL Server infrastructure, enterprise RBAC, fail-safe data integration with a 1.8M-record warehouse and automated deployment for a scalable production platform.

  • Actuarial Analyst

    Jul 2025 — Feb 2026

    SolveCo Actuarial Services

    • Built a centralised multi-asset financial reporting engine (VBA) covering 50+ portfolios and 10+ asset classes, standardising valuations, fair-value movements, cash-flow timing, and FX attribution to deliver IFRS, US GAAP, and GIPS-aligned TWR/MWR performance reporting.
    • Developed a Python-based model validation framework that automated data preparation and testing for long-term insurance pricing models, improving governance and auditability while reducing testing timelines by 50%.

  • Machine Learning Engineer

    Jul 2023 — Jul 2024

    Google DSC

    • Led the Google Developer Student Clubs at the University of Pretoria, designing and delivering applied machine learning workshops focused on end-to-end modelling pipelines, from data preprocessing and feature analysis to model training and deployment, using Python and Streamlit for real-world business use cases.

Education

Certifications

  • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Level I

    CFA Institute

  • Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA®)

    Corporate Finance Institute

  • Capital Markets & Securities Analyst (CMSA®)

    Corporate Finance Institute

  • IFRS 17: Insurance Contracts

    AICPA & CIMA

  • Data Science Professional Certificate

    IBM

  • Project Management Certificate

    Google