Typically, employers of actuarial resource in Nigeria include Life Insurance companies; General/short term Insurance companies; Actuarial consulting firms; Commercial banks; Actuarial consulting firms providing advisory services, Audit firms; Health Management organizations; Government; pension fund administrators etc.
An actuary can work anywhere there is finance and risk and this applies to almost all organizations. Some actuaries take on very non-traditional roles such as Business Analytics, Sales and Marketing, Enterprise Risk Management, and they have reported usefulness of their skills in these places. The actuarial training generally provides one with a background in sound analysis figures, a curiosity for asking ‘Why’, and generally be a problem solver.