Senior Actuarial Analyst

Who We Are:

Woodruff Sawyer has been an industry leader for over 100 years. As a top insurance brokerage, our clients range from small start-ups to some of the most innovative companies in the world. Here, your unique expertise and perspective helps move companies ahead and your career forward.

We believe in supporting the whole lives and careers of our employees. That’s why, through excellent benefits and opportunities, and a genuinely inclusive and collaborative environment, we create the space for you and your career to flourish.

As an employee-owned company, we build toward the next decade, not just the next quarter. Our independence means you answer to great ideas and client success, not short-term profits, while our ESOP program allows you to build long-term wealth and ownership in the company. At Woodruff Sawyer, you own your future.

 

As a Senior Actuarial Analyst, you will help implement loss forecasting analysis, conduct ad hoc studies, and mature benchmarking capabilities.

What You’ll Do:

• Prepare actuarial analysis and summaries, including trend analysis and loss reserve estimation.
• Develop dashboards and scorecards for benchmarking and special statistical/actuarial studies
• Develop reusable templates, tools, processes, and reports for review
• Collaborate with team members on improving risk financing tools for ease of use for casualty insurance business
• Support all client work and deliver to requesting teams in a timely manner
• Independently handle statistical/actuarial analysis for large and medium casualty clients and publish summaries for WS clients
• Apply sophisticated catastrophe/actuarial modeling principles to loss forecasting
• Support data science/actuarial/client account team projects through data gathering and analysis

This job is for you if…

• You have outstanding communication and presentation skills
• You have a detailed understanding of statistics, actuarial science, corporate finance, managerial accounting principles, methods, and techniques
• You handle client deliverables diligently and professionally
• You are able to optimally handle tasks
• You are eager to develop improved skills and are excited to undergo new experiences in a work environment
• You comfortably apply data science techniques to surface unusual patterns in data.
• You have proven ability to collect, analyze, and synthesize key findings from sophisticated data from a wide variety of systems
• Bring creativity and experience to tackle dynamic challenges and bring new points of view to a growing business

Experience & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or higher degree in Actuarial Sciences or a similar quantitative discipline
• At least 3-5 years of full-time professional experience in actuarial or pricing reserving or similar activities, with demonstrated application of data science to forecast claim liabilities a plus.
• Associateship designation from the Casualty Actuarial Society (ACAS)
• Experience in understanding fundamental and technical analysis of securities
• Thorough understanding of actuarial and statistical methods involved in building frequency and severity models
• Demonstrable 2 or more years of experience in applying Excel, VBA, and modeling languages (Python or SAS or R) to solve complex analysis problems such as simulation, stochastic reserve analysis, exposure mix analysis, or claims analysis.
• Fundamental understanding of corporate finance and accounting and it’s application.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Demonstrable acumen, inclination, or focus on FINTECH concepts, terminologies, and processes.
• Prior experience with Tableau, Power BI, R-Shiny is a plus.

 

Don’t meet every single preferred qualification? Studies have shown that underrepresented populations are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet all qualifications. At Woodruff Sawyer we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

 

More About Us:

Compensation: Anticipated salary between $83,270.00 - $138,784.00. Salary offered will be dependent upon geography, experience, and expertise of the candidate.

This position is eligible to participate in an incentive program to earn additional compensation with a target equivalent to 8% of salary annually,