Sr. Actuary, Life Pricing - REMOTE

As a team member in the Finance department at Nationwide, the opportunities are endless! You can grow and learn in diverse areas across many disciplines such as Advanced Analytics, Investments, Actuarial, Accounting, Risk Management, Critical Business Advisor, Internal Audit, and so much more. Let Nationwide help create your career journey! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Actuary to join our Life Insurance Pricing Team. This role offers the opportunity to lead pricing initiatives, collaborate across departments, and contribute to the development of innovative life insurance products. The ideal candidate will bring strong technical expertise, strategic thinking, and a collaborative spirit to a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Lead pricing analysis and product development for individual life insurance offerings.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including business development, underwriting, marketing, and technology.

• Develop and maintain actuarial models to support pricing decisions and profitability analysis.

• Communicate complex actuarial concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Mentor junior actuarial staff and contribute to team development.

Preferred Qualifications:

• FSA designation.

• 8+ years of actuarial experience, preferably in life insurance pricing. Long term care insurance experience is a plus.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Strong proficiency in actuarial modeling software (e.g., ALFA, AXIS) and Excel.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative, cross-functional team.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a forward-thinking actuarial team that values innovation and collaboration.

• Work on impactful projects that shape the future of our life insurance products.

• Enjoy a supportive work environment with opportunities for professional growth.

Hybrid/flexible work options available. This role can be staffed fully remote or from any of our office locations.

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Job Description Summary

Our Nationwide Financial Actuarial team members have opportunities to use state-of-the-art tools, are encouraged to innovate and learn to master actuarial methodologies. If this sounds like a place you could thrive, then we want to know more about you!

As a Senior Actuary, you’ll be an expert, providing leadership, direction and oversight for the creation and performance of sophisticated actuarial techniques and procedures and risk analysis. You’ll handle research and direct others to ensure efficient, consistent and integrated data and analysis. We’ll count on you to provide a strategic vision for the team and deliver business recommendations that are crucial to the success of Nationwide and the protection we provide our customers. You’ll work independently and may directly or indirectly lead others.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides strategic direction and knowledge for the compilation, categorization and analysis of data and financial reporting and analysis.

• Constructs sophisticated testing tools and analyzes product calculations.

• Leads, provides expertise and builds strategies for pricing and implementation of products.

• Constructs, maintains and completes Actuarial, Projection & Valuation Models.

• Analyzes risks and reinsurance for lines of business.

• Establishes reserves and other valuation items under multiple accounting regimes (statutory, GAAP and tax) for products.

• Builds cohesive presentations, communication strategies and recommendations of actuarial findings that are suitable for technical and non-technical audiences at the OCFO leadership level.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to Actuarial leader.

Typical Skills and Experiences:

Education: Undergraduate degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics or similar background requiring modeling, programming, or quantitative analysis.

License/Certification/Designation: FSA r