Supervising Actuary, Pricing and Monitoring, AFS

Responsible for actuarial analysis, managing and coordinating day-to-day office operations of Program and Assumed reinsurance actuarial unit. Manage, motivate and develop actuarial staff. Perform advanced actuarial analyses, develop appropriate recommendations, communicate with program UW and reinsurance teams.  Engage with finance, IT, and risk management partners in support of primary responsibility of building and maintaining a profitable book of program business. Manage all resources associated with the actuarial unit, coordinate team’s workload and priorities. Develop and maintain efficient communication processes with program management teams. Exchange information with staff and offer assistance in addressing workflow needs. Aid department leadership in strategic planning.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
 

• Perform pricing analyses for insurance programs and assumed reinsurance treaties, ensuring rates are actuarially sound and aligned with company targets. Communicate effectively, make recommendations, and present findings to appropriate audiences.
• Analyze program specific exposure and loss data to identify trends, assess profitability, and recommend rate or structure adjustments.
• Work with various business units to help create and drive strategic plans and metrics.
• Monitor premium and loss ratio projections and communicate status to business units and senior management.
• Partner with underwriting to evaluate new business opportunities, providing actuarial insight into expected performance and risk characteristics.  
• Support actuarial input for business planning, portfolio management, and capital allocation by estimating expected loss ratios and margins
• Act as a liaison to Finance and assist in annual profit planning process and expense forecasting as necessary.
• Monitor profitability of various programs and assumed treaties. Make recommendations to take corrective action as necessary. Monitor resulting action plans.
• Help design, enhance, and maintain pricing, reserving, reinsurance and forecasting models. 
• Represent Actuarial on corporate projects as needed.
• Work with the Enterprise Risk Management team on identifying and monitoring risks.
• Serve on actuarial committees for rating bureaus, providing valuable input into their process.
• Perform advanced special projects as needed.
• Provide guidance, training and leadership to employees and mentor actuarial analysts.
• Assure appropriate level of documentation regarding actuarial department and procedures.
• Ensure efficient and effective use of company resources, evaluate processes and procedures, and develop new procedures.
• Assist in the creation of a department strategic plan that supports corporate initiatives.
• Contribute to cross-functional projects related to pricing strategy, product development, and market expansion
• Regularly communicate issues or progress to department leadership.
• Adhere to deadlines, ensure work is completed on a timely basis.
• Participate in development of annual department budget.
• Institute a peer review process for critical deliverables and provide peer review support for other processes as requested.
• Maintain confidentiality of information processed as appropriate.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
•    Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in actuarial science, mathematics, or a related area. 
•    Associate designation in the CAS or SOA, and pursuit of Fellow designation preferred.
•    Minimum of five (5) years of property and casualty actuarial experience required
•    One year supervisory, or functional lead experience, or combinations of related training and experience required.

QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES 
•    Advanced knowledge of actuarial principles and practices in one or more of the following areas: reinsurance, reserving, ratemaking, financial reporting, capital management, underwriting and claims practices.
•    Ability to perform actuarial and statistical analyses.
•    Ability to apply the principles of logical thinking to define problem; collect data, establish facts and draw conclusions.
•    Excellent communication with others, both with actuaries and non-actuaries, verbally, in writing, and via presentations.
•    Expertly skilled in use of Excel, and proficiently skilled in use