Senior Actuary – Programs Pricing– REMOTE

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Senior Actuary – Programs Pricing– REMOTE

Overview: We are seeking dynamic leader for the role of Senior Actuary – Programs Pricing. This position is pivotal in driving actuarial excellence and innovation across our delegated authority Casualty, Healthcare, Professional, and Specialty underwriting verticals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor a team of actuarial students and fellows, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment.

• Provide comprehensive actuarial support, including profitability reviews, trend analysis, rate change monitoring, and mix shift monitoring.

• Drive program business through innovative ventures and reinsurance strategies, enhancing business results.

• Collaborate with internal business partners and engage in external interactions to achieve organizational goals.

Must-Have Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Preferred Skills:

• Proficiency in Excel, R, Python, Tableau, Power BI, and SQL.

• Experience in reinsurance.

• Leadership skills to manage direct reports and improve business outcomes.

• Experience with MGA/MGU programs is advantageous.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a high-visibility vertical with opportunities for growth and innovation.

• Contribute to global business ventures and drive significant change within the organization.

If you are ready to take on a challenging and rewarding position, we encourage you to apply.  This role can be staffed fully remote.

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Job Description Summary

Our Property and Casualty (P&C) 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 and will provide leadership direction and oversight for the creation and performance of complex actuarial techniques and procedures and risk analysis. You’ll manage 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 lead others (directly and/or indirectly).

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Acts as technical expert of actuarial methodologies allowing the ability to source and manipulate data within standard requirements. Identifies new ways to utilize data driving overall strategic vision.

• Conducts complex analyses adhering to actuarial standards by selecting appropriate data sources, making assumptions, recognizing considerations, and developing recommendations. Accountable for resolving unreasonable results/non-optimal solutions using experience and professional judgment.  Analysis conducted will be used to influence broad strategic vison of Nationwide.

• Accurately documents assumptions, methods, sources and considerations in an organized fashion.

• Creates cohesive presentations and recommendations of actuarial findings that are suitable for technical and non-technical audiences at the OCFO leadership level. May professionally represent company's position with regulators, auditors and external vendors. May negotiate within defined parameters.

• Responsible for strategic development and oversite of multiple work plans ensuring accurate and timely delivery of product.

• Strategic leader of peer review process. Responsible for driving collaboration cross functionally, identifies gaps in process, recommends and implements changes as needed to ensure quality work.

• Builds strategic business relationships at all levels of the organization to drive solution delivery

• Responsible for identifying skill gaps and developing training materials to develop associates skills for future business needs.

• Advises on strategic data mining techniques used to identify new relationships