CORPORATE VICE PRESIDENT & ACTUARY

Location Designation: Hybrid - 1 day per quarter 

 

 

  

Join Corporate Finance where expertise meets strategic impact. Partner with diverse business units, providing financial insights and guiding sound decision-making. You'll work collaboratively to ensure data accuracy, implement robust controls, and safeguard policy owner interests. Become part of a team dedicated to financial stewardship, enabling business performance, and paving the way for a secure future for generations to come.

 

The Actuarial Model Architecture and Development (AMAD) team is responsible for supporting the business areas enterprise wide with their Asset-Liability Modeling (ALM) and other forecasting modeling needs. AMAD develops and maintains models covering Valuation, Cash Flow Testing, Embedded Value, Stress Testing, RBC, Duration analysis and Economic Capital, Stress Testing and Pricing. In addition to supporting the Prophet models, the team engages heavily in with the business units to understand prospective needs and advise on modeling approaches. This role offers interested candidates the opportunity to learn products and methods across every business within New York Life.

 

What You’ll Do: 

Responsibilities for this position place focus on the drive for continuous improvement from an operational perspective.  A sample of the projects the role encompasses, but is not limited to, is as follows:

 

• Candidate will be a key member of a finance team responsible for modeling, reporting and business analytics.
• Prophet model conversions and model development based on centralized governance policy.
• Modeling advanced product features and reinvestment / hedging methods.
• Build business and corporate functionality into consolidated ALM models enabling enterprise wide risk assessment.
• Work with the business units to understand requested model changes, prioritization, execute test plans, and assist in model acceptance.
• Implementation of Prophet Enterprise modules to support governance and process automation.
• Implementation of the Single Platform functionality for Valuation, ALM and Pricing.
• Document all changes and testing to the models.

 

What You’ll Bring: 

The AMAD team tests and implements many leading-edge techniques as a team.  We are looking for people with the following skill set:

 

• Bachelor’s degree  preferred
• Knowledge of actuarial and financial modeling, particularly asset and liability projection modeling using the Prophet actuarial system.
• Experience with Prophet development and implementation is a plus.
• Experience working within an actuarial enterprise technology environment a plus.
• Skilled in processing large data and development of efficient complex work process using advanced technology.
• Understanding of insurance products and the related risks.
• Excellent relationship building and collaboration skills.
• A self-starter with strong communication skills.
• Ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical audience.
• Ability to organize complex processes, handle multiple tasks, and deal with shifting priorities, all within demanding time schedules.
• Familiarity with Agile and Lean processes.
• Strong execution and time management skills - ability to move multiple projects along under tight deadlines.
• Ability to “think outside of the box” and work with leading edge non-traditional actuarial practices.
• An energetic team player.

 

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Pay Transparency

Salary Range:  $110,000-$190,000 

Overtime eligible: Exempt