Pricing Actuary, Pre-Need (Remote)

At TruStage, we’re on a mission to make a brighter financial future accessible to everyone.  We put people first, and work hand in hand with employees and customers to create a diverse and inclusive environment. Passionate about building insurance, investment and technology solutions, we push the boundaries of what’s possible. We need you to help us shape what’s next. You’ll be encouraged to share your experiences, ideas and skills to help others take control of their financial future.

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Job Purpose:

The position has significant freedom to conduct analysis and develop solutions to actuarial issues. The primary purpose is to conduct pricing and product design analysis for the Preplanning business, and communicate conclusions of analysis, helping to drive desired business performance.  The position requires the ability to communicate complex analysis and conclusions to business leaders, assisting those leaders in taking appropriate actions to meet company financial objectives.   This position has regular interaction with external audiences in support of pricing exercises with new and existing distribution partners, while also supporting filings, financials, or audits, and occasional contact with customers.

Analyst:

Helps implement solutions by reviewing data, determining the requirements of a project or program, and communicating them clearly to stakeholders, facilitators and partners. They assist with the business case, organizing requirements, translating and simplifying requirements, and requirements analysis. Analysts may also use requirements to drive the design or review of test cases, process change requests, and manage a project’s scope, acceptance, installation and deployment.

Framework General Profile and Scope:
Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise.

• May lead teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity.
• Interprets internal or external business issues and recommends best practices.
• Solves complex problems, taking a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions where change is needed.
• Works independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations.

Competencies:

• Understanding the Business
  • Business Acumen
  • Functional/Technical Skills
• Organizational Positioning Skills
  • Comfort around Higher Management
  • Presentation Skills
  • Written Communication
• Making Complex Decisions in an Unstructured Environment
  • Dealing with Ambiguity
  • Decision Quality
  • Intellectual Horsepower & Agility
  • Perspective
  • Problem Solving
     

Job Responsibilities:

• Sets expectations for actuarial model capabilities, identify model data needs and available sources.
• Set assumptions and oversees pricing studies, rate filings, analyze and interpret financial results, communicate to product leadership.
• Develop new & creative solutions to actuarial issues.
• Conduct independent analysis and draw conclusions & make recommendations.
• Serve as actuarial viewpoint expert in a wide variety of actuarial subjects, and in company, industry and regulatory practices.
• Provide effective interaction with leadership of underwriting, claims and other units as required by particular project.
• Provide effective interaction with external audiences in support of filings or audits, and occasional contact with customers.
• Impacts the achievement of customer, operational, project or service objectives; work is guided by functional.
• Actively pursue actuarial accreditation. Maintains good standing in the actuarial student program.
   

Actuary Projects

• Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to persuade a different point of view.
   

The above statement of duties is not intended to be all inclusive and other duties will be assigned from time to time.
 

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in actuarial science, statistics, mathematics or a related field.
• Six-plus years of experience in actuarial setting with progressive responsibilities.
• FSA or FCAS Level or equivalent.
• Broad knowledge or insurance operations and products and emerging issues.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences in an informal setting.
• Ability to interact with other functional areas as req