Senior Director, Actuarial Loss Analytics

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Job Category

Actuarial, Data Analytics

Compensation Overview

The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards.

Salary Range

$142,500.00 - $235,100.00

Target Openings

1

What Is the Opportunity?

The Sr. Director, Actuarial and Analytics is an analytic leadership role that is responsible for assigned unit typically involved in reserving, rate-making, pricing, planning/forecasting, project management and research. This role is expected execute strategic and operational initiatives, drive change within assigned unit and influence leaders up to the VP level with business partners in assigned area, and share ownership of business financial results. The Sr. Director, Actuarial and Analytics will work within broad limits and authority on complex initiatives requiring specialized knowledge and expertise in breadth and/or depth in several of the following areas: Actuarial and/or research methods Advanced statistical analyses Broad business knowledge In-depth Line of Business knowledge Broader awareness of enterprise Actuarial & Analytics community This role may lead a team.

This role will lead the BI Loss Analytics & Reserving All Lines & Econometrics team. Key responsibilities include:
• Attorney Analytics and Legal System Abuse trend monitoring for all lines.
• Bayesian Reserving project leader, including model building, prioritization planning, and assisting with adoption across lines.
• Econometrics lead within Loss Analytics, including external trend monitoring and Loss Cost Trend & Plan reporting/coordination across lines.
• Reserve Modernization User Group Co-Lead focused on increasing the adoption of modern reserving practices (i.e., usage of cloud data and strategic platforms) within Loss Analytics & Reserving.
• Supporting broader strategic initiatives and monitoring emerging issues that may impact future reserves.
• Acknowledging the increasing importance of advanced analytics in reserving and utilizing efficient tools across various lines.
• Collaborating and communicating with various business functions and partners, such as Claim, ERM, Actuarial Product, and BI A&R.

What Will You Do?

Strategy:

• Assess, prioritize, influence and communicate strategic initiative options to senior leaders.

• Demonstrate effective execution and completion of assigned strategic initiatives and projects.

• Generate and advocate for process improvements and actively propel innovation in alignment with existing strategy.

• This position will lead assigned unit strategic initiatives and cross-unit initiatives and is expected to participate in Enterprise initiatives on a limited basis.

Operational:

• Independently perform actuarial and analytic analyses to solve business problems and apply judgment appropriately.

• Drive day to day execution within unit. Begin to drive broad department initiatives.

• Promote efficiency across primary working group, balancing additional effort against incremental lift gained from work.

• Make decisions independently in accordance with department practices.

• Consistently provide direction and review others' analytical work.

• Begin to translate ambiguous business needs into analytical solutions.

• Provide support as necessary for initiatives across the Enterprise within the scope of influence.

Communication:

• Communicates on a regular basis with staff, peers and business partners and on an occasional basis with senior leaders.

• Tailors communication of analysis, project results, and other business initiatives to audience.

• Communicates technical topics to non-technical audiences.

• Leads group discussions with primary working group.