Actuary - Farm

As a team member in Finance at Nationwide, the opportunities are endless! Let Nationwide help create your career journey! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

It is our intention to fill this role in Des Moines, Iowa or Columbus, Ohio. However, remote applications who bring critical industry skills and relevant experience may be considered.

Serve as a strategic liaison between business stakeholders and line-of-business pricing teams. This role is instrumental in advancing pricing strategy by translating complex technical analyses into actionable insights that guide business decision-making. The ideal candidate will bridge the gap between actuarial expertise and business execution, ensuring pricing recommendations are aligned with organizational goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with pricing teams to interpret technical data and models.
• Communicate pricing implications and strategic options to business leaders.
• Drive the implementation of pricing strategies across the organization.
• Facilitate informed decision-making by translating actuarial findings into business context.
• Support continuous improvement in pricing processes and strategy alignment.

Qualifications:

• Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society (ACAS) required.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally in a dynamic environment.

This role does not qualify for employer-sponsored work authorization.  Nationwide does not participate in the Stem OPT Extension program.

Internal Note: Compensation Grade H4

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 an Actuary, you’ll show a mastery of business operations, systems, and actuarial methodologies. You will provide leadership, direction and oversight for the performance of complex actuarial techniques and procedures and risk analysis. In addition, you’ll develop a strategic vision for the team to ensure efficient, consistent and integrated data and analysis. We’ll count on you to provide business recommendations that are crucial to the success of Nationwide and the protection we provide our customers. You’ll need to work independently and may lead others (directly and/or indirectly).

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Acts as strategic technical expert of actuarial methodologies allowing the ability to source and manipulate data within standard requirements.

• Conducts complex analyses, adhering to actuarial standards, by selecting appropriate data sources, making assumptions, recognizing consideration, 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.

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

• Prepares and presents actuarial findings and documents 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.

• Develops cross functional work plans and ensures accurate work product is delivered. Identifies any additional business partners needed for work plan success.

• Develops and implements new techniques used in peer reviews. Participates in peer reviews to provide expert guidance, collaboration, ensure quality work and drive innovation.

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

• Identifies gaps in training for new associates and develops solutions.

• Uses data mining techniques to identify new relationships in data and make recommendations based on findings. Has foundational knowledge of modeling software and the ability to use/teach others. Expert use of predictive modeling.  Serves as lead on recommending new software packages that