At The Standard, you’ll join a team focused on putting our customers first.

Our continued success is driven by a high-performance culture. We’re looking for people who are collaborative, accountable, creative, agile and are driven by a passion for doing what’s right – across the company and in our local communities.

We offer a caring culture where you can make a real difference, every day.
 
Ready to reach your highest potential? Let’s work together.

At The Standard, you’ll join a team focused on putting our customers first.

Our continued success is driven by a high-performance culture. We’re looking for people who are collaborative, accountable, creative, agile and are driven by a passion for doing what’s right – across the company and in our local communities.

We offer a caring culture where you can make a real difference, every day.
 
Ready to reach your highest potential? Let’s work together.

Job Summary:

The Standard seeks a Modeling Actuary to join our Corporate Actuarial and Risk Management division. In this role, you will help monitor, assess, and enhance our Axis model processes and execution. You’ll work with a community of Actuarial Modelers and IT staff to build tools and solve technical problems which lead to better user experiences. 

To achieve better experiences, you will seek to understand where challenges arise, and user experience is less than desired. Through use of technical tools, you will be taking a data driven approach to identify where change may be beneficial. From there you will identify opportunities and work on projects in an Agile framework to deliver improvements.

This role is centrally located and will work across divisional boundaries to drive progress. Communication and collaboration with modelers spread throughout the company will be important. You will be on a blended team of Actuarial Developers, Actuaries, and IT professionals.

Duties to include:

• Optimize AXIS model run execution in a grid environment.
• Reviewing and analyzing model batch configurations for efficiency.
• Recommending and demonstrating model run time improvements.
• Socializing practice improvements to drive consistency and efficiency.
• GGY EnterpriseLink / GridLink configuration management (in partnership with IT).
• AXIS Grid performance monitoring.
• Investigating ad-hoc user identified questions / issues (e.g. seeing longer run times than normal).
• Partner closely with IT on change implementation and user issue management.
• Support and partner closely with Actuarial Developers, AXIS Modelers, Data Stewards and other technical staff to develop and enhance tools.
• Thought leader on efficiency and effectiveness of modelling.
• Subject Matter Expert on modeling system configuration.

 
Required: 

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience using Moody’s AXIS, EnterpriseLink and GridLink software.
• Effective collaboration with Actuarial Modelers and IT partners.
• Some prior experience with programming.

Valuable: 

• Monitoring and configuring EnterpriseLink and/or GridLink processes and jobs.
• Experience in automation and integration of GGY AXIS with up and downstream systems.
• Programming experience with EnterpriseLink scripts.
• Navigating datasets using the following modules: Annuity, Disability, Asset
• Familiarity with Agile concepts and tools.
• Associate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA) or Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA).

Competencies You Possess: 

• Excellent organizational skills with strong attention to detail and ability to prioritize and drive results. 
• Sensitivity to deadlines and time constraints.
• Intellectual curiosity to dig beneath the surface to understand the story behind the numbers.
• Transparent and consistent with high personal impact, easily establishing yourself as a trusted business partner.
• Effective communication skills that instill confidence with internal and external audiences and ability to translate complex concepts into meaningful actionable information. 
• Resourceful to build effective partnerships/coalitions across all areas of the organization with colleagues at all levels.
• Low-ego, team-oriented, collaborative approach while at the same time being able to influence favorable outcomes.
• Driven to win: Pro-active and self-motivated, inspiring enthusiasm about the business and engaging others to create a positive culture with high morale and strong performance with a focus on excellence and continuous improvement while driving for results.

The Standard Culture
The Standard values a diverse and engaged workforce. You’ll find the environment provides complex intellectual challenges as well as excitement as you share in the success of the company’s forward moving plans. The Standard fosters innovation, builds collaboration, and pursues excellence.  You’ll experience an open and welcoming environment with authentic people who are thoughtful and intentional with high integrity.  You’ll find a very collaborative approach when it comes to planning and decision making.  You’ll have the independence to achieve results within the framework of the values and culture of the organization. In a culture that places high value on continuous improvement and possibilities, your ideas and insights regarding creative and innovative approaches are expected and encouraged.

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Standard Insurance Company, The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, Standard Retirement Services, Inc., StanCorp Equities, Inc. and StanCorp Investment Advisers, Inc., marketed as The Standard, are Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status or any other condition protected by federal, state or local law. The Standard offers a drug and alcohol free work environment where possession, manufacture, transfer, offer, use of or being impaired by an illegal substance while on Standard property, or in other cases which the company believes might affect operations, safety or reputation of the company is prohibited. The Standard requires a criminal background investigation, drug test, employment, education and licensing verification as a condition of employment. All employees of The Standard must be bondable.